FT: Student loans extended to postgraduates in Budget
…or life-long learning is essential if we are serious about boosting productivity and creating opportunity for all,” she said. Read the full story here….
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THE: Budget 2016: PhD loans of £25K on offer from 2018-19
Read more of: THE: Budget 2016: PhD loans of £25K on offer from 2018-19…: “Support for lifelong learning is essential if we are serious about boosting productivity and creating opportunity for all.” To read the full coverage visit here….
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University Business: Budget 2016 – a boost for lifelong learning?
Read more of: University Business: Budget 2016 – a boost for lifelong learning?…Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was featured in University Business’ coverage of the 2016 Budget on the Chancellor’s plans for HE. During this parliament, loans will be introduced for level 3 to level 6 training in further education, part-time second degrees in STEM, and postgraduate taught master’s courses. To read the coverage, visit here….
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Success for four Alliance universities in HR excellence in Research Awards
Read more of: Success for four Alliance universities in HR excellence in Research Awards…who achieve the Award commit to undertaking an internal assessment after two years and an external evaluation after four years. Read more about the Awards here….
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UUK: Healthcare degree funding: making the reforms work
Read more of: 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….
