…which is a stock exchange controller we use from first year, where you can compile information on companies from around the world and compare them.” Jack is looking to complete financial data company Bloomberg’s training course on using the Bloomberg Market Concepts application in the lab, which can help when looking at careers in global finance. He is about to go into his second year of his degree and he is keeping his options for the future open…
…to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 among UK black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Insights will be shared with community leaders and policy makers including NHS England and the National Institute for Health Protection. The Cabinet Office invited Dr Tushna Vandrevala from Kingston University and her reserch partners to present their findings outlining why BAME communities may be disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and how targeted health…
…erage their immense power as pipelines of graduate talent to encourage the companies they work with to be better. They have therefore committed to support the 10,000 Black Interns scheme, and University Alliance have also committed to offer a paid internship as part of the scheme. We recognise that meaningful progression on the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda will only be realised by taking action across the whole system. We have been fur…
…vid fiction reader Ben Bleasdale Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, Wellcome Ben is a Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser at Wellcome. His role involves monitoring and influencing the factors which support good science – from Government investment, to research culture. He has previously held roles at the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Medical Research Council, after completing a PhD in virology at Imperial College London. Jonathan Simon…
…earch-based Learning, Taking it a Step Further’. Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/sherria_hoskins_final.pdf [Accessed: 23/8/16] University of Bedfordshire (2010). ‘Guide No9: A Guide to Research Informed Teaching (RIT) and Research Informed Learning (RIL)’. https://www.beds.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/273772/Guide-9-A-Guide-to-Research-Informed-Teaching-and-Research-Informed-Learning.pdf [Accessed: 23/8/16]…
…s in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education’. Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/resources/engagement_through_partnership.pdf [Accessed: 23/8/16] Walkington, H. (2015) ‘Students as Researchers: Supporting Undergraduate Research in the Disciplines in Higher Education’. Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/resources/Students%20as%20researchers_1.pdf [Accessed: 23/8/16] Back to all case…
…d us on our journey. They give us great advice on registering as a limited company, composing business documents, trademarking, and much more. They’re very proactive in identifying ways for us to gain funding, which has resulted in us finding several funding streams to continue developing our videogame.” – Helen Andrzejowska of Ocean Spark Studios, winner at IFB 2017 IFB is the latest way in which we are preparing our enterprising students for suc…
…search for their chosen topic and select UA specialists from the field for comment. To access the bank, click the image below. The campaign manifesto Our campaign targets are laid out in full within our manifesto, which can be accessed by clicking the images below. The campaign goals are: Double the number of UA academics participating in media opportunities over 3 years. Increase diversity of our UA media commentators – ensuring it represents the…
…es in advance of the event, and on the day. Register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ko-IcxrfRA658ZzAwfdxqA Agenda: 14:00-14:05 – Welcome: Vanessa Wilson, University Alliance CEO 14:05-14:20- Official launch of the campaign: Beth Button, University Alliance and Justin Shaw, Communications Management 14:20-14:55: Panel discussion and Q&A with media champions Professor Vini Lander and Marverine Duffy, chaired by P…
…nce, whose members include Birmingham City University and many others who offer valuable opportunities to study creative subjects, I am delighted to see passionate representatives from a range of sectors able come together and deliver a plan of action through the development of a Creative Education Compact. The Compact not only sets out measures for the new government, but also outlines how we as sector representatives can take back control of cre…
