…ter and reduce costs. The review also reaffirmed UWE Bristol findings by recommending that the Department for Transport develop a more concerted plan to improve air quality. In line with UWE Bristol research, it recommended that climate change and air quality policies be more closely aligned, especially at local level. Their expertise has had an impact outside the UK as well. UWE Bristol was commissioned, as part of a consortium, by the EU to look…
…ive car designs. Globalisation has opened up a myriad of opportunities for companies and organisations to work with a greater number of partners than ever before. But it has also brought challenges – not least trying to communicate and get creative with colleagues and collaborators when they don’t occupy the same office space. The 1990s saw some advances in 3D tele-immersions but it failed to take off as a useful tool due to its poor visual and sp…
…strophysics Inc, for example, developed its ‘Surround View’ product range which enhances object identification to speed up operations and reduce the need for a secondary search. The University has also created another spin out company, Halo X-ray Technologies Ltd, in partnership with Cranfield University, to further exploit its work in X-ray diffraction imaging. The first patent was granted to the company in 2013, with a further four patents pendi…
…les of licences for their six measurement scales, the university’s trading company UoPEL has generated £437,000 in income since 2007, via licenses established with Plymouth University, University College London and the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Commercial organisations such as Biogen Idec, TEVA Pharma, Novartis, Ipsen and Merck continue to demand use of the scales. The team also examined the use of cannabinoids as a symptomatic treatment of MS…
…helps those with disabilities, including intellectual impairments, to communicate. Nottingham Trent’s researchers worked with Nottingham City Council’s Children’s Services to change special schools’ practice by introducing facilitated communication with autistic children who have severe communication difficulties. Videos from the project are used in staff training to demonstrate how each child has progressed as a result of the new teaching methods…
…likelihood of the development of secondary cancers later in life. Radiotherapy treatments would be shorter and more effective, and there may be opportunities to combat some common cancers that have resisted conventional treatment. Back to Real World Impact…
…is roughly £6 generated in gross additional knowledge exchange financial income. We encourage BIS to increase this fund to £250 million, as recommended by Sir Andrew Witty. Reputation and Regulation The reputation of the UK’s higher education sector is built on its quality. The growth of the higher education sector means we need to ensure the way it is regulated is fit for purpose. This is why we call for the introduction of new legislation on est…
…regions outside London and the South East and for those organisations and companies that could most benefit and grow from this talent – such as small companies or tech start ups. The UK needs to be much cleverer about how it secures its share of the international students market in the long term. Statements and policies from the Home Office have consistently chipped away at our market share. Most notably from India, where some of our members have…
…UK – Forging Futures report on university and business collaboration. When: Wednesday 17 September 10am – 12pm Where: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT Speakers and panellists Professor John Coyne, UKCES Commissioner and Vice Chancellor, University of Derby (Chair) Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Universities and Science Minister (TBC) Malcolm Skingle, Director, Academic Liaison, GSK Amy Smith, Head of Recruitment, Framestore Michael Davi…
…ponding to this by stepping up their collaboration with employers. When it comes to both the quality and job-readiness of our graduates, Alliance universities are competing with the best in the world. “There is also an urgent need to examine how to put the higher education sector funding system as a whole on a sustainable footing, as demonstrated by the recent coverage of a possible U-turn by the Business Secretary Vince Cable on selling off the s…
