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  1. New technology improving water quality monitoring

    …lace established approaches that rely on infrequent spot sampling, and was designed to be compatible with existing analytical procedures used in commercial laboratories. In 2000, when the European Union’s Water Framework Directive was established, Portsmouth’s researchers were invited to take part in a large European funded project testing several sampling techniques including Chemcatcher. Extensive field trials demonstrated their device’s effecti…

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  2. Research into X-ray imaging improving security screening and public safety

    …use of diffracted X-rays to identify explosive substances and contraband drugs. Their findings led to the DHS issuing a broad agency announcement to US industry to build prototype scanners based on the University’s technique. Several US security manufacturers contacted the researchers for detailed advice on design and implementation. Astrophysics Inc, for example, developed its ‘Surround View’ product range which enhances object identification to…

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  3. Using interactive technology to improve lives

    …nally the team’s research into developing interactive serious games to improve the employment skills of people with disabilities has, in turn, had a major influence on the way practitioners conduct their own vocational training – particularly the nearly 10,000 professionals and 1,500 trainees on the GOAL project. They have also spread the word to a further 7,500 professionals and trainees on another EU funded project, GOET, which supports people w…

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  4. Food research improving safety standards and growing the local economy

    …ted during processing. It also led to the creation and safeguarding of over 1,000 jobs. Researchers from the Food Industry Centre have been invited to share their methods and knowledge worldwide by acting as consultants to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation. They have collaborated on a programme funded by the European Commission to design a curriculum for sanitary inspectors in Bangladesh. They also provided expert advice to the Centre fo…

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  5. Developing intelligent technology to improve quality of life for people with neurological disabilities

    …ented on the devices in their 2012 Stroke Guidelines. Since 2008, well over 10,000 stimulators have been sold – doubling OML’s turnover. They have also been exported to 18 countries including developing nations such as India. The company aims to make FES a routine treatment in the NHS and to develop its use overseas. They are already working with the research team to improve the current technology through further study and new techniques. Their vi…

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  6. Alliance universities see big increase in share of world class research

    …harmacy 17% in Architecture, Built Environment and Planning 21% in Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory 19% in Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism 14% in Social Work and Social Policy 16% in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management This reflects an increase in submissions from 4,237 to 4,325. Our response to the REF 2014 exercise On 18 December, 2014, the Higher Education Funding Council fo…

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  7. There may be trouble ahead…

    Last week the Higher Education Commission published a report setting out 16 recommendations following their inquiry into future risks to the financial sustainability of the sector. The Commission aimed to identify what is needed for ‘a thriving, buzzing centre of knowledge for England and the rest of the UK; building and expanding, producing valuable outputs, as well as receiving public investments’. Our higher education sector plays a vital role…

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  8. Lifting student number controls – will it affect the quality of learning and teaching?

    …e student numbers cap. At the core of our belief is that only by having a truly mass higher education market with no cap can we create opportunity for the many, not the few – the original Robbins’ vision. As Nicolas Barr, Professor of Public Economics at London School of Economics, outlined in his presentation at the same event, evidence shows that poorer students will always be disadvantaged in a system that restricts places. Looking at participa…

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  9. University Alliance responds to IPPR report on postgraduate student loans proposal

    …postgraduate study published today. “We agree that we need a smarter loan design to sort out the post-graduate and part-time funding vacuum and deliver a more sustainable loan system that will enable us to develop and grow global talent – the key to the future success of the UK. “Half of postgraduate students cannot access loans, there has been a major decline in part-time study and the public subsidy on existing student loans is too high: for ev…

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  10. Shaping the future of higher education and research

    …d to start focussing more of their collective energy on helping to set the rules of the market We see this as less of a problem and more a valuable opportunity we should grasp with both hands. If the UK HE sector is going to be successful in maintaining its world-leading credentials we are going to have to see greater collaboration in all sorts of areas. It is within this changing environment that I believe universities need to start focussing mor…

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