…which was signed by 70 universities and businesses and covered in-depth on BBC Newsnight. 5. The Doctoral Training Alliance went virtual, delivering four online residential events and 55% more elective workshops than previous years (21 in total) on a range of subjects, including research skills, wellbeing, motivation, presentation and influencing skills to name a few. DTA researchers were given the opportunity to showcase their research to the wid…
…s: Social Work Team, Oxford Brookes University Professor Rev’d Alison Baverstock & Claire Jackson, Kingston University Star Award UWE Bristol Centre for Music More information about all the finalists can be found here. The event was hosted at Kingston University’s award-winning Town House building. Over 140 guests were in attendance, including University Alliance colleagues and key stakeholders from across government, higher education and partnere…
…e UN Environment Programme to map air pollution hotspots in the developing world and by World Athletics to monitor the impact of poor air quality on athletes’ health and performance. The devices have also been key to establishing air quality monitoring networks across cities, including three in China with a combined population of 24 million. With the World Health Organization declaring air pollution a major public health emergency, the impact of t…
…y or we can risk seeing increased competition at the low end of the labour market, contributing to increased unemployment and difficulty in finding entry level jobs. Demand is high. Applying market logic would see the total number of student places increased. Instead they have been quietly cut by around 24,000 places compared with last year. Budgets may be limited but we should be stating the case for increasing the budget for higher education in…
…hey value partnerships with universities which result in graduates who are ready to hit the ground running. Alliance universities accept students from a diverse range of backgrounds and achieve some of the highest graduate employment rates – this is a great success story. Through transforming the lives of the many, not the few, these universities are making a huge contribution to social mobility in the UK as well as the economy Today’s report prai…
…g their awareness of what it takes to succeed in a globally competitive recruitment market. This is why we need more investment in our universities, an investment that guarantees significant long-term returns. Despite severe spending cuts in many countries, it is a remarkable fact that the UK is one of the only OECD countries not increasing investment in higher education, research and science. The UK cannot stand still and allow our global competi…
…nded initiative to develop a joined-up approach to the bio-sensing and instrumentation community. The Institute is already working with the SIKTN on a project to develop a National Directory of UK companies working in bio-sensing. About the Alliance: University Alliance represents 23 major, business-focussed universities at the heart of the sector delivering world-leading research with impact. Alliance universities educate over 26% of all UK stude…
…lopment of an innovative insurance product, is about to be launched to the market by the employing organisation. Shailja Tewart is one of the new tranche of participating trainees. Originally from India, Shailja has lived in Cardiff since she was 12, but left Wales to study for a degree in accounting and management at the University of Reading. Following her graduation, she found out about the graduate scheme from one of the participating companie…
…billed as his projection of the future of higher education in the UK. Robbins Revisited, Bigger and Better Higher Education Read the BBC article …
…ts. Consequently, it is not realistic to expect all current graduates to already be earning the national average at effectively only an eighth of the way through their working life. Setting aside what a ‘good’ salary is and when we can expect to earn it, there are many questions about whether we can take salary levels as a proxy for how we measure the contribution of individuals, and particularly of graduates, to our economy and society in general…
