…egic Communications Unit. In 2011, Vanessa joined UK Sport, as Director of Commercial and Communications. She worked on four Olympic and Paralympic Games including the 2012 Games hosted in London and the historic Rio Games at which Team GB and ParalympicsGB secured second position on both the Olympic and Paralympic medal tables. Vanessa played a key role in making the case to Government to secure record investment for Olympic and Paralympic sport….
…alympic medal success and hosting major sporting events as the Director of Commercial and Communications. During her 7 years at UK Sport, Vanessa worked on four Olympic and Paralympic Games including the Games hosted in London and the historic Rio Games at which Team GB and ParalympicsGB won more medals than were won at the host games in London to secure 2nd position on both the Olympic and Paralympic medal tables. During this time Vanessa played…
…. sandpit or workshop attendees; students; employers) will automatically become Associates. The composition, terms and activities for associate membership will be agreed in the second phase of development, once the core Membership is established, and once there is material to provide benefit to Associates. PRC Members gain development opportunities throughout the career-cycle through: Exposure to a national and interdisciplinary perspective on tea…
…ndset: Individual strand: students use self-managed learning principles to complete their own programme of development and learning, completing a personal learning contract they agree with their team companies (rationale: entrepreneurs need to manage their own learning). Team strand: students develop leadership, followership and collaborative skills within team-based projects and ventures (rationale: entrepreneurs need to work with others). Each t…
…ner, or needed to provide practical support. They may face problems with accommodation or with rental arrangements which frequently require long-term commitments, preventing shorter term overseas engagement. Almost 80% of students are also funding their university fees, at least in part through part-time work near their UK university location.3 Clearly we need a bold and imaginative mechanism for student mobility if we are to improve global skill…
…here I have been heavily involved in creating and delivering business idea competitions with guest investors, such as our very own Innovating Future Business Competition. More importantly, I have also had the pleasure of helping our student and graduate entrepreneurs to improve their pitching so that their cutting-edge ideas make maximum impact at competitions such as Venturefest in Manchester. But what makes a winning pitch? To answer that questi…
…o develop new methods and sensors to better measure in the field and within the house. This unique facility sits at the centre of the buildings and energy work at the University of Salford, which includes work with Greater Manchester, local social housing providers, community groups, as well as major companies and UK and international academic partners. It is a major facility in helping us all understand how to ensure people have comfortable and e…
…uture and could have a huge impact on British manufacturing. The frame and completed bike with all the full components was built live at London’s Design Museum and ridden during the event. The live event was featured on the Global Cycling Network show (2:08 mins onwards). Oxford Brookes first found success with bamboo bikes back in 2011, developing the first-UK built mountain bike made out of bamboo. Academics Dr Shpend Gerguri and Dr James Brough…
…nal level, universities’ innovations can lead to far wider impacts for our communities. VitalPac, developed by The Learning Clinic with help from Portsmouth Hospitals Trust medics and clinical outcome modelling experts from the hospital and the University of Portsmouth, is used in a handheld device such as an iPad or smartphone. It ‘watches’ patients’ vital signs, saving almost 800 lives in its first year. More than 30,000 doctors and nurses acros…
…hing resources, we need to be entrepreneurial ourselves; more driven, more competitive and more commercial. This wider perspective on entrepreneurship places emphasis on entrepreneurial learning in which the pedagogical and organisational processes are developed necessary to support entrepreneurial competency and attributes across a range of different disciplinary and multi-disciplinary subject contexts on degree and diploma programmes. The idea o…
