…rk, and Pro Vice Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Engagement at Teesside University, Professor Jane Turner OBE. You can now watch the full segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X_nwVZfgk&feature=youtu.be Clip credited to BBC Newsnight….
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https://vimeo.com/238046616 The UA Teaching Excellence Alliance staged a landmark event with our Sandpit on 12 and 13 September 2017. With over 60 people from across our member universities, we drew on a depth of experience and expertise to push the boundaries of programme design. We also discussed how the Teaching Excellence Alliance should develop. Sam Grogan, Director of the Teaching Excellence Alliance, sets out the plan for the Sandpit So wh…
…of Universities (ATN) first signed a memorandum of understanding in 2013. Commenting, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Alliance universities have a global footprint. We want to use our extensive networks to support Britain’s world-leading education exports and promote the UK’s diverse offer internationally. “Our mission to Australia is aimed at strengthening existing collaborations between ATN and Alliance members. The…
…ve signed up to Our vision: more than just a degree – which can be found athttps://www.unialliance.ac.uk/campaigns/studentstories/our-vision-more-than-just-a-degree/ University Alliance is a group of 23 major, business-engaged universities committed to delivering world-class research and a quality student experience around the UK. They are universities without boundaries: delivering economic and social growth through close links with their researc…
…30 businesses. More information here on the Plymouth University website – http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=36701 University Alliance is a group of 23 major, business-engaged universities committed to delivering world-class research and a quality student experience around the UK. They are universities without boundaries: delivering economic and social growth through close links with their research, students and staff and the world aro…
…n applications to Engineering at Hertfordshire University by 32% from 2009 compares to a 14% national average increase. “It is heartening to see that the significant effort which has been put into raising aspirations in STEM subjects is paying off. The students applying for entry in 2010 will be graduating into an ever changing and dynamic market and Alliance universities have a proven record (2) of working with them to ensure that they are well e…
…y on public funding. Alliance universities obtain less than 50% of their income from core public funding. Private income should supplement, however, not replace essential public investment in higher education. The question of appropriate balance between public and private funding must not be informed by economic considerations alone. “The Independent Review of higher education funding and student finance has a responsibility to step back from the…
…rtunity to address some of these long-standing challenges and we should welcome the commitment to making the most of R&D strengths across the UK. However, structural funding must urgently be brought forward, or we risk much of the regional investment being undone. The combination of EU Structural Funds with research and innovation funding has played a vital role in regional economic development. Universities have been able to leverage these funds,…
…ed colleagues and form a team to launch a new electric car charger service company, later dubbed as the “airbnb” of electric vehicle charging by the Spark! committee. I provided suggestions and edited the funding application incorporating some of the outcomes of the research funding projects I led over the past years. In the end the application came out as a runner up for the whole nationwide competition and won the Spirit of Spark! award.” Matthi…
