Research Fortnight: University Alliance goes it alone with PhD training partnership
…ty—in the 2015-16 academic year. The aim is to have 72 students enrolled by 2017-18. Paul Harrison, the pro vice-chancellor for research and innovation at Sheffield Hallam University, one of the creators of the scheme, told Research Fortnight that it was conceived as a self-funded venture from the outset, rather than as a reaction to any failed bids to the research councils for doctoral training partnerships. He says this has given organisers a ce…