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  1. Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaboration

    …ross the sector. Where existing relationships are thriving and delivering true benefits to academia, industry, and the economy and society more broadly, we need to be sure that we work to capture the value on an ongoing basis to ensure success is recognised and best practice is shared. However, this value must be viewed holistically. The cultural benefits afford by the arts may be more difficult but are not impossible to measure. The business worl…

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  2. Invest in technical skills by bridging the false HE/ FE divide

    …ucation is essential for developing the UK’s skills base. According to the World Economic Forum, more than half of all employees will require extensive upskilling or reskilling as early as 2022. We do not have much time to ensure we have the post-18 education ecosystem needed to achieve this mammoth task. Neither universities nor colleges can do it alone. That is why University Alliance is calling on the next government to build a more integrated…

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  3. Birmingham City University

    …. It is also a major player in the regeneration of the long-neglected Eastside region of the city. Aside from this, Birmingham city was also the first university in the world to hire a Professor of Blockchain, and the first in the UK to run an undergraduate course in Black studies…

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  4. Leeds Beckett University

    …sity educates over 28,000 students from more than 100 countries around the world and contributes an estimated £500 million to the economy every year. The university has been recognised for its commitment to graduate employability and providing students with transferable skills. All undergraduate courses include at least two weeks work-related learning each year and this contributed to Leeds Beckett being award silver in the Teaching Excellence Fra…

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  5. University Alliance responds to Budget 2018

    …: “This was a disappointing, if not surprising budget. There remain huge structural questions about the future funding and direction, not just of higher education but also of our partners in further education, as well as the critical area of adult learning which as recent reports have shown is in free-fall. In addition, universities are facing rising cost pressures, exacerbated by this budget’s confirmation of increased costs for public sector pen…

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  6. Energy case study: Michael Castle

    …a low carbon economy and the government is keen to established the UK as a world leader as part of its Industrial Strategy. Michael Castle, a first year PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, is hoping that his research will generate new ideas for experimentation on battery cells. Inspired to pursue a research career by his department and supervisor, he is researching mathematical modelling of battery micro-structures to facilitate higher di…

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  7. Healthy ageing case study: Katie Whytock

    …iverpool John Moores University Type 2 diabetes effects millions of people worldwide but has a higher prevalence in men than women. Katie Whytock is undertaking her PhD at Liverpool John Moores University to better understand this global epidemic. The way we store and use fat in our muscle is linked to skeletal muscle insulin resistance. Katie’s research has used high-fat, high-calorie diets as a method to investigate how insulin resistance develo…

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  8. Energy case study: Stephen Austin

    …ll degrading enzymes His passion for research and finding solutions to the world’s problems led him to the University of Salford, driving him to work thoroughly through situations and to seek solutions to improve the current problems that surround us. His interdisciplinary research has potential industrial applications: where enzymes could be used in the production of biofuel and biomaterials such as carbon fibre. Following successful research, pr…

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  9. Energy case study: Sherna Salim

    …ted to reduce 80% of its carbon footprint by the year 2050. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation has predicted that the number of people above 60 years of age will nearly double by 2050. Sherna’s research takes a fresh look at these two challenges by addressing the need to ensure older populations can live independently while also reducing the impact urbanisation has on our carbon footprint. She is working on developing an ‘Intelligent Buildin…

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  10. Healthy ageing case study: James Robson

    …l cancer and colon cancer – is one of the largest killers in the developed world, and has the second highest incidence of any malignant disease in men and women. In the UK, bowel cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and most people diagnosed with it are over the age of 60. The gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem of commensal, symbiotic and parasitic organisms, which are in constant communication with the gut, the immune system and t…

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