…curacies in your data corrected, which may include the right to have any incomplete data completed; The right to have your personal data erased in certain circumstances; The right to have the processing of your data suspended, for example if you want us to establish the accuracy of the data we are processing. The right to receive a copy of data you have provided to us, and have that transmitted to another data controller. The right to object to an…
…apprenticeship, or any other, I always give the same advice. Research the company that you are applying for and have a vested interest in the company and the work that you will be doing – this will make the apprenticeship more enjoyable. During the application stage, ensure that you put forward your skills, hobbies and any STEM-based activities which can enhance your application. The application window is fur months long, complete the application…
…contested data at first and when it was clear that disparities were not artefactual, they wanted more research before they felt they could take any action. Course teams felt little connection with aggregated results. Schools did not want institutionally-imposed policies, but found it difficult to create local solutions. What was achieved, however, was a much wider understanding that we have an above average proportion of undergraduates from disadv…
…es to complete their own programme of individual development and learning, completing a personal learning contract they agree with their team companies (rationale: entrepreneurs need to manage their own learning) Team strand: students develop leadership, followership and collaborative skills within team-based projects and ventures (rationale: entrepreneurs need to work with others). Each team company has its own open plan office space in the dedic…
…Innovating Future Business 2017, visit our website. Click here to read more about the students’ business proposals, and more details on the investors can be found on our blog. Data on graduate start-ups taken from HE Business and Community Interaction Survey 2015/16 by HESA: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/hebci-2015-16 For press enquiries please contact Joshua Hastings, Communications Officer: joshua@www.unialliance.ac.uk /…
…to identify specific materials. The institution has also formed a spin-off company – Halo X-ray Technologies – with Cranfield University to commercialise the technology. The judges were impressed by the way the original research has been successfully commercialised, saying that the ‘pioneering research’ had ‘led to the development of 3D imaging that is now used worldwide in managing security and public safety’. This is not the first time this work…
…improve our understanding of factors affecting the expansion of low carbon communities in the United Kingdom with the objective of improving existing projects by helping communities learn from each other. Professor Genus believes collaboration with key sector bodies such as Community Energy England is a vital element of the research. “Working with these partners will ensure the findings are disseminated widely to hopefully create a nationwide cata…
…esside graduates Bob Makin and Darren Cuthbert left their jobs working for computer games companies in order to fulfil their dream of setting up their own business. With the help of the Fellowship programme, they founded SockMonkey Studios, a mobile apps and game developers. Now employing five people, the company has moved into a business unit in Teesside University’s Phoenix Building. Their first app, Wurdy, a word guessing game, was featured by…
…from a BME background. In March 2015 Health Education East Midlands (HEEM) commissioned both Sheffield Hallam University and Northampton University to launch a project to increase the number of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) learners studying to become a paramedic. The East Midlands has a particularly diverse community, with a varied distribution of its BME population in large urban centres. For example, in 2014, almost half of the working age po…
…oftware within the company’s products. This led to increased sales for the company and to becoming one of the leading metrology instrument suppliers to the manufacturing sector in China, with double-digit growth in sales year on year. CPT’s researchers were also drafted onto International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committees to inform international standards. Their expertise led to nine new ISO standards and contributed to 14 others….
