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  1. USW exploiting the global opportunities of digital transformation

    …global opportunities of digital transformation, provide a base for ground breaking research and will equip businesses of all shapes and sizes with the skills and knowledge they need to win a greater share of large regional and national projects. “I am confident that through our partnership with Thales and the University of South Wales we will work to stimulate and create employment in high value technology businesses – an ambition that is right a…

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  2. #WECAN (Women Empowered through Coaching and Networking) at Leeds Beckett

    …ss, said: “I’m delighted to be part of the #WECAN programme – it’s a groundbreaking way to help hard-pressed businesses accelerate the advancement of women at work. We are looking for bold leaders who know that supporting women to succeed also helps their male counterparts. Let’s do this!” Professor Anastasia Konstantopoulou, Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Edge Hill University, added: “We aim to ext…

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  3. Professor John Latham announced as new Alliance chair

    …lor for Business Development at the university for eight years. He was instrumental in securing the creation of Coventry’s £32m Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering in collaboration with Unipart Manufacturing Group – the ‘faculty on the faculty floor’ – which brings an innovative approach to teaching on the front line of industry, as well as delivering groundbreaking research. Serving as a Board Member and Sub-Group Chair on Covent…

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  4. Open letter to Professor Alison Wolf and Jeremy Warner

    …iversities actually do many of the things Professor Wolf sees as valuable: breaking the classroom mould of traditional higher education; taking higher education learning into the fast-developing industry environment; and recruiting educators from industry. All of our students, whether on an allied health degree, a world-leading animation degree or the UK’s top marine biology degree, are exposed to the latest in industry technology and developments…

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  5. Growing Industries

    Our fast-changing world means innovation is crucial to succeeding in the global economy. Businesses across all industries depend on cutting-edge research that will allow them to compete and deliver the products and services their customers demand. Ground-breaking research at Alliance universities is helping business and industry partners translate new knowledge into innovative products and services destined for domestic and worldwide markets. Our…

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  6. Why universities are the best places to start a business

    …t and live projects on site such as the development of buildings or ground-breaking research projects. They also have opportunities for placements and internships with industry leaders and innovative small businesses or workshops with practitioners at the cutting edge of their industry sectors. Universities are now a hotbed for successful enterprise. The facts speak for themselves. In the 2012-13 academic year, universities and higher education in…

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  7. University Alliance welcome new national centre of university-business collaboration

    …example the new Enterprise and Innovation Centre at Huddersfield, a groundbreaking model for making collaboration work effectively. “What the new CIHE centre needs to avoid doing is recreating the wheel or to be just another talking shop for ideas. This is where close engagement across this sector and business is key. The way it is funded will play a critical role in this. Public funding cannot be the only source; it must seek more innovative fun…

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  8. University group calls for rethink on social mobility

    …vour of the more privileged. Through opening doors to higher education and breaking barriers into meaningful employment universities are having a positive impact on social mobility and, in turn, child poverty. “However, the strong correlation between background and educational attainment means that the student number controls proposed by government have the potential to affect social mobility negatively. We will see the redistribution of public in…

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  9. Response to Milburn review into Social Mobility and Child Poverty

    …r twice as many students from lower-income and under-represented groups compared with the rest of the sector. Universities are contributing to social mobility through opening doors to higher education and breaking barriers into meaningful employment. University Alliance has submitted the following response to the Milburn review into Social Mobility and Child Poverty – download it here….

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  10. How volunteering for the NHS helped me become a pandemic-resilient PGR (and introduced me to the Queen!)

    …But my volunteering has provided critical support for me too. There are no words to explain the inner satisfaction you get when people appreciate what you can do as a volunteer. They will truly value your volunteering, especially if they come to learn during the brief chat that you are a PhD student with challenging demands to meet. It couldn’t be any better. Occasionally, when I feel dispirited, I reminisce about the cheerful voices and appreciat…

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