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Alliance Award winners 2022
Read more of: Alliance Award winners 2022…l and professional universities, University Alliance founded the Awards to celebrate the innovation, commitment and excellence that exists across their membership. Winners were selected from over 130 outstanding nominees. They included a collaboration between students and staff to provide deeper insights into the experiences of Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Minority Ethnic students, a project supporting the health and wellbeing of staff and stu…
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Alliance Awards 2022
Read more of: Alliance Awards 2022…l and professional universities, University Alliance founded the Awards to celebrate the innovation, commitment and excellence that exists across their membership. Winners were selected from over 130 outstanding nominees. They included a collaboration between students and staff to provide deeper insights into the experiences of Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Minority Ethnic students, a project supporting the health and wellbeing of staff and stu…
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Alliance Awards 2021 winners!
Read more of: Alliance Awards 2021 winners!…rowne as she has been a ‘one-woman support system’ for DTA students. She remains open and honest about the issues she has had within the course of her PHD journey, she has been consistently welcoming at DTA events and really helps us settle into this community. Alongside this her professional and positive outlook has really inspired us to do the best we possibility can. She continues focus on solutions and be impactful in both her research, throug…
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Welcome to our new site
Read more of: Welcome to our new siteOur new website has been in development for a few months and I’m delighted that we can now share it with you. Our new online home is brighter and more spacious and will help you connect with University Alliance and our universities in new and interesting ways. Today is also exciting as we launch a project telling the story of students in Alliance universities. More than just a degree: stories of empowered students is about the endless opportuniti…
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2023 in review
Read more of: 2023 in review…cited to further strength our global network through the launch our new website, as well as DTA Connections fellowship award. 7. I’ll raise a glass to that! This is less a moment, and more a series of moments, but it would be remiss of me not to celebrate here some of the achievements from across the alliance membership this year. We welcomed the University of West London (UWL) to UA this year, bringing our total number of members to 16. With thei…
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How the Innocence Project London law clinic is redefining clinical legal education
Read more of: How the Innocence Project London law clinic is redefining clinical legal education…e not limited to: witness statements, CCTV images, forensic evidence, cell site (mobile phone) data and digital evidence such as text messages or social media messages. The paperwork students have to read extends beyond the summing-up of the trial Judge and appeal documents, to custody records, expert reports, medical information and jury bundles. Students respond to what they find, making the learning process continuous. They gain an insight into…
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University Alliance supports NUS calls for return of Maintenance Grant
Read more of: University Alliance supports NUS calls for return of Maintenance Grant…were removed by the government in the 2015 Budget. They were replaced with maintenance loans, which means that those students who qualified for the highest levels of maintenance funding graduate with the highest amount of student debt. According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies, this means that the poorest students will accrue debts of £57,000 before graduation.[1] Governments in other parts of the UK have maintained or increased their grant fun…
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Surya Maruthupandian
Read more of: Surya Maruthupandian…tions. It has been that way since the beginning. I personally have been in sites where there were at least 300 men, and I was the only woman. This situation often means there are a lack of facilities such as washrooms etc for women and a lack of company. A situation like this might be daunting for any woman who would actually like to take up such a job. However, things are looking better than the past decade. And I believe one way to make more wom…
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UA’s asks ahead of the Spring Budget
Read more of: UA’s asks ahead of the Spring Budget…r organisations by the ONS. 3. The student cost of living crisis Student maintenance support is now falling far short of student living costs: The student maintenance package in England is at its lowest real terms value in seven years. According to the National Student Money Survey 2023, the average student’s maintenance loan falls short of covering their living costs by £582 per month (up from £340 in 2021). In December 2023, the Sutton Trust f…
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