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  1. Action research: Pendleton Together Partnership

    …gnificantly to the economy and society locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The University’s priorities are very much aligned with Pendleton Together’s strategic aims of improving the lives of the people of Pendleton over the next 25 years. Our contribution towards this strategic aim is to support them along the way with well researched evidenced-based decision making and to give them access to the creative minds of the future – ou…

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  2. Honours for UA staff in Queen’s 90th Birthday list

    …lp fund his one-month course of rigorous treatment last summer. The former rugby player has raised money through a variety of sporting and fundraising events including a testimonial rugby match and a bike ride from Glasgow to Sheffield. In 2012, he was selected by Sheffield Hallam to carry the Olympic torch when it came through Sheffield. Danny said: “I was absolutely thrilled when I found out. I’m very proud and honoured to have received this. It…

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  3. Space: Salford Energy House provides unique testing asset for research

    …d’s first in that time. Saint Gobain, the world’s largest supplier of construction products, have conducted two full scale retrofits of the Energy House to understand how their products can help deliver comfort to occupants for substantive reductions in energy use – these two projects represented world’s firsts in terms of scale and ambition. The team has also worked with the BEAMA controls group, including companies such as Honeywell, Seimens and…

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  4. Transformative knowledge: Unlocking the secrets of entrepreneurs’ renewable energy success

    …to the knowledge and skills needed by social entrepreneurs to successfully run community energy projects. The end goal is to compile a bank of evidence about these entrepreneurs, the activities they implement and the challenges they have to contend with. Funded by major, global infrastructure company YTL Corporation, this research forms part of a wider project – Kingston’s Audio-visual Entrepreneurship Resources and Network (KAVERN). The project i…

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  5. Creating innovative regions: Alliance universities case studies

    …arch…   Transformative knowledge Plymouth University: Knowledge exchange forum creates opportunities for businesses to ‘crowdspeak’ and collaborate Dynamic online forum for academics and businesses allows members to exchange knowledge…   Transformative knowledge Kingston University: Unlocking the secrets of entrepreneurs’ renewable energy success Exploring knowledge and skills needed by social entrepreneurs to successfully run community energy pro…

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  6. Creating jobs & business opportunities: Award-winning programme tackles some of the world’s most pressing issues

    …in social entrepreneurship or social innovation or who wish to set up and run a social enterprise can turn to the university’s award-winning programme to help get their ideas off the ground. The Oxford Brookes Social Entrepreneur Awards (OBSEA) provides the resources, networks, confidence and funding that participants need to start to think creatively about solving some of the world’s most pressing social issues. On the 12 month programme partici…

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  7. Supporting success: Working with BMW Group to offer unique degree opportunity

    …tudents to go take up positions in a range of other settings nationally or internationally, including multinational business, charity or education sectors, healthcare and government. In 2016/17 the Business School will be moving from the University’s Wheatley Campus to Headington Campus as part of Oxford Brookes’ 10 year estates investment plan to improve the quality of teaching and learning facilities and provide a consistent experience for stude…

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  8. Campus wellbeing: Festival offers a health boost for body and mind

    International, Chinese students at Climbing Wall, Olympia Building Staff and students at Teesside University are able to access a range of activities to encourage them to improve their health and fitness during the annual Festival of Wellbeing. Held throughout September and October, the Festival offers the opportunity to try out a wide range of sports and activities, from rock-climbing and Tai Chi, to yoga and table tennis. All the sessions are f…

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  9. Mind the gap: Engaging with employers in your region

    …then highlight the challenges of engaging with employers and introduce a structured process that if adopted at an institutional level can act as a vehicle to support employer engagement across all disciplines, whilst being owned and shaped by the subject specialists within the institution which is a critical factor in relation to wider staff engagement. The second section is an interactive workshop to introduce you to the four stage process centra…

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  10. Alliance universities’ excellence reflected at THE Awards

    …for its work with Hampshire Police. UWE Bristol picked up the Outstanding International Student Strategy Award while the University of Huddersfield, which was University of the Year in 2013, took home the Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development Award. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “We are delighted for our universities whose excellence and achievements have been recognised at THE Awards. Many congratu…

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