…ommunity groups and volunteers, is running a huge operation from Rose Hill Community Centre, now serving as a depot for food parcel distribution. Each week, Oxford Direct Services drivers collect over 25 tonnes of food to supply emergency food parcels and the Community Larders across Oxford. During a typical week, 475 food parcels, including fresh fruit and vegetables, were distributed across the city. It was recognised that emergency food needed…
…n unsubstantiated claims over the value of degree courses. Reacting to the comments, Chief Executive of University Alliance Vanessa Wilson commented: “We’re thoroughly disappointed in the Universities Minister’s comments today, suggesting fewer people should be going to university based on unsubstantiated claims over the value of degree courses. This attack on “low value” higher education is founded on highly limited data and a narrow and over sim…
…leaders about the paths their institutions will take. A workshop with Wellcome explored ways to build a better culture within our research communities, and Public First led a session on the political landscape and how the government priorities have changed since covid, and how Universities within the Alliance can effectively influence government policy. Student Minds delivered a workshop on their recently launched guidance ‘Planning for a Sustain…
…nges posed by COVID-19, and how we can continue our ambitions to serve our communities throughout the crisis. An introduction UA’s mission has always been driven by the students, communities and industries we serve, and as we have seen over recent weeks, this role has never been more important. During her opening Summit speech, Vanessa Wilson, CEO of UA, stated that during the COVID-19 crisis the value of Alliance universities and their impact on…
…mplemented together, will ensure student interests – both now and in the future – are protected and institutions remain stable and able to weather this crisis. As the providers of public service skills and anchor institutions in their communities, Alliance universities are already working together to support the nation and their communities at the front line, and this package will enable them to continue to work with them to rebuild the nation as…
…new skills in the workplace. Tegan is most proud of the fact that she has come from a position of being mainly housebound, to ultimately sustaining herself, whilst independently working and studying as part of the first group of architectural apprentices at Oxford Brookes. Tegan commented: “My work mentor at Gensler is very proactive and has regular contact with my academic tutors at the university, so we really feel like a collective group. What…
…em, performance was being managed through monthly paper reports which were compiled using Excel and charts copied and pasted into a 40+ page performance report. The report was circulated to managers who completed their narrative and this was all copied and pasted back into a final report which was again circulated by e-mail. Apex has automated most of this work with data being pulled directly from our case management system, so charts and graphs a…
…“narrow definitions of value based on salary potential could risk discounting the immense social and cultural value that the many teachers, artists, nurses, and others bring. I would argue that this is wrong.” “As a sector, we must come together to make our case compellingly and collectively, to make a more proactive effort to develop a holistic measure of value in partnership with students, employers, communities and society as a whole.” Read the…
…ing – there were nearly 219 million domestic visits to UK heritage sites in 2018. And there are benefits beyond enjoyment and enrichment. The creative industries, which include film, TV, radio, photography, music, advertising, museums, galleries and digital industries, contributed over £1bn to the UK economy in 2017. But the graduates on which these industries depend – typically from subjects such as the creative arts, communications, history – ag…
…team has engineered an enzyme which can breakdown some of the world’s most common plastic pollutants. Because of its vast potential impact, the project has received a flurry of press attention and support from pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. The University of Portsmouth has now launched a Centre for Enzyme Innovation to further this research. The judges praised the project for its “potential to revolutionise the recycling of plastics”. Van…
