The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) recently held its Images of Research 2020 competition awards, showcasing the very best of Alliance universities early career research talent and creativity in science communications. Earlier this year, DTA PhD researchers were invited to submit an image summarising their research, along with an accompanying blurb for the DTA Images of […]
Ifrah Mussa, a third year DTA student from Kingston University, shares her experience in taking part in the Vitae 3 Minute Thesis competition and reaching the semi finals. I first learnt about the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in the first year of my PhD and knew it was a great opportunity to showcase your […]
Up and down the country, thousands of young people will be anxiously opening their A level or BTEC results this morning in the hope they’ve achieved the grades that have secured them their chosen place at university. Students are likely to experience a rollercoaster of emotions, even more than usual after these turbulent past few […]
The Covid-19 crisis should be an opportunity to re-examine how we deliver education, and, as was discussed recently ‘in conversation with Emma Hardy MP’ at the University Alliance Summit, a chance to use our connections with industry to play our part in the nation’s recovery from Covid-19. Several weeks have passed since that conversation took […]
The coronavirus pandemic has touched just about every aspect of our lives and it is certain that we will witness lasting economic, social, cultural and health implications for decades to come. With every political and policy agenda item now being addressed through this lens, we must be prepared to reframe our work to speak to […]
Since 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 […]
The 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 […]
Dr 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 […]
UCLan 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.
Doctoral 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.
