…tes ARU’s commitment to the wellbeing of our students, staff and the local community. In short: Shifts cover peak hours on campus and Ambassadors are given specific areas to monitor to guarantee all of campus is supervised. These students act as advisers to ensure the guidelines are being followed and will escalate or report any concerns they may encounter. Ambassadors received training from our Health & Safety Manager at ARU and are provided with…
…e clinic for tenants Posted on October 23, 2020 The Digital Innovation Fund: UWE Bristol’s £1m Covid-19 Recovery Fund Posted on October 23, 2020 Teesside academic’s voluntary work with charity tackling food poverty Posted on October 23, 2020 Bristol Robotics lab helps provide access to art for disabled people in self-isolation Posted on November 6, 2020 Expressive writing project from Kingston University to help Covid-19 healthcare workers overcom…
…ers through brokering powerful connections and delivering solutions and outcomes. Academic Networks University Alliance runs formal academic networks in three key areas: Research and Innovation (R&I), Teaching and Learning (T&L) and Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE). Teaching and Learning The T&L Network enables expert practitioners to come together to share best practice and innovate in the teaching and learning space. Recent external speak…
…vanced engineering group. They were recently named the 6th most innovative company in Europe by Business magazine Fast Company. Co-founder Samantha Payne said, “I co-founded open bionics because we wanted to build assistive devices that could enable people to have more freedom and independence. And we wanted these devices to be really affordable. So at the moment, there’s this amazing bionic technology that exists but it’s out of reach for most pa…
…Dolphin N2 to bring the products they had created to market. The internal combustion engines they have designed rival fuel cells and batteries in their efficiency and produce near-zero emissions of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx). The company has recently been bought by FPT Industrial, a leading manufacturer in industrial vehicles, and will likely be used to make long-haul trucks more efficient and cleaner. Simon Brewster, CEO of Dolphin N2 said “We…
…uate scheme, I have vastly improved as an engineer and future leader. I am communicating at a higher technical and professional level than previously, and I have also strengthened my technical competency. For example, on a monthly basis I report updates and answer queries on the project to senior management/stakeholders – something previously I would have struggled with.” This improved confidence, as well as the technical skills Younus has learnt,…
…We submitted our response to the House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships and skills training. You can download by clicking on this link or on the image opposite….
…The Science and Technology Committee has published its conclusions from its inquiry into setting up UK Research & Innovation. The Higher Education and Research Bill will see the Government create ‘UK Research & Innovation’ (UKRI) — a new organisation of nine ‘councils’ comprising the seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. We submitted evidence to the Inquiry, which can be read here….
…ce for Fair Access (OFFA) has commented on our report, Supporting Thriving Communities: The role of universities in reducing inequality. OFFA’s Director of Fair Access to Higher Education Professor Les Ebdon said: “I’m glad to see this report celebrating the ways that fair access to university enriches society and the economy as well as transforming individuals’ lives. “University Alliance is absolutely right to highlight the importance of a whole…
…g quality in higher education. Click on our logo to download the PDF. We recommend: Quality Assessment (QA) and the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) should be integrated into a single system. TEF should not by itself be used to determine whether universities can charge undergraduates more for their tuition. The proposed link with tuition fees should be introduced for well-established universities passing a new risk-based QA threshold. Any futur…
