…nvolves: Cutting-edge current curricula co-created with students, employers, community groups and service users; Progressive and innovative pedagogies which integrate employer-relevant challenges for learning and assessment, using real world environments and simulations to provide work-based learning opportunities; Supporting individual students to succeed and develop at every stage of their student journey, from their first interaction to graduat…
…ive boundaries LEPs and city regions should make use of the physical assets, space, expertise and outreach services of universities that prioritise SME engagement the Government’s Science and Innovation Audits should be inclusive and participatory, taking account of universities that have a disproportionate impact on innovation. Directing the cash… The report also outlines innovation funding principles at a time when the Research Councils and Inno…
…to education on a global scale. Its vast ‘open content portfolio’ includes over 800 free courses on OpenLearn, which receives 4.5 million visitors a year, and materials on YouTube, Bibblio, AudioBoom and iTunes U, which has recorded over 69 million downloads. For further information please visit: www.open.ac.uk…
…tweighing the public cost of their education.” Press contact – Andrew Henry, andrew@www.unialliance.ac.uk | 07833 236 629 Download the OECD Report. About University Alliance University Alliance is a group of 24 universities offering a distinct student experience shaped by a commitment to delivering world-class research and a culture of enterprise and innovation built on close partnerships with business, the professions and their communities. www.u…
…aring this year. Check them out below: Lauren, University of Derby https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rkr5liHjoag Grace, University of Brighton https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Clearing-is-about-YOU-not-just-your-grades-I-DID-IT-My-story.mp4 Peace, Middlesex University https://youtu.be/-ff7M_cWkEg Chris Stonadge, University of South Wales Monique, Robert Gordon University Hina, Leeds Beckett University Read more advice from our…
…lleys region. One of these, launched in January is Three Valleys Television, or 3VTV, a Hyper-local Internet based TV Channel for the people of the County Borough of Blaenau Gwent. With financial support from the Welsh Government, 3VTV is designed to extract the economic and social potential of the growing trend in Hyperlocal broadcasting to the benefit of an area with more than double the national average of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants, and t…
…oduction of a new £60m Regional Innovation Fund to support local innovation, commercialisation and economic growth, announced in September. At Labour party conference in Liverpool, our #InnovateforGrowth drinks reception celebrated our members’ research and innovation work, and teased some of our next steps, which we’ll be moving forward in 2024: watch this space! 3. The Long-Term NHS Workforce plan One of the big developments of the year for alli…
…demic. I would like to thank the judges, and those involved in hosting the competition, with some even giving up annual leave to be involved. Lastly, I am indebted to the subjects of the photo: Fay and Alex, for being my models and enduring the rain with me for this photo – your happiness and dedication has kept me smiling.” Cecilia Gialdini (Social Policy, Ulster University), who was runner up in this category with ‘Linguistic justice for the wor…
…a roadmap Commitments to increase research and development spending are welcomed, but we urgently need a clear roadmap to reaching the target of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D. This should combine commitments to both excellence and fair distribution. Those of us championing a place-based agenda need to find new arguments to navigate these complex issues, while avoiding simplistic interpretations such as the north-south divide and cities vs to…
…, 2021 Social enterprise spinouts at Coventry University Posted on March 30, 2021 Community legal clinic at Anglia Ruskin University Posted on March 30, 2021 BCU’s STEAMhouse – embedding the arts with STEM subjects to support businesses and economic growth Posted on March 30, 2021 Accounting for Community: Engaging Students (ACES) Scheme at Oxford Brookes Posted on March 30, 2021 Supporting SMEs with the University of Hertfordshire’s Science Partn…
