Search results for: ❤️ Cel mai bun site de întâlniri: [url

Clear filters
  1. Research Professional – Priorities for Gyimah: How to build on Johnson’s reforms

    …time while they study to keep afloat—and identify ways to provide adequate maintenance support. The minister should also seize the opportunity of a major review to design a funding model that works for mature students. If we want regionally balanced economic growth and a fair society, we must make it easier for them to study, learn new skills and build confidence for new careers. This is the first in a three-part series by the publication. Read th…

    Read more of: Research Professional – Priorities for Gyimah: How to build on Johnson’s reforms
  2. Research Fortnight HE: Four policy experts talk Brexit

    …search Fortnight HE’s Brexit Week series. Maddalaine talks about the three main issues that must be considered: employees from the EU; EU students and research programmes. “Universities need to better communicate their civic role, because the institutions in my group, and I’m sure across the sector as a whole, make a huge difference to their local area. Regional stakeholders understand the value of the various universities in their area, but it’s…

    Read more of: Research Fortnight HE: Four policy experts talk Brexit
  3. The employer perspective

    …sses. Although the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy has helped to accelerate their adoption by making a dedicated source of funding available for the first time, provision remains limited. To guarantee a successful expansion of Degree Apprenticeships from this low base, employers will need to work with universities at the early stages of development to ensure provision meets need. Part-time study will also be an important way to ensure that…

    Read more of: The employer perspective
  4. Programme Design: can the hare beat the tortoise?

    …their social capital and preparing them for life. At our recent Teaching Excellence Alliance Sandpit, inter-disciplinary teams did precisely that. They designed largely complete programmes in just 24 hours. How did we do it? The main secret was to take people away from the barriers that prevent this speed. The most basic is the day job. So, for the length of the Sandpit, they were allowed no emails, no phone calls and obviously no teaching, no res…

    Read more of: Programme Design: can the hare beat the tortoise?
  5. UA responds to Government’s EU science and innovation position paper

    …ne Ansell said: “Collaboration with other European countries is crucial to maintaining the UK’s position as a world-leader in research and innovation. The government is right to prioritise this in its approach to exiting the EU and its latest position paper strikes a positive tone. “There are strong reasons for the UK to seek meaningful access to the next European framework programme for research and innovation. Funding from Horizon 2020 and its p…

    Read more of: UA responds to Government’s EU science and innovation position paper
  6. Innovation Growth Lab Global Conference – plenty of food for thought

    …iness, Energy and Industrial Strategy spoke about the impact of different email formulations on recipients’ behaviour and the implications for public policy. Emails with priming content in the subject line – for example, ‘Realise your hopes and aspirations’ – are apparently more likely to be opened by the user. Likewise, carefully focussed messages in the main text – e.g. ‘you’ve been chosen’ – seem to yield a higher response rate, whereas offerin…

    Read more of: Innovation Growth Lab Global Conference – plenty of food for thought
  7. Wonkhe: Making staff selection work in REF 2021

    …consultation on The second Research Excellence Framework. Tom outlines the main recommendations in University Alliance’s response to the consultation. “The recommendation provoked a strong response from the sector but two warnings in particular stood out. First, since not everyone with research in their contract is required to produce ‘REFable’ outputs, institutions would be left in the position of either including such individuals in their submis…

    Read more of: Wonkhe: Making staff selection work in REF 2021