Adapting buildings for future climate change – conference June 2017
…low Conference days: 28th – 30th June 2017 (Wednesday-Friday) Further information and submission guidelines can be found at www.adaptbuild2017.com…
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Make Your Future Happen
Read more of: Make Your Future Happen…education and careers to students, and to see how we can best address these challenges. We believe this is an important step in improving the opportunities of people from all walks of life, something which our organisations are deeply committed to. Get involved in the debate and activities: www.gov.uk/unimoney #makeyourfuture Follow @Unialliance, @bisgovuk, @bispressoffice, @UniversitiesUK, @AoC_info, @Bright_Tweets and @TeachFirst for mentions/re…
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We need long-term financial stability for the HE sector
Read more of: We need long-term financial stability for the HE sector…or Philip Walker (tel 0117 931 7363) at HEFCE. University Alliance is a non-partisan, non-political organisation working to promote, safeguard and sustain the public benefit delivered by universities together with our members. Alliance members are Bournemouth University, University of Bradford, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Coventry University, De Montfort University, University of Glamorgan, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Hertfor…
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University Alliance asks: what is the vision for the future?
Read more of: University Alliance asks: what is the vision for the future?…hed a new project, university_vision, to get some of this thinking going.” -ends- Press contact – Sam Jones, 07767673982 1. university_vision is a new project led by University Alliance to establish a sector-led vision to ensure that our universities are able to sustain their global competitiveness and deliver the knowledge, networks and places of the future. The project is sponsored by Hewlitt-Packard and The Education Foundation. See www.univers…
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Putting students centre stage welcome, but wider economic vision lost.
Read more of: Putting students centre stage welcome, but wider economic vision lost.…ut university Alliance 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 around them – locally, nationally and internationally. With representation right across the UK they educate…
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University Alliance urges careful investment of limited public funds for 2011-12 and beyond
Read more of: University Alliance urges careful investment of limited public funds for 2011-12 and beyond…ducate over 26% of all UK students and achieve some of the highest graduate-level employment rates. Alliance universities offer a research- informed, academic learning environment and a culture of innovation and enterprise, equipping graduates who will help deliver growth to the UK economy. Our universities maintain a revolving door with business to help ensure graduate employers get innovative and thoughtful, professionally accredited graduates w…
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University Alliance warns against sleepwalking towards a privatised university sector
Read more of: University Alliance warns against sleepwalking towards a privatised university sector…novation was responsible for two-thirds of productivity growth between 2000-2007 and was the common defining feature of the fastest growing 6% of businesses between 2002 – 2008. These businesses generated half of all jobs created by existing businesses during this time. About the Alliance: University Alliance represents 23 major, business-focussed universities at the heart of the sector delivering world-leading research with impact.Alliance univer…
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Vaccines, R&D and the Budget
Read more of: Vaccines, R&D and the Budget…ould begin their project to develop the skills capacity within the Stockton-on-Tees region, working in partnership with industry to upskill the vaccine manufacturing workforce. Oxford Brookes University have also been undertaking research through their spinout company, Oxford Expression Technologies, to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Awarded a grant by Innovate UK to work in partnership with Vaxine Pty Ltd, the vaccine is now in its clinical trial…
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The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4
Read more of: The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4…es faced by the industry partners and how could we address them using state-of-the-art or future technologies.” According to Vladimir, this understanding is something Early Career Researchers really benefit from gaining at the beginning of their academic journeys, “The earlier researchers realise how industry works and thinks, the higher the chances are for them to contribute to prosperity of our society. When I was very young, I defined my purpos…
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Opening doors to new ways of research collaboration
Read more of: Opening doors to new ways of research collaboration…nd art in the past, present and future. The students also visited the world-renowned Wellcome Library, containing 750,000 books, journals and a range of other resources available to anyone interested in understanding medicine and its role in society. DTA Applied Biosciences for Health students at the Wellcome Trust Access to places like the Kings Cross Energy Centre and the Wellcome Trust benefit our students, who had another purpose for being in…
