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  1. University Alliance shares highlights from members’ offerings during National Apprenticeships Week

    February 12, 2021

    …arnor speaks about his experience studying with Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) while working with partner Cambridge Assessment. https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/our-work-2/technical-skills/higher-and-degree-apprenticeships/anglia-ruskin-nees-story/ As we celebrate the value of apprenticeships during National Apprenticeships Week, former University of Hertfordshire degree apprentice Jake Parrott, 25, reflects on his experience working, learning and de…

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  2. DTA3 Year in Review

    December 18, 2020

    …We collated PhD project proposals, completed the global recruitment of 70 international fellows, aligned HR practices and audit trails across all the partner universities, all at the same time as delivering an already-established doctoral training programme (DTA). 2020 was expected to begin with the smooth conclusion of our recruitment activities as our final cohort arrived, but this was not to be. The onset of travel restrictions in March meant…

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  3. Greenwich study shows the good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 enforced work from home

    November 6, 2020

    …th colleagues. While this approach led to a decrease in the number of interruptions, it also impacted the kind of knowledge-sharing that comes through ad-hoc or unplanned discussions among workmates. Junior employees, in particular, felt hamstrung by the inability to easily gauge if a colleague was busy or available to provide advice or input. Similarly, while screensharing of documents became common practice, it did not replace the value of in-pe…

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  4. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2

    January 14, 2020

    …rgy Agency. The two weeks kicked off with an icebreaker challenge, to construct the tallest possible spaghetti structure, which could hold the weight of a marshmallow, which my team won. At this point, I had no idea that I would be the only participant to be a member of every winning team over the next two weeks. The Icebreaker Challenge Over the course of the programme, there were more than 100 sessions all teaching us how to turn an idea into a…

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  5. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1

    January 6, 2020

    …technical universities. At its heart, the programme is committed to being International, Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral. In the series The DTA is Intersectoral, we showcase how our funded PhDs cut across different sectors, building bridges between academia and industry, and provides students with the skills and experience required by industry through work placements and research partnerships. In part one of the series hear from two of our re…

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  6. Profile: Professor Alistair Fitt, Deputy Chair of University Alliance

    November 1, 2019

    …coming Head of the School of Mathematics and later Pro Vice-Chancellor for International, Alistair moved to Oxford Brookes. After four years of leading the university’s Research and Knowledge Exchange portfolio as PVC, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 2015. Alistair doesn’t try to predict the future. He says “I want Oxford Brookes, and the sector, to be agile and flexible enough to cope with anything.” This is particularly true with the barrage…

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  7. Birmingham City University

    …largest producer of creative professionals outside the South East, with an internationally renowned provision that includes both a specialist music conservatoire and drama school, as well as Europe’s largest jewellery school. The University has invested £260 million in its facilities, including a major expansion of its largest campus, situated in the heart of the UK’s second city. It is also a major player in the regeneration of the long-neglected…

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  8. Bringing Researchers Together: The DTA Spring School

    May 15, 2019

    …new students. Partly due to its links to the European Union, DTA3 targets international students, making the Spring School a thoroughly global event. Over the two days, I met and spoke to students from fourteen countries across the world, each bringing a different perspective to the PhD process and their research, which they were able to share with one another. I was also struck by the interdisciplinary nature of the event. As a central precept o…

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  9. Teesside University hailed for ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship provision

    March 6, 2019

    …standing feedback in every area. “Our vision is to position Teesside as an international university with a reputation for academic excellence. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are designed and flourish because of our exceptional work with business and our commitment to providing the very best student and learning experience.” The Ofsted report praised Teesside University’s resources and learning environments and referred to how apprentices grow i…

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  10. Congratulations to Maddalaine

    June 29, 2018

    …nior roles in government including Head of Skills Strategy and Head of the International Knowledge and Innovation Unit at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. She has led the organisation through a period of significant change in the higher education sector, including the passage of the Higher Education and Research Act, the abolition of HEFCE and the creation of the Office for Students and UKRI, as well as two general elections and…

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