…for free, dedicated to coworking, experimentation and production; with its comprehensive package of business support having already helped a range of innovators take their products to market. In December 2019 more than £3 million was invested to create a new virtual reality and cutting edge technology hub at the University’s STEAMhouse facility. It is anticipated STEAMhouse will help create up to 10,000 jobs across the West Midlands region and hel…
…vironment for developing and nurturing this kind of entrepreneurship, through The Enterprise Hub. CUSE is recognised as a market leader in incubating social enterprises. They work with the local community and university staff and students to realise their entrepreneurial potential and help them deliver measuarble social impacts. https://youtu.be/PpoGu-kR42Q…
…shared by our college partners. Teesside University has invested over £270m in its estate in recent years and work has also started on the recently announced £300m campus masterplan which provides a blueprint for how the University campus will develop over the next decade. Upcoming projects include a £12.5m Student Life Building, significant transformation of student accommodation, the £7.5m first phase of developing a new home for Teesside Unive…
…The ECR ambassador is a member of the University’s Research and Enterprise Committee and provides a report at each meeting and raises any issues identified by the ECRs. ECR ambassador also provides peer support and organises bespoke training and networking events. Future’s Bright Conference: This event held every other year is a conference organised by ECRs for ECRs. They are supported through a central budget and cover aspects which is important…
…tep. For more information on any of the points covered, contact press@unialliance.ac.uk. You can find Vanessa on twitter here: https://twitter.com/VSessa…
…e of government intervention to ensure this role can continue. Our key recommendations are: 1. To recognise the impact of the pandemic on students living costs, all students should be offered access to increased maintenance loans through the Student Loan Company. The government should also explore whether a proportion of the loan amount could be issued as a grant, either on a blanket or targeted basis. 2. To ensure universities can target suppor…
…country will need more people with higher level skills. It is therefore welcome to see the commitment laid out within the Skills For Jobs White Paper and interim conclusion of the post-18 review, to transform post-16 education and training to enable learners to gain skills at whatever stage of life. “In meeting the demand for higher technical skills, and more broadly as an essential part of the national education infrastructure, it is right that f…
…and we were pleased to share our support for them with the Minister. We welcome the qualifications as a vital progression route and our members are committed to them within our institutions. Degree Apprenticeships can be the future The group also discussed how we can work together with the Minister to strengthen opportunities available through higher-level apprenticeships. As pioneers in higher technical education, Alliance universities use their…
…f violence in conflict regions, most recently in Iraq and Lebanon. In short: Professor Jensen has now received £10,000 funding from a private UK based company, Viaro Energy, to make this support available to frontline healthcare workers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic by creating free web-based access to expressive writing materials in English, Italian and Arabic . The project will also contribute to the growing body of evidence around the…
…ss of a published work which uses artificial intelligence to help. She said: “Working with committed students and training officers during these challenging times has been a rewarding experience. I know how important it is to support trainees to learn the knowledge and skills that is required for them to work safely and efficiently in the laboratories. “The COVID-19 pandemic presented so many challenges for training with increases in workload and…
