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…e challenges currently facing the NHS. Our universities play a unique and crucial role – as anchor institutions – to ensure everyone can live healthy, happy and productive lives. Below are a number of case studies showing how they are providing leadership and coordination, working in partnership to co-design solutions, making services more responsive to local needs, training the health workforce of tomorrow and harnessing world-class research to m…

…ament at night (Image credit: UK Parliament www.parliament.uk) Do you get frustrated about the use of evidence in government policy making? Do you want to increase the policy impact of your research? Take part in the Royal Society’s pairing scheme – Applications for scientists open until Wednesday 9th March Each year the Royal Society’s pairing scheme pairs 30 research scientists with UK parliamentarians and civil servants. By spending time togeth…

…chance to meet both successful lawyers and the Clifford Chance graduate recruitment team. On offer was not only an insight into the day to day activities of legal professionals but also a chance to ask questions about future steps in a career in law: specifically – what does a firm such as Clifford Chance look for in the lawyers of tomorrow? Also, the day was a good opportunity to speak to students at other universities and compare how law is taug…

…. Clearly there are tensions between these different objectives, so it is crucial we get the balance right. The government’s green paper acknowledges that measuring ‘teaching excellence’ is more difficult than it might initially seem: rightly, there are multiple definitions reflecting the diversity of the sector which should be preserved. In this context it is worth bearing in mind Dr Alan Skelton’s definition of teaching excellence as: a “contest…

…d entrants will receive: Two tickets to attend the awards ceremony Exposure on the Guardian website Inclusion in the Guardian University Awards ideas bank (winners and runners-up). Find out more about the awards and enter here. The deadline for applications is 2 February 2016….

…– but all must strive for ever greater excellence. The dual support system drives dynamism and innovation. As Sir Paul’s report recognises, this system has served the UK well – with a wide range of institutions producing world-leading research across multiple disciplines. “Peer review is the best way to identify this excellence. The Haldane principle should continue to guide funding decisions.” Sir Paul Nurse’s review can be found here…

…inal 10,000. 12,000 technically constitutes a bestseller in the publishing world. And a Q&A with Nick Hornby during Welcome Week offered students and staff the chance to get their book signed by the author himself. More importantly though, the impact of Big Read is being carefully monitored. Kingston will be looking for effects on student enrolment and retention. It will also be establishing a student-staff committee to assess the Big Read and dec…

…e our experience of providing high quality teaching and research with real world impact to shape higher education and research policy for the benefit of our students, businesses and civic partners. We innovate together, learn from each other and support every member to transform lives and deliver growth. SPEAKERS INCLUDE Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive, University Alliance Professor Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor, University of Lincoln Chris Mill…

…ns – said: “High quality teaching and learning is critical to creating the world’s future leaders and problem solvers. We all need to feel confident that a new regime will maintain the quality of the UK higher education system. “Alongside this consultation, the Government has committed to introduce a framework to recognise universities offering the highest quality teaching. We are running a policy seminar next month to explore how to get this righ…

…3.30, London (venue tbc) High quality teaching is critical to creating the world’s future leaders and problem solvers. This is something we are passionate about at University Alliance. We welcome the new political focus on teaching excellence and would like to help the Government deliver its commitment to introduce a framework to recognise universities offering the highest quality teaching. It is important we get this right – done well, it should…