…er. After attending ACE, students reported an increase in confidence in applying for placements and graduate schemes. On average, 14% of students felt confident in these applications prior to ACE. Post ACE this increased to 58% of students feeling confident or very confident. The programme has been embedded into the majority of level 5 undergraduate courses. https://youtu.be/JexeN5TB77g https://www.herts.ac.uk/life/careers-and-recruitment/assess…
…PR, in real situations they didn’t feel confident to act. To solve this problem, they teamed up with CEMET to help create a more interactive training solution that would recreate a real-life scenario with the aim of giving people that confidence to act quickly in an emergency situation. Four Minutes Limited turned to mixed reality to provide a sensory, immersive experience where the participant witnesses a real emergency situation and can take the…
…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….
…versity of Brighton and Chair of University Alliance said: “We are incredibly proud to lead the support of #10000BlackInterns across the Higher Education sector. Alliance university students are amongst the most diverse in the country, and we are deeply committed to supporting racial equity within our institutions, communities and wider society. We look forward to working with our partners across the #10000BlackInterns programme to increase the tr…
…gression of students with applied general qualifications (AGQs), particularly BTEC Nationals, to higher education has a significant impact on widening participation. It is important that we continue to build on research, interventions and investment in addressing barriers to access, transition, retention and success, and ensure that BTEC students are not overlooked as a widening participation cohort. Qualifications for 16- 19 year olds should ensu…
…bers, to further champion the transformative contribution of Alliance Universities during an important period for post-18 education.’ Beth will begin her role in mid-July. As always, contact press@www.unialliance.ac.uk for any media or communications enquiries in the meantime….
…raduate from the Healthcare Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship. She said: “I would definitely recommend Teesside University to anybody. Doing this qualification has been an incredible experience. The staff have been really supportive. “Having the academic support has made a real difference and will really help with the way we work with patients.” Find out more about apprenticeships at Teesside University – www.tees.ac.uk/apprenticeships…
…ghts in the students’ experience Enable radical and free thinking, explicitly allowing ideas which would normally be excluded Enable a team to build in innovative and radical approaches from the start. Session suitable for Teaching and Learning conference session Departmental / subject away day Programme teams entering a design/re-design process Multi-disciplinary groups or single discipline teams Length: a long half-day Provided by: a team of two…
…t, working with colleagues, from their work for each project or activity including but not limited to at least one of the following: a publicly accessible case study for the UA website, a case study for sharing with the TEA community, an academic journal article or a TEA webinar; Follow and apply the principles of the TEA (see Annex). Any member of the PRC can be called upon by any TEA partner at any stage. Requests can be submitted via Basecamp o…
…not just the traditional three-year full time degree – is overlooked entirely. “At the same time, creating a rigid divide between ‘academic’ and ‘technical’ streams is both misleading and damaging. In reality, we need graduates with the right blend of skills and competencies, which can be aligned to specific sectors and occupations. “In the context of the Post-18 Review, the report’s recommendations look at how the system can operate more flexibly…
