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  1. Funding the media sector in the Cardiff capital region

    …which aims to create a pipeline taking 100 companies from initial idea to market-ready new media products and services. USW will also lead a co-ordinated research-led skills strategy, linking training providers with industry needs and infrastructure, with a focus on talent attraction, development and retention to support emerging formats and technologies. Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden, added: “We are very pleased that UKRI has a…

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  2. Beyond cliché

    …considering what constitutes the perfect city-state both in the classical world and today. My university experience was traditional to the point of cliché – which was exactly what I wanted. It also, for a few brief years, allowed me to enjoy the fantasy that I was now part of society’s upper classes. This seductive idea – that higher education is both for the elite and a route to join their ranks – is perhaps why the three or four-year undergradu…

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  3. #Weareinternational blog: Ivy Ct Yu

    …sustainability, working closely with a knitting factory and using only deadstock Merino yarns to create tailored jackets. She said: “I asked if I could re-purpose the yarns, I don’t want to see all that waste just lying there ready to be chucked away. “If you can find a way, there is always a way to re-use things and think outside the box with regard to how you turn the waste product in to something practical and stunning.” Ivy also used melted bo…

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  4. With the right support, universities can help power an economic, social and cultural recovery

    …liance universities are deeply connected across our civic and local infrastructure, and as we look to recover from this crisis, we can use these connections, and our closeness to public services and relationships with industry to support growth in innovation, infrastructure and skills. The success of this role however will be dependent on a policy approach that sees universities as partners, assets for the recovery. With a deep understanding and c…

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  5. Creating marine reserves to tackle overfishing

    …llions worldwide – is under dire threat of being harvested faster than the stock can reproduce. UWE Bristol researchers have played an instrumental role in tackling overfishing in the UK’s own coastal waters and elsewhere. In 2008, the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) was set up to protect marine life near the Isle of Arran after drawing upon findings of UWE Bristol legal research which showed that the Scottish Government had a duty to coas…

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  6. Move over coffee houses, it’s time for Tea Sheds!

    …e too. We are now with the two of the UK’s biggest food retail wholesalers, Cotswold Fayre and Hider and this will see a dramatic growth in *TeaShed listings across the UK. Over the next few years we also will expand the export side of the business with distribution already lined up for Japan. In addition to this, depending on the scale of success of the first *TeaShed pop-up, we would roll out a nationwide pop-up *TeaShed plan, with a *TeaShed in…

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  7. Closing speech UA Summit 2016: Leading the way in our cities and regions

    …tre. Old notions of a ‘job for life’ are becoming a thing of the past. The World Economic Forum has predicted that over 7 million jobs will become obsolete – and that’s just in the next half decade. For Britain to compete globally, we need more job-ready graduates with the transferrable skills, agility and resilience to thrive in an era of unprecedented technological change. An ability to work across borders and alongside those from other cultures…

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  8. Growing Industries

    …knowledge into innovative products and services destined for domestic and worldwide markets. Our researchers also collaborate with business partners to develop new strategies, management styles and methods of production to boost competitiveness. Alongside this rich source of knowledge and new perspectives, Alliance universities offer a fertile environment to incubate and support entrepreneurial students, graduates and spin-out companies that are…

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  9. Prime Minister urged to review international student regulations

    …en successful export market for the UK – one of the most successful in the world. Damage to this market will have a detrimental economic, political and cultural impact at a time when we should be encouraging, not hindering, areas of strength and growth. Overseas students benefit business through work placements or as permanent workers filling highly specialised skills needs, often in shortage areas, after graduation. These students are estimated t…

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