…faces from our Alliance universities and elsewhere. The university’s Quay News team also produced a one-off news programme during the day’s proceedings. University Alliance Summit 2017 from University Alliance on Vimeo. Photos Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham speaks at UA Summit 2017 dinner Sir Stephen Wall, former UK Ambassador to the EU Summit delegates gather in the Egg Suite in the University of Sa…
…owing the recommendations of the CENTRIM report to the Department for International Development and the World Humanitarian Summit, the Humanitarian Innovation Fund is now supporting the entire lifecycle of innovation and has embedded scaling in their programme strategy. Three major projects were funded under the Humanitarian Innovation Fund programme guided by the research findings, and creating a range of social and economic impacts in disaster a…
…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….
…supporting local economic growth.” The Enabling Innovation programme will run until 31 March 2019 and is expected to help at least 2,500 businesses in the region. Funding is from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) portion of the D2N2 LEP’s allocation of €251m in European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). D2N2 is a private sector-led partnership of business, local authorities, skills and training providers, social enterprise and c…
…ates the mobility needs of older adults with a secure and connected infrastructure. The development has the potential to revolutionise mobility for older adults, reducing loneliness and giving people who do not drive the freedom to make spontaneous choices without relying on others. The work also promises to lead to thousands of new jobs in the South West, in supply chain and product development. The project will be based in the Bristol City Regio…
…to deliver world-leading research with and for industry, the public and third sectors and wider society.” -Ends- Full details of the funding can be found on the HECFE website – http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2015/Name,103785,en.html More information about University Alliance can be found on our website – www.unialliance.ac.uk Media contact: Sam Jones, 0776 767 3982…
…eneurship is in a powerful position to shape economy and culture in the UK today. Appetite among the student body continues to grow; there are now 130 NACUE Enterprise Societies in universities and colleges, up from just 12 in 2009. Students and graduates among the NACUE network are leveraging entrepreneurship not only as a solution to the question of employment, but to finance their time at university and to creatively solve real social problems….
…h economic growth high on the national agenda and employment rates under scrutiny, universities and their graduates have a central role to play in realising Government ambitions. The scale of, interest in, and support for graduate enterprise is growing and entrepreneurship is in a powerful position to shape economy and culture in the UK today. Appetite among the student body continues to grow; there are now 130 NACUE Enterprise Societies in univer…
…‘expert bank’) kicked off the first day sharing a keynote presentation and video about the Cold Case Unit at USW. Interdisciplinary collaboration is an essential element in the real-world impact of the project which draws on students and experts in forensics, criminology, policing and psychology to investigate unsolved missing person cases. One of our favourite sessions of the week – the debate chaired by Professor Amin Al-Habaibeh from NTU – gave…
…, outreach and community-led research, the pride for our local communities runs deeply within our institutions and is seen in everything we do. Because we are embedded in local communities throughout the country, Alliance universities have the collective power, civic infrastructure and industry partnerships to drive change and level-up throughout our towns and cities. https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/05-UA-IG-feed-COMMUNITI…
