UA Comment on Budget’s Research Investment
UA CEO Vanessa Wilson comments on the chancellors £22 billion research and development investment
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Read more of: UA Comment on Budget’s Research Investment
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The importance of listening to businesses in developing degree apprenticeships
Read more of: The importance of listening to businesses in developing degree apprenticeshipsSince degree apprenticeships were introduced in 2015, Alliance universities across the country have embraced the opportunity to drive skills development and collaboration with businesses. We work with many businesses to co-create courses that teach the right calibre of expertise in the areas most important to them. For students, it’s a fantastic blend of academic theory […]
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Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaboration
Read more of: Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaborationThe KEF affords universities an opportunity to highlight the impact of Knowledge Exchange, but at Greenwich and across University Alliance, we believe its true social, economic and environmental benefits can only be realised through collaboration, within and across universities. Last week Research England released the conclusions of their consultation on the upcoming Knowledge Exchange Framework […]
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University Alliance Launches New Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise Network
Read more of: University Alliance Launches New Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise NetworkUniversity Alliance launches a new network to bring together universities and businesses to create positive knowledge exchange in order to drive growth through enterprise.
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The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4
Read more of: The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4Dr Vladimir Vukovic, Deputy Director of the Energy research stream within UA’s Doctoral Training Alliance relates his experience working across both academia and industry, and the benefits this has brought him. The DTA programme is committed to not only supporting researchers through their PhDs but providing them with the full range of skills and experience […]
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The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 3
Read more of: The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 3UCLan DTA3 researcher, Arantza Cobela Garcia, discusses her research and how the Doctoral Training Alliance has helped her apply it to real world problems, crossing the boundary between academia and professional research.
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The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2
Read more of: The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2Doctoral Training Alliance researcher SreeHarsha Bandaru writes about his experience of crossing the divide between academia and industry, at the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp, and how being part of DTA helped him to get there.
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UA CEO writes for Wonkhe on the Wicked Problem of “value” in HE
Read more of: UA CEO writes for Wonkhe on the Wicked Problem of “value” in HEWriting for Wonkhe’s series on wicked problems facing the HE sector, UA CEO, Vanessa Wilson, examined the issues around defining value when it comes to higher education. Vanessa said “narrow definitions of value based on salary potential could risk discounting the immense social and cultural value that the many teachers, artists, nurses, and others bring. […]
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The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1
Read more of: The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1In part one of the series hear from two of our researchers on their experience working with industry and the benefits this has brought to their academic careers.
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Regional Investment, European Funding and Defining Value: The Future Challenges for Research
Read more of: Regional Investment, European Funding and Defining Value: The Future Challenges for ResearchThis blog was initially published by Research Fortnight. The new government’s agenda poses universities some existential questions, says Vanessa Wilson A December election was always going to be a daunting prospect. But one heartening aspect was witnessing the role of universities and students’ unions in supporting student voter registration and turnout. It might not have […]
