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  1. The value of design in solving business and industrial problems

    …Increasingly we are in a global marketplace, our competition is no longer national, but international. Our products and services can be delivered from anywhere, so unless what we make is distinctive we lose our competitive edge. Britain’s image around the world is based on a perceived quality and heritage, with an understanding that our design and visual arts tradition at least since the 1960’s is innovative and eclectic. This view is primarily f…

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  2. University Alliance well placed to deliver Government’s priorities in Framework

    and deliver confident, ambitious graduates, equipped for 21st century. The World of Work (WOW) programme at Liverpool John Moores University is a world leading example of developing graduate attributes through close working with national employers and was highlighted in the Framework. Alliance universities have some of the highest numbers of graduate start-ups. “Alliance universities deliver genuine social mobility and access to the professions –…

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  3. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2

    …en from over 150 PhD students and early career researchers from around the world. Participants attended from the world’s leading universities and industrial organisations including Berkley, MIT, Imperial, Rolls Royce, Mitsubishi and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The two weeks kicked off with an icebreaker challenge, to construct the tallest possible spaghetti structure, which could hold the weight of a marshmallow, which my team won. At…

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  4. Engaging employers

    …mand for high-level skills, and to serve a student body that is truly international. We require students to extend their learning in real-world situations: at Huddersfield, every single course has an embedded substantial work-related component such as a placement To achieve this vision, Alliance universities have developed a distinctive form of teaching that draws on our long-standing partnerships with industry. This involves: Cutting-edge current…

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  5. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4

    …nised on the international stage, he began to submit applications for international collaborative research projects, which were run in conjunction with industry partners. It was through one of these industry partners, Exergy Ltd, that he first came to the UK, when he was hired as their Research and Business Director. A collaborative research project with Teesside University eventually brought him full circle, back to academia. He is now a Senior R…

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  6. Why is it important that universities and businesses collaborate?

    …levant now as it was back in the late 1990s, but just needs to be tuned to today’s continually evolving environment. By traditional Government evaluation techniques it is recognised that for every £1 of HEIF funding granted, there is over £6 of economic impact. However, it is the flexibility of HEIF that really enables it to deliver. Each institution has been able to focus its allocation to maximise impact from small to large-scale engagements, gi…

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  7. University of Wales, Newport

    …sign, jointly submitted with Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC), rated world leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour. Renowned for widening access and attracting non-traditional learners, the University operates the UHOVI (the Universities Heads of the Valleys Institute), in collaboration with the University of Glamorgan, to meet the specific needs of the Valleys and develop high level skills in So…

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  8. The value of a degree is worth the investment for individuals and society

    …th their research, students and staff and the world around them – locally, nationally and internationally. With representation right across the UK they educate over 25% of all UK students, with large proportions of international and post-graduate students. Alliance universities – Aberystwyth University, Bournemouth University, University of Bradford, De Montfort University, University of Glamorgan, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Hert…

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  9. Women in research

    …kett University The research work she leads on dementia. Professor Alison Bruce, Associate Dean Research and Enterprise, University of Brighton Alison is a brilliant internationally renowned nuclear physicist. What makes them inspirational in addition to their research endeavours is how they support others with their research. Her leadership of research and enterprise as associate dean is exemplary. Dr Susan Miller, Reader in Music, Leeds Beckett…

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  10. Improving the quality of air we breathe

    …e complex interplay between air quality management activities at local and national levels. Their findings influenced national and local policy, including the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, as well as the Greater London Authority and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland. In 2010, the UK Government launched a review of how local air quality is managed. This…

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