…ate by firstly working on secondment in Campus Services as an interim site manager, managing a range of operational staff on one of campuses, and latterly coordinating our Covid operations and recently as strategic projects deputy director. Sarah does everything with excellence in mind and is constantly looking to develop herself and others. She is an inspiring role model for women in sport and within estates. Karen Barton, Director of Learning an…
…ch has helped accelerate our product research and development.” Martin Horsman, Managing Director, CONNETICK LIMITED “The ERDF funds have been a key contributor to my business growth over the recent years. The University of Derby have provided various support to our local business community… The expert advice, networking, informative events and funded workstreams have been an important aid in protecting and growing our businesses. it is clear that…
…ni to pursue their academic studies. The majority of teaching is delivered online in a Virtual Learning Environment with recorded lectures, online tutorials with video links and consultation sessions. A small number of on-campus sessions are used to introduce students to their lecturers and cover materials that is best done face-to-face (e.g. some elements of Human Computer Interaction). At the same of the Degree Apprenticeship there is an intensi…
…oftware, which is used to replicate real symptoms, and are enhanced by the manipulation of for example blood pressure, pulse and heart rate for extra realism. SIM Man can also “talk” to the students which adds another dimension to their use in teaching clinical skills and in simulation exercises Mock wards The mock wards enable students to get a feel of what a ward is really like before heading out for their first placement. They contain ‘Sim Men’…
…’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group and the Carers Trust and Heart of England to upscale our online programmes and also develop a new Coronavirus module for people worried about the outbreak. There is still a need to support people and we have an online platform we have been testing and using over the past few years, which we will now be upscaling so it can provide support to many more people. Andy Turner, professor of Health Psychology at Coventry Univ…
…tudents to graduate early and staff to return to work on the frontline and manufacturing PPE are just some of the many ways Alliance universities have supported the national effort to tackle the pandemic so far. Alliance universities already play a vital role powering the NHS, training a significant proportion of the workforce and supporting local provision. And if we see an increased need for health services in the coming weeks, Alliance universi…
…dents can practice and learn how to bath and examine a baby. Coventry have various child and baby mannequins with which they can simulate procedures. The laboratory contains an electronic profiling cot, which moves electronically to enable safe moving and handling of children in and out of the cot and a drugs trolley where students can practice administering drugs. There is an information board that keeps the students up-to-date with any innovativ…
…d, Public Health England, and the charity Verus Arthritis, is taught in groups of 10 to 12 people and is also available online and through a smartphone app. “We wanted to make the scheme as easily accessible as possible, but the face-to-face classes are so effective because the groups start and finish the course together, learn from and develop each other and can spur their peers on,” Professor Hurley explained. “I’ve seen first-hand the cohesive…
…evance of social group memberships – family, friends, community, sports groups, hobby groups – for our wellbeing. This work comes from the Social Cure perspective within social psychology, which argues that it is the extent to which we identify with (or feel a subjective sense of belonging to) our social groups that is consequential for our wellbeing. In order to study the relationship between group identification and happiness, my colleagues and…
…non-Russell Group university to be awarded an EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing. A wide variety of research groups based at the University of Huddersfield are equally determined to play a part in key economic, industrial, and social issues. “This heavy emphasis on research and entrepreneurship is underpinned by a determination to improve the student experience and outcome.” To choose just three – the Institute for Railway Research will he…
