…s was previously chair of University Alliance from September 2019-September 2023. Professor Debra Humphris joined the University of Brighton in December 2015 from Imperial College in London, where she had held the positions of Pro Rector (Education) and Vice Provost (Education) since 2012. She earned her doctorate on the implementation of policy into clinical practice in the NHS in 1999 and from 2000-2012 she worked at the University of Southampto…
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…ishermen that work within 6 nautical miles from the coast). As a result, in 2012 Defra decided to do so. However, this decision was challenged in a judicial review initiated by representatives of companies that currently held large quotas, who argued that these had become their property and so could not be redistributed. Greenpeace and NUFTA used the UWE Bristol research in legal proceedings in support of Defra’s decision, showing that the UK fish…
…ualisation. NCCA graduate Andy Lockley won an Oscar in 2011 for his visual effects work on the 2010 blockbuster Inception, with Paul Franklin, who himself became an honorary doctorate of BU in November 2012, describing the honour as “more special” than winning an Oscar. The work of our NCCA also received endorsement from Her Majesty The Queen as a winner of the 2012 Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. BU has approximately…
…ling people to live healthy, happy and productive lives by integrating the complex web of organisations that comprise the local health and social care ecosystem. In my own city, Bristol Health Partners: a strategic partnership bringing together universities, the City Council with NHS Trusts and Commissioning groups – illustrates how this can be achieved. Its success stories include more elderly patients receiving the right hip replacements and few…
…n the science sector and acting as a mentor for Northern Power Women. This commitment is reflected at home with her encouragement of her six-year-old daughter Freyja to carry out science experiments in the garden. Her national reach extends to Whitehall, as co-author of the UK Industrial Biotechnology Strategy that was officially presented to UK Government in 2017 and adopted along with its associated road map. Professor Julie Lydon OBE, Vice Chan…
…y Thorburn – University of Brighton Buffalo Adventures is a Ugandan travel company encompassing adventure, work experience and social impact. Finlay started the business while living in Africa in response to difficulties he experienced while travelling the continent. Find out more about Buffalo Adventures: buffaloadventures.co.uk Compact Gyms Ltd Andrew Marshall – Nottingham Trent University Compact Gyms provides functional, high-quality home gym…
…clinical staff (including medical doctors) through apprenticeship routes by 2031/32, compared to just 7% today, which will be no mean feat. There is already a teacher training apprenticeship route at postgraduate level, but Ministers are committed to introducing a new teacher degree apprenticeship for those without degrees (you might have seen the recent headlines screaming about ‘teenage teachers’). The well-established Police Constable Degree Ap…
…e more important than modern medicine in saving lives (reference to the outcome of the 2007 British Medical Journal vote). Interest in applying the technology on a larger-scale has been expressed by a number of NGOs and the private sector. The contribution of my efforts to society has been acknowledge by receiving various awards – the most prominent being first prize at the Research Councils UK Water Research Impact Awards 2015. This is in respect…
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