UUK: Healthcare degree funding: making the reforms work
…iversities UK’s Health Education and Research Policy Network – sets out why UUK supported the Government over these changes. Read the full blog here….
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Research Professional: Healing powers
Read more of: Research Professional: Healing powers…Our report Building healthy cities: The role of universities in the health ecosystem has been featured in Research Professional. The article focuses on our findings, in particular, the implications of changes announced in the 2015 Spending review which will see nursing, midwifery and allied health students moved off grant support on to loans and the lifting of the student numbers cap. You can read the full article here (£). …
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Health networks & partnerships: Developing a greater understanding of treatment of wounds and skin defects
Read more of: Health networks & partnerships: Developing a greater understanding of treatment of wounds and skin defects…outcomes. Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences Dr Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Reader in Advancing Clinical Practice Dr Karen Ousey and Professor of Pharmaceutics Barbara Conway – from the University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention – will assess the ReCell® device using donated human skin to produce RES™. This collaborative work promises to make a real difference in people’s lives and contribute to their wellbein…
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Research Professional: Don’t make innovation a poor relation of the research councils
Read more of: Research Professional: Don’t make innovation a poor relation of the research councils…Our chief executive, Maddalaine Ansell, writes for Research Professional on how bringing innovation funding into Research UK could harm our efforts to give businesses the support they most need. ‘Innovate UK is a business-facing organisation. It works with businesses to understand their needs and help them find support. Some of these needs are not about research at all.’ Read the full blog here….
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Wonkhe: Innovation – you’re more than a spin out to me
Read more of: Wonkhe: Innovation – you’re more than a spin out to me…ic approach to our research and innovation ecosystem. ‘Taken together, the Green Paper, Nurse Review and Spending Review amount to the biggest overhaul of research and innovation governance and funding structures in 20 years. That means that 2016 is the best shot we’ve had in a long time to create the best environment for a healthy innovation ecosystem.’ Read Faye’s Wonkhe blog here….
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Wonkhe: Level playing fields are better than handicaps
Read more of: Wonkhe: Level playing fields are better than handicaps…uestion is whether the policies developed to support this ambition will do enough to turn the rhetoric into reality.” You can read the full piece here….
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University Business: Professor John Latham to be new University Alliance deputy chair
Read more of: University Business: Professor John Latham to be new University Alliance deputy chair…University Business has covered our announcement that Professor John Latham, Vice Chancellor of Coventry University, will be our new Deputy Chair. You can also read our full response here….
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Prof John Latham announced as new University Alliance Deputy Chair
Read more of: Prof John Latham announced as new University Alliance Deputy Chair…d debates on universities’ role in society. This is a robust foundation to build on as we face the challenges and opportunities ahead.” Read more about Professor John Latham here. …
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THE: English universities ‘not very good at teaching’, says Hepi president
Read more of: THE: English universities ‘not very good at teaching’, says Hepi president…and across institutions, with the outcomes for students from some disadvantaged groups being an issue of particular concern.’ Read the full story here….
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Guardian: A new voice for research ‘at the heart of government’
Read more of: Guardian: A new voice for research ‘at the heart of government’…Royal Society president Sir Paul Nurse, who was commissioned to lead a review into the research councils, released his findings last week. His report calls for a single agency to oversee research councils, and greater collaboration between scientists and the government. Our response to Sir Paul’s review was published in the Guardian coverage of the review. You can read our full response here….
