…In Greenwich, the university gave use of its onsite kitchens to the local Greenwich Mutual Aid group, and staff members and students supported vulnerable people with prescription collection, deliveries and food parcels to those vulnerable people from across the local area. Find out more about how the University of Greenwich aided in their local coronavirus efforts here….
…candidates must: • Have been a DTA3 Doctoral Research Fellow • Have completed their doctoral degree programme (submitted thesis; viva undertaken) • Be currently based in the UK Download the following document for further details about the fund, how to apply, what information is required and what the fund will cover. Legacy Fund Guidance Document Legacy Fund Application Form If you are interested in applying, and/or have any queries, plea…
…s from David Willetts that universities should be given the opportunity to buy the debt that their graduates owe, Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “David Willetts is proposing that universities should be able to buy their own student loan books as a way to sort out the unsustainable HE funding system. While there is of course merit in looking at ways of sorting out the unsustainability of HE funding, making this policy wou…
…ernal Affairs Annie joined University Alliance in December 2021 as Head of Communications and External Affairs. Tom Creese Communications and Press Officer Tom joined University Alliance in September 2022 as Communications and Press Officer. Nigel Davies Business Manager Nigel joined University Alliance in March 2020 to work closely with the CEO with focus on UA operations, staffing, finance, strategy and membership engagement and retention. Katha…
…earning (SoTL): A sector wide study. The Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resource/defining-and-supporting-scholarship-teaching-and-learning-sotl-sector-wide-study [Accessed: 23/8/16] Healey, M., Flint, A. & Harrington, K. (2014) Engagement Through Partnership: Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. The Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/resources/engagement_through_p…
…working together, they can create the critical mass required for effective doctoral training,” she said. “It would not be very good if people could only do doctoral training in research-intensive universities because it may be more convenient for them [to study locally], and it’s known that having students progressing through university to PhD is good for the student experience,” she added. The new PhD opportunities in applied biosciences for heal…
…rrison says. All the same, the University Alliance does not intend for the doctoral training alliance to remain self-funded forever. “Certainly it’ll strengthen any future case we may make to a research council for doctoral training funding,” says Harrison. “Indeed, it may also position us well for programmes funded by the European Union.” For now, though, the University Alliance’s business focus is what seems to drive the partnership. Maddalaine…
…personal ego. I volunteered for a few months at a clinic in Ghana and the doctor who ran that was a pure example of this – everything he did came from a desire to help his fellow humans. How would you describe your experience as a woman scientist? Early on in my career I don’t think I really felt defined by gender. As I got older, I found it frustrating to see so many of my talented female colleagues leave the profession because they couldn’t mak…
…certain about when the food may be eaten. Such prompts could also help overcome, at least partially, other common consumer difficulties related to food waste, such as misunderstanding of date marking. If public settings such as supermarkets can help with the generation of an automatic thinking process that is focused on reducing food waste, it could potentially help make significant reductions. I am keen to hear more from the grocery trade about i…
…and students and she simply meets the criteria of a ‘braveheart’. https://www.gofundme.com/f/sophie-10k-for-lymphoma-action?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Our Fashademix podcast is here!!!!!!! Listen on Spotify, amazon Google podcasts or wherever!!! Episode 1 and 2 has landed. Please click play, share and subscribe to follow the whole shebang and enjoy!! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5pmLJ00DpN…
