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  1. Our response to Lord Young’s report on enterprise, Enterprise for All

    …. For example, Plymouth University has the Plymouth Award to recognise and celebrate student achievements outside of the curriculum.We also support the need for better and more granular course-level information for students to help them make choices about higher education. However, we have concerns over the recommendation to measure added value based on graduate income data. This is simply not a good measure. Evidence shows that graduate earnings…

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  2. Let’s give the creative industries the respect they deserve

    …of huge importance to the UK economy and it is important that we start to celebrate its success. Design Bookshelves by loungerie The report showcased a number of interesting statistics: Employment The creative industries were responsible for 1.68 million jobs in 2012, 5.6 per cent of the total number of jobs in the UK. Employment growth of the creative industries was over 12 times higher than the UK Economy as a whole (8.6 per cent between 2011-1…

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  3. Guardian University Awards 2014

    …d bigger for 2014. The Guardian University Awards are back to showcase and celebrate the outstanding innovation and creativity and impact of UK universities across the higher education sector in delivering world-class teaching, research and engagement. The awards recognise and reward working projects in universities that demonstrate innovation in the sector. We invite entries from universities and university professionals across 14 categories. Don…

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  4. Start-up: a story

      Start-up: a story, a joint University Alliance and NACUE project, celebrates the graduates who are turning their business idea into reality. Our toolkit, containing stories, top tips and links to helpful resources, will inspire more student and graduate entrepreneurs to start-up their own story. The stories of ten graduate entrepreneurs give a rich insight into the realities of starting up and the important contribution of our graduates and uni…

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  5. HEBCI start up figures

    …ncy. These comprise part of a much wider economic impact. There is much to celebrate. One of the measures reported on is graduate start-ups. As described and demonstrated in our recent project Start-up: a story this is an area where Alliance universities and their graduates are leading the way. The figures out this week show that across the sector employment has increased to 13,600 with 1800 more jobs created. There has also been an increase in tu…

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  6. Move over coffee houses, it’s time for Tea Sheds!

    …s our first stockist and it is absolutely fantastic that in May we will be celebrating our 2nd Birthday there with our exciting and unique concession. *TeaShed at Fenwick Our pop-up is like no other! We have a shed with a lawn out the front and a picket fence. We have ‘blend your own tea’ out of test tubes and a range of fantastic food supplied by Fenwick. Not only that, but we have an outstanding team who will make sure you have the best unique e…

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  7. Six degrees of separation

    …tralia had for breakfast. Of course, Kevin Bacon wasn’t a random choice of celebrity endorsement either. The idea of six degrees of separation – where everyone is on average approximately six steps away from any other person in the world – has its origin in the work of Karinthy in the 1920s. The game ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ was invented as a play on the concept: the goal is to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through no more than six connections…

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  8. The Guardian University Awards

    …now welcome for the Guardian’s inaugural University Awards, celebrating excellence and innovation within the higher education sector. The Guardian University Awards recognise best practice, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. There are nine categories to choose from, in areas such as teaching best practice and innovation to campus facilities, and the awards will act as a benchmark for excellence and offer universities a seal…

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  9. University group calls for rethink on social mobility

    …e is extraordinary depth and breadth in UK higher education that should be celebrated and is missed if policies focus too narrowly on one part of the sector. “Access to university is still greatly skewed in favour of the more privileged. Through opening doors to higher education and breaking barriers into meaningful employment universities are having a positive impact on social mobility and, in turn, child poverty. “However, the strong correlation…

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  10. Ketan Srivastva – University of Brighton

    …on University of Brighton website in the Clearing section. Afterwards, I emailed my form to the Clearing team and soon got my confirmation email from the university. From applying to the university until half way through my degree, I have never felt alone. Choosing University of Brighton was best decision of my life and it feels like a home away from home. My advice on Clearing as an international student Being an international student, the proce…

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