…lso soon have the opportunity to try out a brand-new CT scanner, set to be installed in early 2020. Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training – a life-size 3D virtual radiotherapy treatment room, where students can learn to deliver doses of radiotherapy using the Virtual Linear Accelerator (VLA). A £5 million Optometry and Clinical Skills Centre which opened in 2019 to provide modern teaching and learning spaces for trainee paramedics, nurses, phy…
…he care of the baby and mother after birth. Laboratories BCU have recently installed new laboratory facilities to help students explore and understand the scientific principles underpinning many of their courses. The physiology laboratory is equipped to help students learn about the way the human body works by performing investigative experiments. The biomedical science laboratory is undergoing an upgrade over the summer and will allow students to…
…functioning one bedroom flat with patient hoist system A static ambulance installation CAE patient simulators including birthing simulators with augmented reality Patient communication simulators within virtual reality Lifecast hyper realistic patient simulators Trauma moulage including self-harm injuries Psychiatric intensive care furniture Bariatric and older patient adult simulators Static and mobile video and audio capture for debriefing acro…
…actors, as well as against individual risk factors. For example, household instability in early childhood has been shown to lead to worse cognitive and social outcomes by the age of five. Going to nursery or spending time with a childminder, however, can substantially reduce this impact. This suggests that children from the most disadvantaged families gain the most from early childhood education and care. But chronic underfunding of early years ed…
…s was communicated to stakeholders via multiple platforms including video, Instagram, twitter and video conferencing, with a spirit of transparency and humanity that meant a great deal to all involved. • Achievements: 80% of students said they thought uni comms was good • During a time of crisis, Jane also has invested in proactive work to improve racial equality and EDI at the university. She employed 2 EDI Advisers for race, set up and started c…
…post-qualification admissions system, and believe a post qualification offers model would be the most fair and transparent way forward in this instance.” The full consultation response can be found here…
…University Alliance calls for protection of creative arts education and re-instatement of London weighting to enable fair access to HE for most disadvantaged students Creative arts education courses must not face cuts, or the Government risks undermining its own ambitions, says University Alliance. Responding to the OfS’s consultation on recurrent funding , the mission group for professional and technical universities ardently opposed proposals wh…
…. He explained: “Wind and solar farms sometimes produce excess energy, for instance, at night or during hot weather. Storing it as liquid air means it can be heated and turned back into a gas to drive turbines which generate electricity when demand increases.” “In addition, this technology avoids the use of fossil fuels and is emission-free. “The north of England plant will be the first of its kind in Europe and I believe this technology can go a…
…artnership, the university are driven to help local businesses by offering instant access to advice, resources, events and other support providers, all in one convenient place. The hub is part of a powerful network of 38 Local Enterprise Partnership-led Growth Hubs across England that integrate national and local business support. Funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and, in some cases, the European Regional Develo…
…AS) Network. Current projects Having upgraded the Robot House facility and installed new robotic systems, Hertfordshire are in the process of preparing new funding bids. Research groups interested in collaborating with them in joint bids should contact us. University of Hertfordshire are currently supporting two PhD students through the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship scheme. One project is using the Robot House to explore…
