…Royal Society president Sir Paul Nurse, who was commissioned to lead a review into the research councils, released his findings last week. His report calls for a single agency to oversee research councils, and greater collaboration between scientists and the government. Our response to Sir Paul’s review was published in the Guardian coverage of the review. You can read our full response here….
…way to raise its profile. And that’s where the Guardian University Awards come in. Winning an award highlights your achievements to the Guardian website’s 8 million daily readers around the world. Of those readers, one in five describes themselves as a student – exactly the people who need to know which universities are doing an especially great job. All you have to do is pick a category in which you believe you stand out. The categories honour e…
…day release courses fully funded by their employers. The university has a commitment to CPD and embedding degree studies into practical study and industry. For example, it has developed a suite of programmes for the Royal School of Military Engineering including a Foundation Degree to sit alongside intensive work based training. The curriculum was designed in such a way that it would mesh seamlessly with the work students were undertaking in the…
…Solicitors, Eaton Smith, Ridley & Hall, Switalskis and Wilkinson Woodward and Kirklees Council Legal Services. Some of these firms do not advertise vacancies for junior positions but ask the University to shortlist top students and recommend them directly for interview. Several students have obtained positions this way. In 2015 the Legal Advice Clinic won the LawWorks and Attorney General Awards in the category of Best Contribution to pro bono wo…
…da. The first phase of the Maritime Knowledge Hub in Wirral opened in March 2016. Operated jointly by Mersey Maritime and LJMU, the new facility is designed to be a global centre of excellence within the UK. The facility will also include serviced business start-up space and support, an offshore survival centre and marine simulation centre, and a unit to help manufacturers design, test and build products. The Tower, housed within a disused Grade I…
…ld also disadvantage some universities and give students a skewed picture. Comparing the employability data for say, philosophy and nursing could be misleading. “Measuring excellence in a research-intensive university that’s teaching an academic subject might look very different from a university that’s running a nursing or teacher training course – and that might look different again from a conservatoire that’s trying to prepare people for life a…
University-business engagement comes in many forms. There are numerous policy reports that have looked at how universities can best support collaboration with business on applied research and knowledge transfer. However employer engagement in educational provision (course development and delivery) within the university sector is less well understood. Mind the gap: Engaging employers to secure the future of STEM in higher education aims to provide…
…d by THE ahead of the initiative’s launch last week. Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of the University Alliance, said she hoped that research councils would be persuaded to contribute towards the initiative if it proves to be effective. “We hope we can show to the research councils that our institutions have strengths and that, working together, they can create the critical mass required for effective doctoral training,” she said. “It would not…
Read University Alliance’s submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review – ‘Skills for new growth’. We have also summarised the key priorities for skills for new growth for the Government to bear in mind ahead of the CSR. They are: Numbers. More graduates are needed to keep pace with growing demand for higher skills. The cap on student numbers must remain off. Access. Student Opportunity Funding enables universities to attract and support disad…
…We’ve submitted our response to BIS Select Committee Inquiry into the Productivity Plan. Read what we recommend to secure Britain’s future and drive local economic growth by clicking on the document (right). …
