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  1. UA institutions play important role in action against climate change

    June 11, 2021

    Some of the world’s most influential leaders are convening in Cornwall this weekend for the G7 summit, with discussions on combatting the climate crisis high on their agendas. With this in mind, we’ve pulled together some of the ways that Alliance institutions are instrumental in the UK’s response to the climate crisis, and how work in sustainability, green growth and innovation are making a difference on both a local and national scale. Through…

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  2. Let’s get strategic

    October 5, 2023

    …: How to Harness the Power of Professional and Technical Universities to Deliver for the UK. We know we will not be alone in making this ask of political parties in the run-up to the general election, and note our shared recommendations with Universities UK (UUK) to reinstate maintenance grants for those who need them most and restore the unit of resource to the equivalent of 2015/16 levels as soon as practically possible. The Lords report called…

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    Susanna Kalitowski

  3. #WeAreInternational blog: Heraldas Gaspariunas

    November 7, 2022

    …fordshire Business School facilities and meeting some of the lecturers, I knew Herts was the right place. I also studied in Australia for one year, six months in Norway, and I completed an internship with FlixBus in Germany for seven months. In every country I visited during my study abroad, I met so many amazing people and made long-lasting friendships. I explored new cultures and broadened my understanding of global business, which has had a pos…

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    Heraldas

  4. Addressing a lost opportunity in the NHS workforce crisis: higher education’s future role in clinical placement management

    August 5, 2021

    …n units and virtual and augmented reality training suites, to enable the delivery of innovative virtual placements. Several University Alliance members are also providing new blended learning degrees in nursing and midwifery. University Alliance universities have long worked with partners within the local communities to address capacity challenges and skills needs and are increasingly drawing on these partnerships to identify new types of placemen…

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  5. Digital teaching and learning has a future – but we must get the balance right

    October 22, 2020

    …student’ must be corrected. The impact on the future of learning Digital delivery is likely to remain a core feature of teaching and learning well beyond the pandemic – highlighted by how Alliance universities are finding that many students are more engaged by the digital experience than traditional face to face delivery. Online learning ‘festivals’ have engaged many more students and staff than previously and have brought together multiple campus…

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  6. 3 years in 3 minutes: DTA student success in the 3MT

    September 8, 2020

    …e next section until I record the first one without any mistakes. I then delivered my presentation to everyone in my family one by one. Only with practice, I could finally present in front of two or more people with a camera recording me constantly. Once I presented, I was not sure if my presentation was good enough for the competition or if I would win; I could be a runner up I thought. However, I felt victorious for the fact that I did not lose…

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  7. The Next Government must Invest Across the Whole of Nursing Education

    November 23, 2019

    …t be given that this is available to all allied healthcare students). If delivered, this financial support will bring welcome incentives to support the recruitment and retention of nurses. However, while the bursary provided a much-needed safety net, its removal is not the only cause of current shortages, nor can it be the only solution. This is why we are supporting the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) #FundOurFuture campaign. RCN don’t just want t…

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  8. University Alliance’s 2022 in review

    December 23, 2022

    …year – whether that’s winning prestigious awards, opening state-of-the-art new facilities, widening participation or acting as engines for economic growth. Meanwhile, with their focus on industry and on post-graduate employability, our Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) and DTA3 programmes continue to go from strength to strength. On top of that, UA can be proud of policy successes on BTECs, PQAs, degree apprenticeships and Research and Innovation f…

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  9. Alliance universities supporting the nation throughout the pandemic

    November 9, 2020

    …, having adapted provision to enable online engagement and have introduced new processes and systems to support those in need. All students can be assured that Alliance universities are doing everything reasonably practicable, following government guidelines, to create a Covid-safe learning environment. For those who are self-isolating, all universities and have established dedicated processes to support them including delivering food packages, we…

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  10. The Guardian: Newer universities in line to receive extra student places

    July 29, 2009

    Universities and colleges have until tomorrow to decide whether to accept the emergency extra student places they have been allocated. Earlier this month, the government announced 10,000 extra student numbers after warnings that universities would be unable to cater for the record 10% increase in applications during the recession. The government will provide only grants and loans for the extra students, and not funding to universities to teach th…

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