…drop of 40% in applications this year. As many mature students used to study at Levels 4 and 5, there has been a decline in demand for these courses and an increase in complaints from employers that they cannot recruit sufficient people at this level.” Read the full article here….
…the EU; EU students and research programmes. “Universities need to better communicate their civic role, because the institutions in my group, and I’m sure across the sector as a whole, make a huge difference to their local area. Regional stakeholders understand the value of the various universities in their area, but it’s about how we lift that into the national debate. We need to move away from the old-fashioned image of a university and into wh…
…s, and this year, two judges helped us to narrow them down to find a winner: Kollette Super, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Coventry University and Paul Inman, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University. Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s competition….
…s of the British black arts movement in the 1980s, Lubaina has spent her 35-year career shining a light on the trade in enslaved people and the contribution made by the people of the Black Diaspora. Lubaina’s Turner Prize Exhibit Commenting after receiving the award, she said: “It’s great to win, especially as so many people in Preston were rooting for me. It will make a huge difference to my profile and give a platform to the issues I want to cha…
…ess employer and student needs and expectations in the short, medium and long term – considering the skills gaps that exist today, and anticipating the demands of the future economy”. This is a welcome development which may even fill the hole left by the closure of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills earlier in the year. Read the full blog on Wonkhe here….
…el skills the economy needs and as key anchor institutions supporting place-based growth. “It is particularly welcome that today’s white paper signals a more strategic role for the Office for Students in identifying the future skills needs of the UK economy. Alongside this, the promise of extra core funding for university research and innovation will enable institutions to undertake more work alongside businesses of all sizes to raise productivity…
…ttingham Trent University ‘Engaging employers’ by Tim Thornton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Huddersfield ‘Enterprise education’ by Jane Turner, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teesside University ‘Spaces that inspire’ by Mike Clark, Director of Estates and Facilities Management, University of Brighton and Chair of the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) and Stan Stanier, Assistant Director of Information Services, University of Br…
…ems in small project teams or practising their professional skills on state-of-the-art equipment, in the real world or in realistic simulated environments. The Government recognised this when it introduced Degree Apprenticeships and I am delighted that Alliance universities now have over 120 higher and degree programmes accepting apprentices and a further 80 in development. Alliance universities have always valued and championed innovative and exc…
…process was an aid, not an obstacle. It fostered creativity, focus and team-working. Finally, we reflected on how we could apply the lessons learned from the design task to our own teams when they are designing and developing courses. We agreed that giving staff time away from other distractions to work intensively on course design really worked. We also noted the value of bringing together mixed disciplinary teams into a non-hierarchical environm…
…nd PVCs. Any big organisation would be delighted to see such deeply rooted commitment to shared values. Their responses all clustered round things already identified as important for the TEA – collaborating with students and employers in designing our courses; real world, engaging learning with authentic assessment; interdisciplinary approaches; and supporting every student to succeed throughout their studies and beyond. We made these shared value…
