…ering research into tackling Obesity University of South Wales Creating an online resource for people with learning disabilities Sheffield Hallam Specially-designed bra to improve breast cancer treatment Salford University Using Virtual Reality to support children going through court Portsmouth University Student led health clinics for the homeless community Oxford Brookes Physical exercise to support Parkinson’s patients Nottingham Trent Universi…
…education and business including former schools minister David Laws (Chairman, Education Policy Institute), 18-year-old entrepreneur Ben Towers (Director, Zest the Agency), ‘women in tech’ champion Kathryn Parsons (Founder and Co-CEO, Decoded) and Anna Kyprianou (Executive Dean, Middlesex University). What are the themes being covered on the day? This year the Summit will focus on three key themes: Enterprise and education – how can schools creat…
…Partner at award-winning brand strategy consultancy, Sparkler; Kate Howe – Managing Director of Gyro creative agency; Anthony Hopper – Chief Executive of direct marketing agency, Lowe Open and Steve Bell – Chief Executive of top advertising agency Iris. The employer-based teaching approach enables students to link classroom theory with the practical realities of the sector. It provides them with industry skills to add to their armoury when approac…
…on; talent development and flows; societies and communities and leadership. At this year’s event, held in Cape Town, UA Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell and Prof Malcolm Press, Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University took part in a panel session on the leadership role of universities in cities and regions – a podcast of the session is online here….
…ld. Everyone thinks that they don’t have bias, but try this quick and easy online test – Harvard Implicit – which shows that most people do, and in many cases these run counter to explicitly held beliefs. Work by Daniel Kahneman suggests ‘fast thinking’ may be to blame: Our brains frequently make very quick associations between things, fill in gaps through guesswork where information is limited and make systematic errors. We are also heavily influ…
…Barclays UK in Liverpool and will include modules on workplace culture and management. What works well and why? The collaboration is based around a shared commitment to a sustainable relationship that balances the immediate training and skills needs of an employer with strong career development and educational practice. For LJMU, graduate employability is support through direct engagement with a local employer, resulting in students being recruite…
…ent of tools to improve procurement processes. These include the Key Performance Indicator Engine, developed with Constructing Excellence. This is an online tool used by over 150 organisations which has generated over £200,000 in related licence fees, consultancy and training. They have also produced a local economic multiplier methodology which calculates the wider economic and social value of projects. As a result, the researchers have been appr…
…as of the UK where life disaffection is growing, and financial hardship is manifesting into social unrest. Tackling regional inequalities is important to this Labour government, and devolution is baked into their approach. In our budget submission, University Alliance has sought to focus on recommendations that will boost not just our universities but also our local communities and the regional economies. Student maintenance support The case for e…
…ook over the tied nominations together and talk through how each meets the various criteria. Between them, they then agree who to put through to the shortlist and select a winner. 4. Announcing the shortlist Once we’ve got a clear shortlist for each award, we get in touch with all nominees to let them know whether they’ve been successful. The whole process from the nomination deadline to letting nominees know the outcome usually takes around a mo…
…le energy within society. The expansion of renewable energy is hindered by various social, business management and engineering issues. Asha’s project therefore aims to design and validate energy trading models that can be used by households to trade their excess energy saved from renewable technologies. Key findings show that big data appear to be a significant area of consideration for energy modelling and there is a need for global modelling to…
