…eoarthritis – the most common form of arthritis – and aims to help them to understand their condition better, realise that exercise is a safe and effective self-management strategy to reduce hip and knee pain and recognise the physical and psychosocial effects of joint pain. The scheme is delivered in some 220 sites across the United Kingdom including community centres, leisure centres and schools. It has treated more than 13,000 people to date, s…
…rand ambassador whose style was used to inspire a range of fashions and accessories. History students’ work as display boards As well as subject-based skills, students enhanced their communication skills working on client briefs, learned to work alongside external experts, negotiated with local venues to host fashion shoots and carried out presentations. The work has been shortlisted for both the Educate North Awards and the Times Higher Leadershi…
…our work to strengthen state systems through a collective focus on meeting learning needs. Images: created by the Tess-India project and shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA)…
…bled the co-operatives to qualify for Fairtrade premiums, increasing the incomes of over 8,000 farmers in West Africa. SAP have gone on to develop the software as a commercial product and the platform is now being used by Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality chocolate and cocoa products, to support traceability and sustainability with 65,000 small scale cocoa farmers in Cote D’Ivoire. As Kheti and the Rural e-Services…
…tivities on the local community. Creative Scene works with residents, businesses and others in the community to create a place where people not only participate in the arts, but actually make them happen. They work together with professional artists, arts organisations and producers, to make art a part of everyday life. Picture Credit Charlotte Graham / Guzelian Creative Scene Show held at Batley Gardens with local artists and pelidrum The Univers…
…he UK’s innovation network, providing PhD students with the opportunity to undertake a three-month industrial placement in a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME). Whilst students gain valuable skills and experience, small businesses stand to benefit from research expertise. It is estimated that there are over 800,000 SMEs active in the technical, scientific and utilities market. The DTA was launched in October 2015 by University Alliance to produce in…
…e regional and national economy by helping to support small and large businesses with the knowledge and expertise they need to succeed. Situated in the heart of the new Northern Powerhouse hub, the University plays a central role in the transfer of skills to the city’s thriving enterprise sector to nurture growth, job creation and innovation. Manchester Met’s Centre for Enterprise supports the region’s small and medium-sized businesses with mentor…
…n that the project was from ‘her area’ – i.e. the area of the building she cleans. It gave me a very sudden appreciation of how little we may understand about the motivation of other university staff….
…new community to bond, especially if you are, like our DTA students, also undertaking PhD research. Yet we shouldn’t see the two as mutually exclusive. Team and remote working will remain a key characteristic of their research careers, whether these evolve in academia or industry, or both. So developing both of these skills together works naturally. Which is why this week, 16 DTA students travelled to UA HQ for a communications workshop to progre…
…xperiences once they arrive. Since 2006, we have been surveying first year undergraduates with questions about university applications, costs, choosing a course, communications, open days and early student experiences. We were able to look at this data to ascertain whether there were any interesting differences between students at different types of university – classified according to mission group (e.g. University Alliance, Russell Group, Millio…
