…ld, they are not yet widely consumed in the west. But this research suggests that, with time and exposure, we could be seeing a lot more insects on the menu. Further findings on insect eating will be presented in 2019, combining the work from Indroneel’s doctoral thesis with a two-year public attitudes study led by Professor Dermody, who is looking at how we can save the planet by changing what we consume….
…e, and then assembled and completed by students and apprentices between May 2013 and April 2014. While being constructed, over 750 school pupils from over 35 local primary, secondary and tertiary colleges visited the Brighton Waste House site to learn about sustainable values and practices. “The City Council has drawn considerable inspiration and valuable guidance from working with Duncan and his work has advanced policy and practice for sustainab…
…nform the government’s National Plan for Sport and Recreation, providing recommendations to the House of Lords Select Committee on how to remove barriers to participation and physical activity. The evidence submitted by the panel addresses prominent issues found in sport and recreation in the UK that include racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and ableism. The recommendations will look to influence the government’s strategy and policy for sp…
…emic.” His words were complemented by Dr Paul Phillips CBE, Principal & Chief Executive of Weston College: “If we jigsaw our combined skills portfolio which includes an Institute of Technology ( IoT) and a Centre for Excellence we can grab this nettle and produce the skills continuum that is missing.” Both individuals believe that their proposal makes sense at so many levels and moreover that this is a Level 3 pilot in the making that they hope De…
…ward. Skills sessions are designed for our students to be practical and benefit from working in small groups to practice skills such as bed making, hand-washing, communicating with patients, applying and interpreting basic monitoring, blood taking, palpations, observations and emergency care. Skills sessions are an exciting part of the midwifery courses at Anglia Ruskin University. “Skills days are designed to teach you the basics of midwifery pra…
…ine received the University Alliance Integrity Award in recognition of her commitment to supporting the doctoral community. Colleagues praised Lorraine for providing not just information for doctoral students but also reassurance and warmth. She was instrumental in engendering trust and confidence in the Doctoral College and her work during the pandemic has generated messages of praise from students and staff alike. Lorraine said, “I was thrilled…
…Alliance-type institutions, which are doing critical work realising the benefits of vaccine discovery to support the country’s vaccination effort. Alliance universities deliver applied research driven by partnerships with industry and the public sector. This has enabled us to commercialise vaccination research, support skills development and facilitate the logistics of manufacturing at scale. For example, Oxford Brookes University are developing a…
…d effort to put on. In fact, one of the last things I attended at the Uni before the lockdown in March 2020, was an International Evening which was a celebration of the creative talent that we had within our student body. My communications style has always been peer-to-peer as I found our students responded well to that and saw me as a friend and, as one student said, my communications felt: ‘less big brother and more big sister!’ I didn’t realise…
…Partnership (OxLEP), includes successful and growing scale up leaders who come together to explore common constraint issues, co-create solutions and maximise the impact of potential improvements. They benefit from the knowledge and skills of Oxford Brookes Business School, combined with external, professional, facilitated support over the course of a year. Each Network has 8-10 business leaders who meet 8 times over the course of a year. The scal…
…direction of Kingston Town Centre’s public realm. The partnership has been instrumental in establishing a framework for the future, cleverly spanning a range of opportunities from small projects to those on a larger scale. The combined effect of these initiatives, along with important contributions from the community, will enable an incremental improvement to the town centre, bringing significant benefits both for the University and borough as a…
