…elmsford and Peterborough all of which are students and demonstrates 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 train…
…ce-back Posted on October 23, 2020 Oxford Brookes delivering the Lockdown 5-a-Day Posted on October 23, 2020 UWE collaboration helps enable robot-assisted gallery tours for art lovers in self isolation Posted on October 23, 2020 Hertfordshire Law Clinic launches online Housing Advice 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 vol…
…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 patients because it’s so expensive. We want to…
…lso showed incredibly low levels of NOx emissions. Without this discovery, the technology could still be seen as a dirty engine – with it, it can compete side-by-side with so-called zero emission power, except that our engine is cheaper of course.”…
…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….
…which we know are helpful to widening participation teams in achieving buy-in from senior managers. “So I would like to see these approaches replicated in many more institutions. Using a whole-institution, whole student lifecycle approach will help universities to make faster progress on fair access.” The report was prepared with support and advice from OFFA’s Head of Evidence and Effective Practice Rachael Tooth, and other key experts on fair ac…
…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 future QA system should continue to separate the role of assuring quality from the role of funder and lead re…
…ople officer to co-create workforce solutions. More commonly, ICBs have sub-committees such as people boards that allow for engagement with stakeholders from HE, FE and schools, although it is often constrained to narrow issues such as human resources. At the other end of the scale, there are ICBs in which there is limited understanding of universities’ role in the development and retention of the healthcare workforce, not to mention research, inn…
