…afety, health and environmental management. Before embarking on a PhD, she completed the MSc Safety, Health and Environmental Management also at the USW. Fatima’s doctoral research looks at the social and cognitive behavioural factors that influence people’s waste disposal practices. She says that “improper or indiscriminate waste disposal such as open dumping, open burning, incineration, composting, and dumping into drain channels, rivers and str…
…ddition to his Chartered status as a professional engineer in Nigeria, the doctorate has supported him to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council UK and a full member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE). It has also enabled his progression from research into academia. “During my PhD, I had the opportunity to gain teaching experience and obtain a postgraduate teaching certification,” he said, “and I am now a lecture…
…iance universities and partner institutions; one of the largest nationwide doctoral training initiatives across the UK. Building on the research strengths and industry-focus of our universities, the DTA is focused on producing independent, highly-employable researchers with expertise and skills in strategically important research areas. DTA supports three interdisciplinary research programmes in Applied Biosciences for Health, Energy and Social Po…
…The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) is a programme designed to enable the UK to compete as a knowledge economy in the 21st Century. In order to achieve this a strong research and innovation ecosystem is fundamental. The aim is to respond to industry needs by producing independent, highly-employable researchers with expertise and skills in strategically-important research areas. One way which the DTA achieves this is through the residential progra…
Lizze embarked on DMU’s Fashion Buying course not knowing where it would lead. It didn’t take long to develop the idea for Kindred Sole and she has not looked back since. Read the beginning of her story here. We caught up with Lizze, here is her story 6 months on… Kindred Sole has taken a step forward (excuse the pun) in the last 6 months. Launching our first exclusive designer collection in collaboration with London based designer Julia Tuck has…
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…o improve accessibility. The full report is available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662744/State_of_the_Nation_2017_-_Social_Mobility_in_Great_Britain.pdf Last year University Alliance published Supporting thriving communities: the role of universities in reducing inequality: https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Supporting-thriving-communities-UA_WEB.pdf Earlier this year…
…her current role as CEO of University Alliance (UA), you see, Vanessa was communications lead for UK Sport. When David Cameron and George Osborne agreed to a massive investment into UK Sport to capitalise on the feelgood factor of London 2012, Vanessa got the call: a jawdropping press release was needed to reward the government’s largesse. She promptly came up with the Rio medals goal – and still chuckles at the memory of the performance director…
…generally and / or those with an interest in how universities are run. If you would be interested in being involved with the programme please contact tea@www.unialliance.ac.uk. More information can be found at www.unialliance.ac.uk/tea …
…ey will continue to play a critical role in driving innovation-led growth.” Notes to editors: For further information or to speak with Libby Hackett contact Andrew Henry on ahenry@www.unialliance.ac.uk, 07833 236 629. More information about University Alliance can be found on our website, www.unialliance.ac.uk …
