…g speech recognition software listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. Compliance status This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliance…
…ation, The True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (True Potential PUFin), was established in partnership with True Potential LLP, one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services organisations in the UK today, and founded by one of our MBA alumni, David Harrison. The Centre’s mission is to develop personal financial capability across the UK. The first and only personal finance research centre in the UK that…
…nd retraining in later life, including those who are already in the labour market. UA’s proposals include: Improving information, advice and guidance: with a coordinated approach, led by an independent body and focused on supporting people in work and those ‘just managing’; Flexing the funding arrangements: supporting accelerated degrees, reintroducing lifelong learning accounts, and loosening the eligibility criteria for Advanced Learning Loans t…
…isk of group think. We need to form a long-term commitment, not just to recruit a diverse pool of employees, but to help them get to the top. For example, at Deloitte we are currently working really hard to increase the female representation at the top of our organisation and to recruit and retain a wider pool of talent from a wider range of schools, colleges and universities. We must also be mindful that millennials have different expectations to…
…f future economic growth. As Obama said recently ‘those who out-educate us today, will out-perform us tomorrow’ and he is right. “A high-skill, highly innovative workforce where graduate-intensive industries deliver wealth creation and job creation.” By making a commitment to fully fund the expansion of higher education, this Government is not putting the rest of the HE budget at risk, it is not downgrading its commitment to the science budget, it…
…ing of new and creative approaches and high-level skills have always been crucial to business success and growth. Universities are key to unlocking this hidden potential and we welcome further support to strengthen the collaborations that already exist between universities and business. Our international competitors are investing heavily in universities, so this move will certainly go someway in helping us retain our place in the global market. Ou…
…t year was incredibly challenging but it shaped me into the scientist I am today. I then won a funded PhD to work on invasive species in Ireland, so this is what led me to move to the other side of the world. How would you describe your experience as a woman scientist? Whilst I have experienced negatives, I want to focus on the positives. In the conservation work I do, I have worked with many excellent, passionate and inspiring women. In fact, I w…
…eas, covering issues from food security to viral threats in the developing world. Given the central role of research and innovation in Britain’s humanitarian efforts overseas, the report emphasises the importance of getting the funding system right, supporting excellence wherever it is found, and the need for different sizes of grant for development projects. With the consolidation of seven research councils into UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),…
…give people who do not drive greater freedom without relying on others. Robots used to be the stuff of dreams. But the unprecedented speed of technological change is already creating a world where futuristic innovation is pushed out of the lab and into our homes and offices. …
…. The UK’s research ecosystem must be: selective so we continue to develop world-leading expertise, collaborative to maximise complementary strengths, responsive and relevant to the rest of society and industry, and committed to nurturing future capability. Alliance universities have these characteristics built into their DNA, demonstrating particular strengths that are well-suited to meet today’s challenges. The report concludes that continued an…
