…ited on the back of the cards which will be seen by hundreds of key figures, including MPs, leading business executives and university Vice-Chancellors and academics. Our theme for this year is ‘Arts and making places‘. Closing date: midday, Wednesday 30 November 2016. Submission: Send your image to info@www.unialliance.ac.uk with the subject line ‘Christmas card competition 2016’. Please include your name, course/occupation with the name of the u…
…ited on the back of the cards which will be seen by hundreds of key figures, including MPs, leading business executives and university Vice-Chancellors and academics. Our theme for this year is ‘making the difference in our cities and regions‘. This has been inspired by our organisation’s mission. We are Britain’s universities for cities and regions. We aspire to make the difference to our cities and regions through everything we do. Closing date:…
…dited on the back of the card which will be seen by hundreds of key figures, including MPs, leading business executives and university Vice-Chancellors. Our theme for this year is ‘Collaboration’, inspired by the extensive number of partnerships that both University Alliance and our universities have engaged with over the past year. Participants will need to provide a 50 word summary of how their design fits this theme. Closing date: We’ve extende…
…people leading to a positive result or outcome: Winner: The UWE Nightingale, UWE, Delivered the UWE Bristol Nightingale Hospital – a 300 bed fully ventilated Intensive Care Hospital The Braveheart Award: recognises individuals whose actions and behaviours convey a true sense of conviction to do the right thing often going above and beyond and deploying influence to achieve a positive outcome in potentially trying and challenging circumstances. W…
…se awareness of the value of going to university with the aim of increasing social mobility. Through our partnerships with schools, colleges and communities Alliance universities are working hard to raise aspirations, inspire people, and make options clearer.” –ends– Press contact – Andrew Henry, andrew@www.unialliance.ac.uk | 07833 236 629 About University Alliance University Alliance is a group of 24 universities offering a distinct student expe…
…iscriminate waste disposal such as open dumping, open burning, incineration, composting, and dumping into drain channels, rivers and streams is a global issue leading to environmental degradation, economic problems and affecting public health.” Her work focuses on Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.”In Nigeria, with a populace of more than 210 million, the number of inhabitants together with urbanisation and consumption behaviour has contributed t…
…pport, DTA researchers benefit from an inclusive and collaborative support community, enhanced employer co-designed training programme and access to expertise and facilities from across the network; helping equip our students with key skills for future employment. UWE Bristol Early Career Researcher (ECR) awards UWE, Bristol has invested more than £2m since 2008 in Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher (ECR) Awards to promising staff. These…
…The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) is a programme designed to enable the UK to compete as a knowledge economy in the 21st Century. In order to achieve this a strong research and innovation ecosystem is fundamental. The aim is to respond to industry needs by producing independent, highly-employable researchers with expertise and skills in strategically-important research areas. One way which the DTA achieves this is through the residential progra…
…ocal neighbourhood and that it’s a multi-dimensional thing. What might work, therefore, is to tell people what impact their energy use might be having on their immediate environment.” The project, entitled ‘Glow-energy nested bio system flows from home to hub’, is to initially last two and half years and has successfully obtained EPSRC funding of £586,000. The team will monitor electricity usage and energy behaviour from volunteers living across t…
…-depth interviews with small and large employers, including British Airways, IBM, Marks and Spencer and Bank of America, shows employers are putting graduates at the heart of their strategies to innovate and grow. University Alliance, representing top universities for employability in science, technology, design and the professions, is today publishing a new report, Job Ready: Universities, employers and students creating success. The report is ba…
