…Chief executive Maddalaine Ansell has featured in coverage by Research Fortnight on the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) proposals. The story focuses on how university leaders have urged the government to look beyond commercialism and recognise the wide range of interactions between universities and businesses in the forthcoming KEF. You can find our full response here. Read the full Research Fortnight story (£)….
…eek, with just over 650 students arriving in five days. Thursday was our busiest day; collecting 350 students from the airport, shuttling them back to Preston by coach and allocating accommodation. It was on Thursday that I first met the Townsend family. I was helping with luggage and felt someone tug on my leg. I looked down to see a four-year-old boy looking worried, so I sat down on the floor and asked him what was wrong. He asked me if it was…
…t 2017 dinner Sir Stephen Wall, former UK Ambassador to the EU Summit delegates gather in the Egg Suite in the University of Salford MediaCityUK campus. Policy panel discussion gets underway chaired by Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance Andrew Smith, Chief Economist to the industry Forum Closing plenary chaired by John Latham, Vice-Chancellor of Cove…
…d VLE based tests have been incorporated into the curriculum. Students who under-perform are also offered an opportunity to receive additional small group tuition on specific topics. This has proved to be popular and, in many cases, pivotal to progression. Since the introduction of these methods, attendance at tutorials has improved markedly. The experience-led learning activity has resulted is a more holistic approach to student learning which pr…
…ersity of Portsmouth The Open University University of Salford Outstanding Estates Strategy Sheffield Hallam University Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year Liverpool John Moores University Outstanding Student Admissions Strategy Sheffield Hallam University Outstanding Financial Performance University of Huddersfield Outstanding Library Team Coventry University Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team University of Greenwich Outstan…
…g valuable but non-REFable activities face a challenge if required to submit everyone. Their producers of 3*-4* publications – which are rewarded by funding informed by REF outcomes – will be accompanied by many other staff with few or no outputs who, understandably, will have spent only a small amount of time on REFable research. As a result, the quality profile of these institutions will appear to have become diluted, even if their absolute volu…
…cation leaders from across the world. At the event, over a thousand delegates will come together to explore collaborative solutions to global issues and discuss the role of higher education. Taking place in London on Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 May, this year’s conference will explore the theme Global cities: connecting talent, driving change, looking at the role of universities and colleges as global connectors between fast-evolving knowledge econom…
…table, secure, and resilient to climate change and terrorism. They will need researchers and leaders able to work across disciplinary and sector boundaries to meet these challenges.” Read Ben’s article in full here….
…by flexing funding arrangements, improving advice and guidance and incentivising collaboration. We hope ministers will be ambitious with this agenda and take the bold action needed to carry it forward.” Notes to editors: HESA’s statistical first release on student enrolments and qualifications is available here. UA’s Lifelong Learning Manifesto, published in November 2016, is online here….
…iance universities already sponsor schools and can demonstrate positive outcomes for their students. “The consultation places particular value on universities setting up new schools to create more good and outstanding places. Some universities are well-placed to do this and should be encouraged to do so. Others can make as important a contribution – and at a greater scale – through other kinds of support. “Our universities’ success arises from eng…
