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  1. Congratulations to the winner of our 2013 Christmas card design competition

    …flying around the world at Christmas.” The winning entry by Jennifer Leem-Bruggen, University of Hertfordshire The runners up were: (click on name to see their design) Hazel Prior, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Nottingham Trent University Bethan Dobson, BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design, Sheffield Hallam University As usual, we were very impressed with all of the entries and really value your contribution. We would like to thank all of those for…

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  2. Christmas Card Competition 2013

    …ty Vice-Chancellors. Our theme for this year is ‘Global’, in line with the international engagement that we have been doing over the past year. Participants will need to provide a 50 word summary of how their design fits this theme. Schedule: The competition will open on Friday 1st November 2013 and close at midday on Thursday 21st November 2013. Submission: Send your image to info@www.unialliance.ac.uk with the subject line ‘Christmas Card Compet…

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  3. Doctoral Training Alliance: The next chapter

    …ying part time, and from a wide range of background – both from the UK and internationally. The DTAs currently provide an enhanced cohort training environment for 130 students and provide associated research collaboration opportunities for more than 250 supervisors. Students are offered international mobility and/or industry placement opportunities. Each of the DTAs takes a deliberately multidisciplinary approach to tackling some of the biggest ch…

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  4. Humanitarian business: Our innovation strategy is helping disaster-affected third world relief funds – University of Brighton

    …l organisational levels. This research initially advanced and redefined an international debate concerning innovation within the humanitarian sector. It resulted in the establishment of a new funding stream within The Humanitarian Innovation Fund and a new two-year international programme, the Global Alliance on Humanitarian Innovation. Scaling up innovation management capability These initiatives have scaled up innovation management capabilities…

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  5. How thinking differently helped to win prestigious award

    …and more champagne, we watched through videos from all the finalists and had speeches from all the sponsors involved. It was time to announce the winner; the tension was building in the room. Rachel Riley opened the envelope took one look and announced, it was me! I just looked to the sky, I was truly amazed that it was me; my eyes were welling up with tears. That has truly been the best day of my life, the day that I will look back on and think…

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  6. Opening remarks to UA Summit 2015: Anticipation. Disruption. Excellence

    …ay. There is a powerful strand in our DNA that runs through the University today, and it runs through the Alliance itself. That golden thread is a strong bond with employers, a sense that university is not only about broadening horizons and unlocking talent, but that it also provides very real and tangible contribution to the industry and prosperity of a nation. This is not just a story from history. It is a compelling case for the value of the Un…

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  7. ‘What now?’: how adaptations to assessment during COVID-19 can improve inclusivity

    …r own.   There is much about lockdown life we all want to forget: the grim headlines, the concern for our loved ones and ourselves, the questionable Netflix binges and loo roll shortages. But despite the countless negative impacts of lockdown, something interesting happened in our universities: on a number of courses across the sector, we found that the awarding gap for those from disadvantaged backgrounds actually narrowed. There are clearly some…

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  8. No one has to pay upfront

    Fees hit the headlines again yesterday after a couple of months off-stage. BIS have just made their student finance campaign material available to ensure consistency of messaging. So I thought it was the best time to write again about why no one should be put off going to university. There are still massive misunderstandings about what exactly is changing when it comes to university funding – both the reason behind the changes and the actual chan…

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  9. Enterprise Stars: Meet the student entrepreneurs part 1

    …fordable juices from fruit considered ‘ugly’. Frugly juice aims to rescue fruit from the rubbish. In the UK alone, seven million tonnes of food is thrown away each year with up to 40% of fruit and veg not even making it from farms to supermarket shelves due to its ‘ugly’ appearance. Despite, as Harry explains, still being beautiful on the inside. Frugly aims to intercept wasted produce, like the 1.4 million binned bruised bananas every single day…

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  10. Decreasing educational exclusion to improve attainment and life chances

    …sabilities has been integrated into guidelines used by local, national and international education authorities, improving the life chances of thousands. Feeling excluded from education affects a number of different groups within society, putting them at risk of receiving a poorer standard of education and drastically affecting their future life prospects. Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), in particular, are more likely to underperform…

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