…ubsequently identified. How we planned to monitor the impact of The KU Big Read Take-up of books by staff Students were sent or given a copy. Stock was made available to staff in libraries and via reception desks across the institution. We monitored the response, as evinced by stock level, date and campus. We hoped that requiring staff to collect a title, rather than simply receive one, would promote greater involvement. In fact, as fast as we put…
…t published and most cited author in the inhibin field. Inhibin use in the USA The greatest use of the inhibin A procedure for Down’s Syndrome screening has been in the US. The 2012 College of American Pathologists report shows that most respondent clinics use the second trimester quad test with a significant number using the full integrated test. The total usage of the quad or integrated test in 2011 in the US was over 3 million women screened. I…
…d boosting their confidence. THE ALLIANCE AWARD ARU law clinic, Anglia Ruskin University ARU Law Clinic promotes collaborative working with students and the local legal profession to ensure students gain experience of dealing with real-life problems alongside lawyers, whilst building professional networks to boost their employability. The Clinic has 90+ volunteer lawyers on rota, enabling students to observe a variety of approaches; the st…
…igh interest to potential employers: “There is a cool room, the Financial Markets Lab, which is a stock exchange controller we use from first year, where you can compile information on companies from around the world and compare them.” Jack is looking to complete financial data company Bloomberg’s training course on using the Bloomberg Market Concepts application in the lab, which can help when looking at careers in global finance. He is about to…
…mercial flights involving 15,000 aircraft and more than 230 major airlines worldwide. International rules stipulate that all aircraft over 27 tonnes must undertake flight data monitoring while UK law requires each plane to carry a flight data recorder (FDR). These recorders collect raw data from sensors for analysis. In the UK, this must be analysed annually to detect flight errors happening outside accepted safety parameters. However, manual anal…
…ies to reach out to more students in an increasingly competitive global HE market place. “Online learning can play a part in a country’s economic success by broadening access to higher education.” Part of this indecision is due to confusion between Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and more traditional forms of online learning. But there are important differences between the two. For a start, MOOCs have so far been operating from a separate plat…
…pean Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The ERDF, along with all European Structural Funds, runs out at the end of March 2023. What is the European Regional Development Fund? The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Union’s Structural Funds. It is intended to help tackle regional disparities across Europe. What is the purpose of the ERDF? It helps to create economic development and growth, providing support to bu…
…how to use their energy in the most efficient way possible, based on their usage. However, research has shown that this guidance does not effectively communicate people’s energy use at different scales. Sonja Oliveira, who is an Associate Professor for architecture and sustainability design innovation, and is leading the project, said: “As the world moves towards everything depending on electricity, including transport, we need a better way to com…
…demonstrates a viable business with a low cost of entry, evidence of sound market research, and crucially, an innovative idea with ‘wow’ factor. You can read all about the entrants’ business proposals here. Innovating Future Business 2017 investors include: ANS Group; Cariocca Enterprises; Marketing Signals; Wakelet; and Web Applications UK. Read below to find out more about them: Scott Fletcher MBE, ANS founder Scott Fletcher is one of the UK’s…
…t Programme for its air quality monitoring networks across major cities within developing countries. The pilot network scheme focused on Nairobi, with a further 30 cities targeted in Africa and beyond. To date, the OPC-N2 has been sold in more than 60 countries, including China, the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Spain, India, Peru, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand. In many cases, developers and researchers are using the unique capabilitie…
