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  1. Alliance universities’ impact in research and employer engagement leads to prestigious awards

    …ering research’ had ‘led to the development of 3D imaging that is now used worldwide in managing security and public safety’. This is not the first time this work has been singled out for attention – it was recognised as part of Nottingham Trent’s 2015 Queen’s Anniversary Prize. The Research Project of the Year Award went to the University of Salford for an international collaboration that has hugely increased understanding of how nuclear radiatio…

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  2. Universities are key to building healthy cities

    …Partners, a strategic partnership which brings together universities, NHS trusts, commissioning groups and City authorities, to ensure local priorities reflect local needs, in a way that a more distant funding body with its own agenda could not, including a focus on specific challenges such as dementia and self-harm. UWE’s World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments, which promotes evidence-based policy and practi…

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  3. Guardian University Awards recognise Alliance universities

    …y University Entrepreneurship Winner: Cardiff Metropolitan University International projects Runner up: University of the West of England Online and distance learning Runner up: Coventry University Research impact Winner: University of Greenwich Social and community impact Winner: Plymouth University Student diversity and widening participation Runner up: Kingston University Student experience Winner: University of Hertfordshire Sustainability pro…

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  4. Pioneering new technology to treat cancer patients

    …xclusive design and provision of all future large area imagers. Three international patents have been submitted and DynAMITe won the UK’s Institution of Engineering and Technology’s 2012 innovation award for electronics. Following on from this success, the Wellcome Trust awarded a £1.6m translation grant for the PRaVDA project. This combines Lincoln’s imaging techniques with detectors produced at the University of Liverpool to develop unique medic…

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  5. Developing intelligent technology to improve quality of life for people with neurological disabilities

    …small electrical signals to replace the nerve impulses that have been interrupted by damage to the brain and/or spinal cord. This use of FES for dropped foot obtained National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approval in 2009 and the Royal College of Physicians have positively commented on the devices in their 2012 Stroke Guidelines. Since 2008, well over 10,000 stimulators have been sold – doubling OML’s turnover. They have also be…

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  6. Lifting student number controls – will it affect the quality of learning and teaching?

    …e student numbers cap. At the core of our belief is that only by having a truly mass higher education market with no cap can we create opportunity for the many, not the few – the original Robbins’ vision. As Nicolas Barr, Professor of Public Economics at London School of Economics, outlined in his presentation at the same event, evidence shows that poorer students will always be disadvantaged in a system that restricts places. Looking at participa…

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  7. 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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  8. COPING

    …ee on the Rights of the Child. Recently, COPING organised a conference in Brussels to reveal the project’s findings and make policy recommendations. Experts from organisations that included the United Nations, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the European Commission were among those who took part in discussions. “All in the criminal justice, social welfare and education fields should recognise the needs of this group of children and make…

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  9. Oxford Brookes University

    …tionally recognised or higher. It also found that 70% was judged to be of ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ quality. Oxford Brookes has significantly invested in its campuses in recent years, to ensure students benefit from high-quality learning and living spaces. This has already resulted in multi-award winning facilities. Recent major projects include the refurbishment of the Clerici building to create a new home for Oxford Brookes…

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  10. Funding research excellence: research group size, critical mass & performance

    …ensures we fund a healthy and excellent research base, universities will struggle to compete in an increasingly well-funded global sector. Alliance institutions also drive innovation because we know that research that creates real social and economic impact is critical to growth in local communities as well as regional and national economies As the higher education market at home diversifies, students are likely to recognise the value of joining u…

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