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  1. New technology improving water quality monitoring

    …pharmaceuticals and overall risks to health. The results were published in national industry guidance document. A modified Chemcatcher was developed during the team’s collaboration with the Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan and 3M Tokyo to monitor radio-caesium in waters near the Fukushima reactor. As the sampler had a high affinity for this element, it removes the need to collect large volumes of potentially radioactive water. Chemcatcher is n…

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  2. Turbo-charging the engines of the future

    …s. This made Huddersfield an ideal university partner for engineering multinational BorgWarner Turbo Systems. They have set up a partnership to develop the turbocharger systems of the future and to establish a centre of expertise for turbocharger research and development. The partnership successfully bid to the UK’s Regional Growth Fund to establish bespoke turbocharger research and test facilities, develop a Masters course for training the next g…

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  3. Outstanding Alliance universities take home awards at THE Awards 2014

    …alford Outstanding Support for Students – Nottingham Trent University International Collaboration of the Year – University of Greenwich Business School of the Year, Salford Business School, University of Salford Most improved Student Experience, Cardiff Metropolitan University Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “We are totally delighted at the success of our Alliance universities at the THE Awards which recognises the hard w…

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  4. Closing the Gap: unlocking opportunity through higher education

    …sities. While a small (and shrinking) number of traditional professions recruit from only a select group of universities there is evidence, once you control for prior attainment and family background, that attending an ‘elite’ university is not inherently ‘better’ for the student than attending any other university in terms of their future earning potential. IAG about higher education choices needs to take account of this reality. 5. The social mo…

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  5. FT – Bring post-student work visas back

    …our economy as well as our universities. Our research has shown that international students want to have the opportunity to undertake in-work placements and to contribute to the UK economy. Graduates should be allowed to stay long enough to put their new skills to use and give back to the UK. That can be achieved with one simple fix: reintroduce two-year post-study work visas for all graduates from trusted UK universities. This would enable the U…

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  6. Bright Britain events at the 2013 Party Conferences

    …at Party Conference. They were 1) A £200 million fund for teaching infrastructure, focused on science and engineering in universities and 2) a relaxation of the rules which prevent part-time students from accessing fee loans if they already have a first degree. The Minister also welcomed the ‘Bright Britain’ partnership which he believed was the ‘right step forward’. Professor John Brooks, Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, ap…

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  7. The Australian: Alliance seeks global connection

    …he said. “Vice-chancellors are interested in greater leverage on the international stage,” he said. “It is about networking and aligning to compete and attracting industry support.” Professor West’s commitment to industry engagement is underlined by his position as president of the Bristol chamber of commerce. ATN executive director Vicki Thomson said the opportunity to expand work placements and internships was a particular attraction of a partn…

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  8. Historic compact agreed to take back control of the UK’s creative education system

    …rse subject-specialist workforce.” Michele Gregson, General Secretary/CEO, National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) “It has never been a more critical time for the education sector to come together across the school, FE and HE sectors to ensure a joined up and truly accessible creative education pathway for young people, from early years through to HE and beyond. With the current lack of equity, visibility and access to arts, cultu…

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  9. Universities, the NHS, and health workforce transformation

    …at a time when applications to nursing programmes are declining, even the trusted supplier role becomes less reliable and ICBs run the risk of not having the right staff with the right skills in the right place unless there is a joint effort to effect a change. Coordinated delivery Delivering an ambitious workforce plan in a financially challenging environment will require new creative ways of working – how can the existing workforce be reskilled,…

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  10. “Innovation needs to be kick-started”: University Alliance responds to Horizon alternative proposals

    …r prospectus with great interest. Research and innovation in this country has huge potential that needs to be kick-started after many years of uncertainty. To best harness our members’ research and innovation capabilities, collaborations with international partners will be vital, and we will need a mechanism for growing international university-business networks in order to attract more investment to the UK. We will work with the Government to fin…

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