…insects on the menu. Further findings on insect eating will be presented in 2019, combining the work from Indroneel’s doctoral thesis with a two-year public attitudes study led by Professor Dermody, who is looking at how we can save the planet by changing what we consume. You should also look out for future public events with inventive insect experiments and even a cookbook featuring favourite insect recipes. There is even talk of a Bake Off-inspi…
…as become a reality. The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme was founded in 2016 and has become the world’s largest entrepreneurial training programme in healthcare, helping to transform patient care across the NHS. In the first four years of the programme over 500 clinical entrepreneurs were recruited. Between them, 247 life science start-up companies have been created, over £270million of funding has been raised through investment largely from t…
…ilter, critically analyse and process information in order to work safely, effectively and efficiently within a modern health care arena. They have to decide on the key priorities associated with each aspect of care and afterwards, they will receive feedback on the appropriateness of their decisions. Skills Practice and Care Enhancement – S.P.A.C.E. An innovative practice area all students can access outside of lecture time to use equipment and re…
…onduct high-quality simulation meet learners’ needs we work closely with industry. We currently have partnerships with various simulation-focused companies and are always open to mutually beneficial partnerships….
…earning with no exams and no lectures. Learning is centred around the Team Company, a team of up to 20 students who develop their own entrepreneurial projects and ventures. A team of nine Team Coaches, each bringing a unique set of skills and experience, supports the development of their assigned Team Company and the development of the programme as a whole. They also have fun along the way. It’s not unusual to see the team dressed as pirates while…
…ners including Communications Management and ExpertFile. Justin Shaw, Chief Higher Education consultant with Communications Management said: “Having worked as a journalist, university press officer and a media consultant to universities globally over the last 30 years, it has been my professional goal to stimulate greater numbers of academics to recognise the value of media engagement and to support them in the development of these opportunities…
…sector: in year one the student is recruited and placed directly into the company undertaking a commercially focused project. This provides the business with new capacity and skills for its existing innovation activities, but also provides the student with significant experience of a commercial environment. Businesses can then develop the student to meet the ethos and standards of the business from day one. Upon completion of year one the student…
…ohort in England and Wales to complete a new graduate diploma in policing, combining combine real-life policing experiences on division with academic learning. Having experienced a combination of university lectures and academic learning with life on the beat, the officers are the first in Wales and England to complete the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) and gain a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice. With backgrounds ranging f…
…Policing Institute of the Eastern Region conducted research examining the effectiveness of risk management practices for registered sex offenders in the community, including the first national evaluation of the Active Risk Management System (ARMS). This research has resulted in key changes to policy and practice in all 43 police forces and all seven divisions of the National Probation Service (NPS) in England and Wales; leading to increased effic…
…ll do little to assuage worries. While the reforms promised in the UK Research and Innovation Roadmap will help address these for future generations, in the meantime, by adopting these recommendations providers of doctoral training can go some way to relieving the complex pressures faced by the current generation of PhD researchers….
