Assisting regional businesses to grow
…rt mechanisms, including skills for enterprise and entrepreneurship; and access to graduate talent through knowledge transfer. https://bcuadvantage.co.uk/…
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Continuous Professional Development
Read more of: Continuous Professional Development…Examples include the Greenwich programme leader hub with videos, guidance, explanations and workshops and Manchester Metropolitan FLEX opportunities Annual conferences Such as Greenwich Annual APT conference in July: https://showtime.gre.ac.uk/index.php/ecentre/apt2018 The title this year is: An uncertain future: Adapting academic practice for an evolving digital world. Public lectures or events In person or at a distance…
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Response to HEFCE university funding allocations
Read more of: Response to HEFCE university funding allocations…ies are ambitious and will continue to deliver world-leading research with and for industry, the public and third sectors and wider society.” -Ends- Full details of the funding can be found on the HECFE website – http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2015/Name,103785,en.html More information about University Alliance can be found on our website – www.unialliance.ac.uk Media contact: Sam Jones, 0776 767 3982…
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Applied Research
Read more of: Applied Research…cutting-edge research and innovation. As institutions truly embedded in their regions, Alliance universities transform lives and economies, playing a significant role in producing highly-skilled graduates, undertaking research and galvanising the economy. All members are committed to increase the quality and quantity of their research and will significantly help contribute towards the UK achieving the 2.4% share of GDP on R&D expenditure by 2027….
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Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaboration
Read more of: Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaboration…rities of our institutions and the government. In discovering meaningful impact measures, our work could have a significant influence on other institutional agendas. Similarly, the work our teams do every day to invest in our local communities, sharing skills with local business and supporting the growth of start-up companies should place us at the heart of the government’s place-based agenda. As ever, to make this case compellingly though, we nee…
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The Next Government must Invest Across the Whole of Nursing Education
Read more of: The Next Government must Invest Across the Whole of Nursing Education…al responsibilities, causing numbers to drop significantly. It has been welcome, therefore, to see commitments from almost all political parties to (re)introduce a maintenance grant or equivalent for nursing students (although guarantees must be given that this is available to all allied healthcare students). If delivered, this financial support will bring welcome incentives to support the recruitment and retention of nurses. However, while the bu…
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Our welcome note to the new Prime Minister
Read more of: Our welcome note to the new Prime Minister…to progress the industrial strategy. And – in order for the nation to be a competitor on the global stage as a global economy – we need more, not less talent coming through our universities. This leads us to our second piece of advice. Now, you will be looking to try and make some quick progress with (re)building vital relationships over the Channel. You should look to the university system as our international calling card, it will serve you and…
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Cracking the gender code
Read more of: Cracking the gender code…enthusiasm for it because the year I turned 10, I received a Spectrum 48k computer for Christmas. I worked my way through the manual that came with it, and became so enamoured with the fact I could type instructions into the computer and make it do things, that once I started I never really stopped. Positive role models are vital if we are going to remove long-ingrained stereotypes. That’s why I visit schools and colleges to engage both girls and…
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Producing researchers ready for the real world
Read more of: Producing researchers ready for the real world…a workshop facilitated by the Rising Ape Collective, an events management company set up by MsC Science Communications graduates. Access to innovative industries and facilities provide our students with professional insight, linking their research with global challenges so it can achieve the maximum impact in the real world. The DTA summer schools equip researchers with the professional expertise to produce world-changing research and develop suc…
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University Alliance comments on Education Select Committee Brexit report
Read more of: University Alliance comments on Education Select Committee Brexit reportCommenting on the Education Select Committee report Exiting the EU: challenges and opportunities for higher education, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Last week’s announcement on funding for EU students starting courses next year is very welcome. We need similar certainty that EU staff will be able to continue to work at UK universities and that our world-leading researchers can continue to collaborate with the best i…
