…es in South Asia, Africa, Central America and others. Being a part of this lively international community was an enriching experience – as Rabia learned to become an effective listener, and to value and acknowledge multiple perspectives. Rabia is now working for AstraZeneca as an Associate Director of Epidemiology: “This role is more strategic and operational in nature and focuses on oncology. The team was seeking someone with ten years’ experienc…
…om a small village called Verzuolo in Italy. When I first came to the UK I lived in West London, which was quite noisy and overwhelming. Kingston is a lot more peaceful with plenty of green space and the Thames riverside. It’s also very student-friendly, which I didn’t expect from such a family orientated borough,” she said. In her first year, Veronica has enjoyed learning about data analysis as part of the business management module. “I never tho…
…work to find out how these practices are being applied in a post-lockdown world, and the barriers and enablers to doing so effectively. What did we find? Through the QAA collaborative enhancement project, we had already identified nine attributes of inclusive assessment: Embeds support Develops assessment literacy Provides formative opportunities Communicates meaningfully Enables personalisation Fosters digital capabilities P…
…WD this year, Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world , the ‘in conversation with’ chat was facilitated by Dr Cheryl Allsop (Deputy Director of DTA Social Policy and Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales), who was joined by Co-Chairs of the DTA Researcher Representative Committee – Ana Tendero-Cañadas (Bioscience, Brighton), April Murray Cantwell (Social Policy, Sheffield Ha…
…an emphasise a false divide between the two, the government should build a world-class ecosystem which incentivises greater joined-up working to meet local and regional needs. With their long-established partnerships with local FE providers, Alliance universities are already drawing on this local collaboration to deliver pathways and opportunity, particularly at levels 4 and 5, and hope that future reforms prioritise this collaboration. With the o…
…ing research to cut across boarders and work together to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. In the first part of our DTA is International series, hear from some of the DTA’s current students on why the international element of the programme is so important: This programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme, opening it up specifically to international researchers….
…universities and students, we believe the creative arts are fundamentally crucial to society as a whole. With celebrated artists from L.S. Lowry to Grayson Perry; multiple MOBO, Grammy, BAFTA and Brit award winners, and a former children’s laureate and current poet laureate among our members’ alumni, we know better than anyone the colossal cultural value of our creative arts sector. But we also see first-hand the economic and social effect of the…
…Alliance’s Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA), the funded PhD programme that runs across 19 Alliance universities and partner institutions. I don’t want my experience to continue to be the norm. With Science Minister Amanda Solloway recently urging research culture to promote wellbeing at all levels – as well as this being a core priority of the new UKRI CEO Dame Ottoline Leyser – it feels like there is a real opportunity and appetite now to make a…
…be agile and flexible enough to cope with anything.” This is particularly true with the barrage of change and uncertainty faced by the HE sector. With a new regulator, reviews into funding and the TEF, ever changing ministers and secretaries of state and of course the still-present potential of a no-deal Brexit, Alistair is focused on guiding both Oxford Brookes and the wider sector through “the minefield ahead”. Providing a strong collective voic…
…y year we get around 150 nominations for UA’s Alliance Awards, which are delivered in partnership with TechnologyOne – an average of 20 nominations for each of the seven award categories. The quality of the nominations is always very high, which makes selecting shortlists and winners challenging. We work with independent judges from across the HE sector to identify the finalists and winners of each award. There are four finalists on the shortl…
