…ch programme to encourage young people and adult learners into scientific fields, to change their lives through STEM. Amy has given talks at educational events for educators and educational leaders such as WorldTeachIn, and Athena Swan and Bett events. She has also won various accolades and awards for her educational work including the Adult Learners’ Week award. Amy is currently one of 175 Faces of Chemistry promoted by the Royal Society of Chemi…
…London South Bank University in 2005. Since graduating she was employed in various administration roles, including with the Department of Engineering and Maths at Sheffield Hallam University where she was inspired by the passionate staff she worked with. When the MSc scholarship was announced, Victoria took up the chance to follow a new career path. She hopes that her experiences encourage more women of all ages to consider the many different oppo…
…“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 about how we lift that into the national debate. We need to move away from the old-fashioned image of a university and into what they are actually like today.” Read what sh…
…uate salaries need to be understood in the context of significant regional variations in the UK’s highly unbalanced economy and the importance of careers like nursing which play a hugely vital role in society but are not among the highest paid. Equally, family background and parental income is still the single biggest determinant of earnings, not the university which someone attends. “Alliance universities are proud to have done the heavy lifting…
…ny survey. It also tells us something about what graduates can expect to earn, but we need to recognise self-employment isn’t covered in the data and there are many other, stronger, factors in play like regional variation in economic conditions when thinking about how to use it to measure university performance.” Read the article in full here: ‘How big is England’s North-South divide in graduate salaries?’…
…said Maddalaine Ansell, University Alliance chief executive. “Since salary varies according to geography, subject studied and even parental income, raw earnings data should not be used to measure outcomes as part of the teaching excellence framework. “If properly contextualised to take into account local and regional labour markets, [LEO] has the potential to provide useful information for prospective students choosing courses once the time-lag is…
…date. If used as part of TEF, it should also be benchmarked. Since salary varies according to geography, subject studied and even parental income, raw earnings data should not be used to measure outcomes as part of the Teaching Excellence Framework. “Alliance institutions have performed very strongly on the measures for graduates in employment and further study – testament to our strong focus on employability, extensive links with employers and e…
…d £700 million to the local and wider economy. As well as providing a wide variety of Higher Education provision to around 21,000 students across its five campuses it also supports 14 academy schools, runs an extensive range of Widening Participation outreach activities and an award-winning Community University Partnership Programme. It is ranked 27 out of 128 universities for world-leading research impact and many of its courses – from Art, Fashi…
…cerns about submitting all research active staff. There can be significant variation in how much time faculty members spend on research that leads to returnable outputs, as many also engage in teaching or contract work for business. “However, enabling institutions to return more outputs for some research active staff and fewer for others may provide some flexibility. “The priority will be ensuring research excellence is funded wherever it exists….
…gher education―a word so ugly it must be derogatory. Others argue that too many people go to university when what is required is high-quality vocational study. Since many universities offer world-leading professional and technical education, including degree apprenticeships, I can only think they don’t understand what business-facing universities do. Degrees are still the best gateway to fulfilling careers and, broadly speaking, life is more fun i…
