…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….
…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 and ventures (rationale: entrepreneurs n…
…exclusively on graduates earning potential.2 We should be looking at ‘value-for-money’ in more ways than just financial return. Outside of the UK many countries already recognise the importance of an internationally informed curriculum and internationally applied knowledge and skill base for its next generation of leaders and influencers. They highlight how a global cultural awareness shapes the way in which people engage with the world at large….
…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 question, especially for those preparing for the final of Innovating Future Business on 10 May, I have joined forces with the 2016 winner of our Tech Angels: Building Bright Ideas competition – Lavinia Alexoiu, a final year Salford Business Schoo…
…ull-scale building in an environmental chamber in Europe, and the only full-scale brick-built test facility in a controlled environment in the world. It has been designed and developed to allow leading academics and researchers to conduct scientific research, to improve the energy efficiency of hard to treat properties, in collaboration with industry. The Salford Energy House is uniquely able to provide quick and robust data to companies about the…
…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…
…s staggering. Baby Buddy is a free mobile phone app for parents and parents-to-be with personalised content approved by doctors and midwives which UWE Bristol helped to devise. Sleepstation was devised by one of the UK’s leading sleep experts with support from Teesside University’s Digital City, to help millions get a better night’s sleep through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. University of Salford academics, along with colleagues at Lancaster Uni…
…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…
…Head of Communications and External affairs to info@unialliance.ac.uk An up-to-date CV of no more than two sides of A4. A cover letter of no more than two sides of A4 addressing why you are interested in working for University Alliance and how your knowledge, skills and experience meets the requirements of the role. Please also mention where you saw the job advertised. Closing date: 11.59pm Wednesday 11th August 2021 Interview date: Interviews via…
…ers of obesity, which are often outside the realms of Public Health. Find out more here: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/centre-for-applied-obesity/whole-system-approach/…
