…e. “There are so many benefits to being part of the SHEDx project with The Community Brain – we are in the workshop three or four weeks a year, we get to bond as a studio and with the community and get to see the fruits of our labour at the end,” second year MA Architecture student Darren Maskell said. “We also get to build new contacts and get another opinion on our work. We’ve had people from the project coming along to our critiques and giving…
…t companies The pandemic has brought under the spotlight the importance of commercialization of research and the creation of spinout companies is an important vehicle to achieve this. Women only represent 13% of female founders or co-founders in the whole of the UK. This represents an untapped source of talent and has highlighted the need to better support female researchers with the commercialisation of their research and spinout leadership. Youn…
…g free school meals very quickly showed a gaping hole of need in the local community, compounded by Covid-19.’ Rebecca added: ‘I have been amazed at the impact such a small charity, which relies on donations, can have on the community. Supporting Little Sprouts has been very rewarding. ‘Just the small presence we have had based in the community hub has made a difference to some families and I am so proud to have been a part of it. Poverty is not j…
…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….
…three clear strands which combine to develop knowledge, skills and mindset: 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 an…
…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…
…eir dream job. Lavinia Alexoiu – Winner of Salford’s Building Bright Ideas competition 2016 Tip 1: Use the power of storytelling We have been telling stories since the beginning of our existence. If you don’t have case studies, you can create characters and show how they will benefit from your business idea. It can be tempting to fill presentations with charts and numbers, but they lack emotional impact and are more difficult to remember. But a st…
…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…
