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  1. Breaking down the ‘divide’ between research and teaching

    …profile speakers, in Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London today will showcase examples of best practice in research-led teaching and help the sector develop a better understanding of its extent and value. Alongside the workshop, UA and the HEA are today publishing a collection of case studies highlighting examples of research-informed teaching from across Alliance universities, covering a broad range of existing practice. Commenti…

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  2. Interview: University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson

    …when you really need to.” She anticipates the taskforce won’t come to an abrupt end post-Covid, either: “I think the commitment from the minister is that she finds this particular group of people really useful. I get a sense that the group itself will be used more regularly for consultation and engagement. Certainly, all the messages that we’re getting out from the department and the bodies is positive.” Michelle Donelan has “really stepped up to…

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  3. Professionals Award

    …ted by Vice-Chancellor Professor McKellar: https://www.herts.ac.uk/aboutus/news-centre/news/2021/apprenticeships-will-play-crucial-role-in-hertfordshireseconomic-recovery-post-pandemic,-says-the-university-of-hertfordshire-vice-chancellor Case studies from team’s employer-partners and recruited apprentices: o https://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/news-centre/news/2021/my-degreeapprenticeship-shaped-me-into-the-professional-i-am-today o https://www.whti…

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  4. University of Derby: Jack’s story

    …first year, where you can compile information on companies from around the world and compare them.” Jack is looking to complete financial data company Bloomberg’s training course on using the Bloomberg Market Concepts application in the lab, which can help when looking at careers in global finance. He is about to go into his second year of his degree and he is keeping his options for the future open. He’s fully aware that the course gives him the…

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  5. A new manifesto for UK research

    …strong in health, engineering, technology and design – areas that remain crucial for today’s growing industries. Twenty per cent of our research staff join us from industry, giving us a head start in understanding what business needs – and responding to this. Alliance universities also have strong – and growing – international connections. Nearly a quarter of our research funding comes from outside the UK – this is five per cent above the sector…

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  6. Developing low-cost air quality monitors for Heathrow Airport

    …ith a particle filter which needed changing regularly, and by hand. Ground-breaking design Professor Kaye and his colleagues set about researching a completely new type of OPC that could operate without a pump or filter, but which could still achieve the accuracy of individual particle counting and sizing offered by far more expensive commercially available OPC instruments. “Our approach involved optical and aerodynamic modelling of various design…

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  7. Global graduates

    …lobal Employer Survey Report found that six out of 10 employers around the world give extra credit for an international student experience, and more than 80% said they actively sought graduates who had studied abroad. It is not clear, however, that current UK graduates are properly prepared for the global workplace. According to recently published British Council research, 74% of chief executives believe that we are in danger of being left behind…

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  8. University Alliance campaign about value of going to university

    …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 Hertf…

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    David Willetts, Universities Minister, launching More than just a degree
  9. Tom S – Leeds Beckett University

    …rough all their choices of Business Management courses and found what I do today, Business Management and Finance. There was an outstanding amount of information on the university website and in my opinion if you could only have one source of research, use the university website, it even tells you about the city as well as student experiences! It was the course content that I was fascinated by. I noticed that modules in Leeds Beckett’s Management…

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  10. Women inspiring through collaboration

    …the first new UA network established in the days building up to the first national lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic. The network and all its members have proved invaluable during the last year coming together regularly to share experiences and solutions to common issues and challenges. Magi has inspired by how she has gone out of her way to share her vast experience in the HR world and the approaches taken by Coventry to dealing with the endl…

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