…mme; To report back on TEA-CPD to the TEA Management and Implementation groups. C. CPD product offers ProductDetails Webinars An easy-to-access and flexible format to support members working on specific areas of challenge. The TEA-CPD network held its first Open Webinar on 14th February with 33 participants discussing the implementation and implications of the Academic Professional Apprenticeship. A recording of the webinar is available on the Bas…
…al economic forces and policy decisions taken locally and nationally – for many, this can be experienced in a way which feels distant and alienating. For universities, this demands a new civic role: a constructive engagement with problems and challenges facing society today, and using their convening power to bring together citizens, researchers, civil society and policymakers. The creation of Nottingham Civic Exchange is an important step in this…
…ersities can work together to have maximum impact. Finally, the Network Groups met to talk about our priorities for the next year. Below are some of the photographs of the event as well as a video shot and edited on the day by media students from the University of Salford, featuring several well-known faces from our Alliance universities and elsewhere. The university’s Quay News team also produced a one-off news programme during the day’s proceedi…
…unisia Made’ in 2013 and successfully introduced her brand across London’s upscale boutiques and stores. Her inspiration stems from a long-held passion for culture and heritage and the conviction that craft and objects tell a story. “Being born in Tunisia but having lived all my life immersed in different cultures has definitely shaped my work and I’m a true believer that artefacts tell the tale of a place and time,” Hend explained. Hend’s latest…
…ured vehicle for driving local economic growth, Local Enterprise Partners. Many of us are already playing a leadership role locally – whether within our towns, cities or regions. We are leading and influencing the thinking on LEPs to align infrastructure, education and skills to growth and productivity. Universities will be increasingly encouraged to equip students with the skills, knowledge and attributes necessary to provide for the occupations…
…current students will change their jobs several times, and perhaps even as many as ten times, they will have to retrain many times over, travel and work abroad, go into self-employment and, on occasions, have to deal with unemployment. They will have to learn to use technologies that are currently beyond our imagination. That is a responsibility – as well as a head-ache for educators. We need to equip our students with different types of ‘life ski…
…stained growth in high-wage, analytical, non-routine jobs; an expansion of manual, lower wage jobs; and a contraction of routine, middle wage jobs has led to a ‘hollowing out’ of the labour market in developed economies – essentially creating an ‘hourglass’ shaped labour market. The strongest observed employment growth has been in the three occupation groups with the highest density of graduates, together accounting for three quarters of growth be…
…and industry and provide training in the technical, artistic, research and management skills needed by the next generation of industry leaders. For the past two years, 3D World magazine has rated the NCCA as the best place to study computer animation in the UK. The publication also rated the Centre as number eight in the world. Other recent grant successes include £290,000 over three years from the EPSRC to improve the realism of animated virtual…
…er education framework. And another row is brewing – between university groups over research policy and funding. Vice-chancellors across the sector are vying for Mandelson’s ear, particularly given the squeeze on income and the rising pay and pension costs they face. The core research funding allocated to universities after December’s research assessment exercise (RAE) kicks in next month. And the funding council plans to shave 1% (of £16m) off it…
…o enhance and bring value to their local communities. They contribute in a variety of ways, from the skills ecosystem to reducing inequality, acting as leaders and anchor institutions to draw in investment and create growth. Over the past year, we’ve been exploring the regional leadership role of Alliance universities as well as that of other universities and organisations. But what has been less explored is the way universities support and encour…
