…ng those who have exhausted the criminal appeals process, optimising plant disease control to improve food security, to supporting students in gaining film industry experience through network collaboration. This year marks the fourth Alliance Awards event, hosted this time by the University of South Wales at their Treforest campus in Pontypridd. The ceremony was attended by individuals from the University Alliance membership, as well as key stakeh…
…Nicholls Law ARU have been very supportive to us – both as employers and individually as apprentices. And we’re convinced our commitment to learning will not only benefit us personally, but also future-proof the firm as we move into new and exciting areas of business as a result of our studies. Julia Nicholls, Practice Manager and Senior Consultant calfordseaden We have partnered with Anglia Ruskin to provide our degree apprenticeships, so our a…
…Southern Africa Every year some half a million people die from malaria, a disease which exists in nearly 100 countries. Focus f or enhanced malaria programme performance is often placed on the technical challenges, while human and organizational factors are often overlooked. Research conducted by Peter Case, Professor of Organization Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol, has focused on improving programme management and servi…
…he work of the University of Hertfordshire’s Toxicology research group has directly protected civilians from the effects of chemical weapons incidents. Amid rising terror threat levels in the UK and the US, the research group was asked by the US Department of Health and Human Services to investigate decontamination processes. Hertfordshire invested in large-scale testing facilities to allow researchers to simulate human exposure to hazardous subst…
…udents undertake higher education programmes in a flexible way, over a long period of time.” It also needs to be more patient about progression; a modular approach may take longer to bear fruit. There are many other established ways to measure higher education quality, handi*]}*ly summarised in this thoughtful SMF briefing paper. The “education gain” measure proposed by the DfE in the revised TEF is a good start. Going forwards we need a more rounded…
…te the exploration aspects that govern shale gas and help improve understanding of how this controversial energy source can be part of a diverse energy mix in the future alongside renewable energy. As his discipline focuses on the upstream sector of the energy industry, the DTA energy group exposes Delano to how economics, politics and environmental issues can have a direct impact on the exploration and production of energy resources, as well as h…
…duation and beyond; Enabling our students to engage with our academics and directly with employers in effective and innovative ways. At Huddersfield, all courses are designed in collaboration with employers, who sit on validation panels which give approval for new and substantially revised courses, and on subject review panels, to ensure that courses remain current and relevant to professional employment. In the Health area, service users and care…
…gent Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) systems – a method of externally controlling muscles – which are improving the quality of life for people with neurological disabilities across the globe. Signals from the brain are crucial to control how we move our bodies. But countless lives each year are devastated when those signals cannot get through because of a spinal cord injury or a neurological disease such as Multiple Sclerosis, or due to da…
…r education quality assurance system and do not have links with degree awarding bodies”. In addition, “there is almost no comparable information about these providers’ satisfaction, retention or employability rates.” The report cautions against “centrally-imposed minimum entry requirements” when the student numbers cap is lifted in 2015-16 – a change that is likely to lead to an extra 60,000 students entering the system, according to Treasury esti…
…nsidered approach to ensuring quality right across a growing and increasingly diverse sector if we are to safeguard the reputation of our world-leading higher education system. Image by Howard Stanbury HM Treasury estimates there will be an additional 60,000 entrants into higher education from 2015-16. From 2011-12 to 2014-15 the total Student Loan Council funding for students at alternative providers is projected to increase nine-fold. The report…
