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…ay delivery of the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) training programme for doctoral researchers and supervisors across a national network of 19 universities. The Programme Administrator will work closely with the Deputy Head of Doctoral Training and all members of the UA DTA Team, as well as Programme Leads from partner universities, to ensure that a successful and effective programme is supported in its delivery and monitoring to the relevant UK…
…mmer School, we received advice on topics such as grants and funding, post-doctoral opportunities, research impact, generating public engagement and community involvement in research, transitioning to industry, and developing start-ups. These events also offer the opportunity to network and collaborate. At the Spring School earlier this year I was able to witness this first hand, meeting a student from UCLan who is looking into the relationship be…
…g the summer schools. These images were later considered for the DTA Photo Competition. This video provides an overview of the training opportunities offered by the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA). On the first day, we all arrived at the University of Brighton. After a brief coffee and catch-up, the session was kickstarted with a welcome address by the Head of DTA Jennie Eldridge, followed by a conversation panel discussion on the topic: ‘What is…
…ralia (and this includes an interest-rate subsidy alongside non-repayment) compared to the UK’s 45%. The Australian graduate repayment system has a high earning threshold for repayment (like English system) and a progressive, income-contingent repayment system (like England ) but once the graduate crosses the earning threshold the monthly repayments are higher. Australian graduates make higher repayments to achieve a much shorter repayment period;…
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…programme’s success in producing highly-employable researchers to help the UK compete globally as a knowledge economy. DTA students benefit from Alliance universities’ combined network of industry partners to improve the quality of their research for real-world impact. Both summer schools also gave researchers the chance to share the progress of their group projects since they last met in Spring. The students’ projects are providing new approaches…
…simulators for students to practice realistic emergency care situations and hospital scenarios Life-like mannequins that can simulate symptoms, diseases and conditions students will encounter as a working nurse Video recorders so students can receive evidence-based feedback from students and teachers watching them practice….
…ow our global competitors to continue to overtake us on this. In 2000, the UK was 3rd amongst top industrialised nations in terms of the proportion of young people graduating. In 2008 we had fallen to 15th position because our competitor countries have been investing at a faster rate than us. We have to consider carefully the consequences of continuing to move down this ranking in terms of our international competitiveness. Do we want to fall into…
…tance from the University’s researchers, Alphasense produced the OPC-N2, a commercial variant of the ‘Heathrow’ particle sensors, which quickly sold to more than 20 countries worldwide. Beyond the UK, the OPC-N2 has been adopted by the United Nations Environment Programme for its air quality monitoring networks across major cities within developing countries. The pilot network scheme focused on Nairobi, with a further 30 cities targeted in Africa…
