…st those within the University Alliance, are well placed to support a safe return to in person teaching, with extensive asymptomatic testing, increased cleaning, updated guidance on social distancing, ventilation and face coverings in place. The government must urgently take action and allow a 12th April return to campus for all students.”…
…Research has been conducted through their spinout company, Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. Awarded a grant by Innovate UK to work in partnership with Vaxine Pty Ltd. Covax-19® is a vaccine based on production of recombinant spike protein manufactured in insect cells and the Innovate UK grant will enable OET experts to use their technology to help Vaxine to improve the yield and scale of production….
…e as a marker of sperm count. Both of these tests are used in fertility studies and diagnosis of inter sex disorders. This research later led to the current clinical tests for another reproductive hormone known as AMH (anti-mullerian hormone). This is widely used in IVF clinics to measure how many eggs women have remaining, thus allowing clinicians to identify which women would most benefit from IVF treatments. The current group of inhibin A, inhi…
…me for #IWD this year, Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world , the ‘in conversation with’ chat was facilitated by Dr Cheryl Allsop (Deputy Director of DTA Social Policy and Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales), who was joined by Co-Chairs of the DTA Researcher Representative Committee – Ana Tendero-Cañadas (Bioscience, Brighton), April Murray Cantwell (Social Policy, She…
…igital poverty in the UK. The sector has responded by offering hardship funding, digital support and accommodation refunds to students. At UWE Bristol, we’ve invested over £1.9 million in a new grant scheme for students who need IT equipment and spent over £7 million refunding students who are unable to use their university managed accommodation due to lockdowns. Unfortunately, while I welcome the £50 million of additional government funding to su…
…nt investments to ensure support reaches those students most in need, including those facing financial difficulty and to tackle challenges relating to digital inclusion and wellbeing. As students and institutions continue to face growing pressures from the impact of the pandemic, further funding will be needed to enable universities to best support students to succeed. Over the coming weeks and months, Alliance universities will continue to suppor…
…government to ensure than any reforms to admissions do not disproportionately affect disadvantaged students and that access to high quality Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) is available to students throughout the entirety of the university admissions process. We welcome the removal of the subject level Teaching Excellence Framework, which would have been complex and costly. However we do support the retention of the TEF as an exercise. Whilst…
…tudents to enter paid placements, whilst retaining flexibility for higher education institutions to make decisions in partnership with service partners. Alliance universities will continue to work incredibly closely with local healthcare providers and public health bodies to respond appropriately; making decisions about student deployment in response to local context and need.”…
…home schooling, remote inductions for new staff members, as well as responding to additional student worries about what the pandemic would mean for projects and funding. Although it’s been challenging, we’ve achieved what we planned this year: welcoming the final cohort of fellows (who have now all begun their projects) and transitioning to the delivery phase of the enhanced training programme, which equips our global recruits with a whole host o…
…ering opportunity for students to get outside and help maintain the plots. “Gardening is not only a great way to improve our green spaces on campus for everyone, but also improves overall wellbeing, particularly during these extraordinary and stressful times. This is an activity which students are able to engage with whilst maintaining social distancing and working together towards a common goal.”…
