…level of investment into student support and widening participation is a reflection of the commitment of these universities but our greater concern is about the consequences of proposals in the White Paper. “By allowing universities that take high-performing students to charge £9K, whilst taking places away from the rest of the sector and giving them to low-cost providers, they are creating a shift in public investment towards the high-achieving,…
…ect and that the sector is supported as it prepares for greater change from 2012-13. HEFCE are absolutely best placed to achieve these aims. “With a reduction in research funding it is more important than ever that we fund research on the basis of excellence wherever it is found and we support the commitment to this principle in the grant letter. Funding research based on excellence will achieve concentration of funding where quality exists and is…
…businesses and working alongside industry. We were able to build on this in 2019, when the University was one of 20 universities to be awarded University Enterprise Zone governmental funding. This allowed us to pilot different flexible provisions to support SMEs looking to innovate and grow. The pandemic forced us to innovate further and come up with solutions to deliver business and R&D support remotely, resulting in a series of new programmes al…
…ent happen. In a different kind of awards, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) outcomes showed Alliance universities were the most likely university group to score gold for teaching. UWE’s VC Professor (now Professor Sir!) Steve West was knighted, whilst the University of Brighton’s VC (and UA’s outgoing Chair) Professor Debra Humphris was awarded a CBE. Professor Jane Harrington, CEO at the University of Greenwich, replaced Debra as our new Chair…
…recommit to investing £20 billion every year in Research and Development by 2024 – 2025. Read our letter to the Chancellor below. Add your signature here. — Dear Chancellor, You are more aware than anyone of the economic challenges that lie ahead for our country. We know that difficult decisions will need to be made to protect our economy. But avoiding disaster today is not enough, we must seek to thrive tomorrow and into the future. As business l…
…nd conflict affected locations. For example, Words of Relief enabled local communities to communicate better with relief workers and scaled up ways to facilitate two-way communication between first responders and crisis-affected populations by translating key crisis and disaster messages. Making Humanitarian Supplies (by Field Ready) provided 3D printing in the field where rapid, low-cost supplies were needed most. Healing in Harmony by Make Music…
…ncluded a New York theme, rock band and a singing cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coMv59NKBXc&t=252s Kingston University -For the delivery of their community Vaccination centre. Kingston University has been at the forefront of the community response to the coronavirus pandemic, working to safeguard the health of borough residents and minimise the spread of the virus. Our community vaccination hub has been hailed as an exemplar of collaborat…
…“I am very surprised and honoured to have won the UA DTA Images of Research 2020 competition – Judges Category. “The UA DTA has provided me a platform to conduct research that I am really passionate and enthusiastic about. However, it extends more than this, they have given me the opportunity to access training to improve my skills, whilst also giving me a network of researchers across the UK to help me through my studies (especially Molly Browne…
…entation, I feel much more confident. Therefore memorising something for a competition was out of my comfort zone. The second biggest challenge was that the presentation was going to be recorded. Knowing that I was being recorded made me extremely uncomfortable. It added a little pressure on me which distracted me from focusing on my speech. Luckily my university, Kingston, organised training sessions for the shortlisted students. The training was…
…to reaching the target of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D. This should combine commitments to both excellence and fair distribution. Those of us championing a place-based agenda need to find new arguments to navigate these complex issues, while avoiding simplistic interpretations such as the north-south divide and cities vs towns. These ignore the poverty in parts of London and the southwest and the affluence of some towns. The other divide in…
