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  1. Collaboration by design

    …s vital contribution to collaborative and transparent ways of working. The main stairway was the architect’s favourite feature for its impressive linkage of all floors (not many of us take the lifts), but it is also an explicit demonstration of the emphasis upon connectivity throughout the building. This extends to all staff, occupying an open plan office, with a mix of allocated spaces and hot desks for those who occasionally work there. In this…

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  2. The value of design in solving business and industrial problems

    …ntensive universities. It is crucial we continue to nurture this ethos and maintain this distinctive approach to teaching, which must not be eroded by bureaucratic standardisation. We are currently in the midst of a transforming digital age and for the last ten years much of the thought and direction of digital technology has been seen as integral to the communications industry. This can be summed up by a quote made by ‘Wired’ Magazine as far back…

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  3. Coventry University

    …Coventry University has been selected to host three national Centres of Excellence. These centres have enabled significant investments in the fields of health, design, and mathematics, further enhancing the educational opportunities available to students. With a city-centre campus that is continually evolving, Coventry University maintains a strong presence in Coventry, contributing to the city’s friendly and vibrant atmosphere. The university’s…

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  4. Solid blocks versus blurred lines

    …ic Experience of Students in English Universities, is a case in point. The main focus of the press coverage was on contact hours, ignoring the much broader coverage of the report itself, but why has this focus on contact hours stuck? I think it is precisely because the real university experience can be so broad and varied that the more tangible stuff, such as contact hours, can be easier to hold onto. That is not to say that data and helping peopl…

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  5. Do we really have 'too many graduates'?

    …iser at CIPD, said that employers value graduates but also that one of the main challenges graduates face is the lack of workplace experience. Employers have a massive role to play in the transition from education through to work and need to create more entry level jobs to ‘grow their own workforce’ and need to invest in job design and business leadership that promotes skills utilisation. She also highlighted the importance of better career inform…

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  6. We need more graduates if we’re really serious about growth

    …f places available at university to control expenditure. If the UK is to remain globally competitive we will need more graduates in our workforce. In light of the evidence, we must continue to seek ways to increase investment, public and private, in universities. We need to think creatively about how to increase the total number of well-funded, high quality student places to meet the growing need for workers with graduate attributes and to equip t…

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  7. Budget 2012: harnessing universities to help build a stronger economy for the future

    …jected equilibrium point to ensure optimum student numbers are reached and maintained. Universities need to work together with Government to find long-term sustainable solutions to increase public and private investment in order to deliver the number of graduates the future labour market will require[2]. Proposal two Government and universities need to work together to identify ways of providing essential financial support for those postgraduate s…

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  8. University Alliance response to graduate employment coverage

    …ing proportion of the total workforce. Graduate employment rates have been maintained despite the rapid expansion in the number of graduates. Added to all this there is still a significant graduate premium.   “Universities need to continue to make every effort, in partnership with business and the professions, to secure employment for recent graduates during the recession but the overall picture remains clear and demand for going to university is…

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  9. Wilson Review – our response

    …this, and we hope Government responds positively to the recommendation to maintain investment in this well-established and successful model. Joining together our university research with business innovation is key to generating growth and jobs, as well as strengthening the UK’s global competitive advantage. Along with this tried and tested approach we also welcome the recommendation to extend the innovation voucher scheme to other parts of the co…

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