…d a safe and innovative way of recognising and celebrating the breadth and diversity of the unviersity’s community’s achievements and providing a platform for supporting each other in the challenges they may be experiencing. It has encouraged the community to be creative, inventive and collaborative with their submissions. A Changed World University-Wide Make-Along: To complement the project, the university organised a very successful online teach…
…ation such as our National Horizons Centre, and supported over 1000 SME’s; directly supporting jobs and regional businesses in the Tees Valley. “With the existing funding due to end and no plan in place for the UKSPF, we run the risk of a gap emerging between funding regimes and the programmes they support, resulting in people, infrastructure and relationships disappearing and ultimately the erosion of the ecosystem we have worked so hard to estab…
…y connected with each other and support them to stay healthy, both physically and mentally. In short: The hub brings together both resources from the university as well as external sources and covers the following: Mental health Physical health Public health Community support and volunteering Spirituality and Faith Students’ Union and Student Volunteering Postgraduate Students International Student Support Each area has a team lead that staff and…
…ative. In short: Everyday objects drawn by primary school pupils are being digitally transformed by two Kingston School of Art students as part of an innovative community project. Developed in collaboration with The Community Brain, the Colouring in Kingston project was the brainchild of second year art direction students Izzi Toovey and Josephine Miller. It was set up to help provide children with an exciting and interactive set of challenges the…
…enabled the design and construction of the bed bays to be replicated quickly and safely, as the construction team were familiar with the product. Jordon Lambert said: “Having the design, construction and clinical team working in-house ensured that issues could be identified and resolved in a much more efficient workflow, allowing decisions to be made rapidly. I believe this to be a huge kudos to the construction industry as a whole – it can achie…
…upport followed news that the University’s National Horizons Centre was lending state-of-the-art analytical equipment to the NHS to enable testing for the virus to be stepped up. In short: The School of Health & Life Sciences delivered webinars over a number of different dates in response to a request from Health Education England for higher education institutions to deliver extra training to health care staff. They focused on managing ventilated…
…A total of 133 Adult Nursing and Mental Health Nursing students have recently completed their undergraduate degrees, enabling them to apply for Nursing and Midwifery Council registration and begin employment with partner NHS Trusts. In addition, more than 300 Nursing and Midwifery students who are in the final six months of their degree are to undertake extended clinical placements with NHS partners, having either completed or scheduled their indu…
…e to members of the public since October 2019 in several areas of law including family and employment law. When the University moved to online tuition in March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hertfordshire Law Clinic also moved online to ensure continuous support for the local community at this difficult time. Hertfordshire Law Clinic students shadow the solicitor giving verbal advice to the tenant via video conferencing. This allows the stu…
…School of Social Sciences Humanities & Law said: ‘When I saw the social media appeal, little did I know how big it would become. It went from helping children on free school meals to supporting a much wider audience.’ Debbie Fixter, co-founder and manager of Thornaby based Little Sprouts, said: ‘We needed to act quickly when lockdown was introduced, so we issued a shout-out for volunteers and Rebecca was the first person to contact us. ‘What star…
…t guidance for universities: “Alliance universities are doing everything reasonably practicable to ensure that their campuses are Covid-secure and that their students are aware of and observe all relevant guidelines both on and off campus. “They have continued to go above and beyond, remaining incredibly flexible to do everything in their power to support students, staff and our communities during this extraordinary period for the sector, and the…
