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  1. Innovating Future Business 2017: Welcome the entrepreneurs

    …enables users to cross-check their medical prescriptions with NHS and eMC drug dtabases. The app aims to give patients greater detail about their medication and improve understanding, reducing the number of inquiries made to GPs. Health+ is the 2016 winner of the NHS South Tees Health Hack competition and Charlie plans to release the app to the general public to improve patient experience. Follow Health+ on Twitter for more news on the app. Impuls…

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  2. Being innovative about the future of innovation funding

    …. So to help deliver a 15-point plan for Productivity, we suggest a 4-point plan for the future of innovation funding, underpinned by our universities’ crucial role in helping our businesses, cities and regions to flourish. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/productivity-plan-launched [2] Global Competitiveness Index 2014-15, The World Economic Forum, 2014; Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD, 2015 [3] The Global Innovation Index 2014…

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  3. Daily Mail: Top universities allowed to hike fees above £9,000: Institutions will be allowed to increase cost if they can prove they offer high-quality teaching

    …er confirmed a number of announcements for higher education, including the news that tuition fees will be allowed to rise above £9000 at universities which offer high-quality teaching. Maddalaine Ansell, of University Alliance, a coalition of newer institutions, said: ‘Linking tuition fees to inflation is essential if our universities are to offer world-class teaching.’ Read our full statement here. The article also featured in The Australian as w…

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  4. David Docherty writes about bridging the gap between education and employment

    …key role in their plans for recovery and growth are a common sight in the news and students taking part in NCUB’s Student Employability Index report were overwhelmingly optimistic about their own employment prospects. However, it is clear from ‘Job Ready: universities, employers and students creating success’ as well as NCUB’s own ‘Career Portfolios and the Labour Market for Graduates and Postgraduates’ report, and others, that there is still roo…

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  5. Employability focus benefits universities, business and graduates, Daisy Hooper writing for the NCUB blog

    …: ‘The increasing focus of universities on graduate employability is great news for individuals, for the economy and for society. Gone are the days when an individual could go to university, get a job straight after graduation and stay in that role until they were drawing their pension.’ Read more on the NCUB blog here.   Come to our launch event for Job Ready: universities, employers and students creating success Tuesday 8 July, 12.30pm – 2.30pm…

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  6. Let’s give the creative industries the respect they deserve

    …. Over the same period, the UK as a whole increased by 11.5 per cent. This news, although welcome, comes as no surprise to students and faculty at Alliance Universities, who have long been championing the importance of harnessing the UK’s creativity to promote economic growth. For over 150 years they have been leading in creative industries education and research and are at the forefront of innovation and growth in this area. The University of Sal…

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  7. Sunday Times – Plan digital future for universities

    …higher education (“Students on high-flyer courses face increase in fees”, News, last week). However, proposals to reward universities or courses that lead to high-earning careers risk reinforcing recruitment to City-based firms when we need to build a more dynamic economy such as in the creative and digital industries. A study last week found the UK digital economy was 40% bigger than estimated, with at least 270,000 digital companies. We should…

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