Guardian: Brexit exposed deep rifts in Britain. Universities can help heal them
…e University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Salford University, among others. Read the story in full here. …
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Transformative knowledge: Institute of Railway Research securing future of our rail services
Read more of: Transformative knowledge: Institute of Railway Research securing future of our rail services…Trust rail engineering residential course, bringing together 10 teams of 15-17-year-olds over four days to take part in competitive challenges that saw them designing, building and testing their own electric-powered locomotives, running them on the Institute’s test rail track. The course provides enthusiastic young people with the chance to engage with railway research and consider career opportunities they may want to pursue in the future. Runnin…
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Cultural enrichment: Opening doors to young people in the creative sector
Read more of: Cultural enrichment: Opening doors to young people in the creative sector…gland (UWE Bristol) is committed to helping young people progress into the competitive creative industries by offering paid internship schemes for young people (16-24) to gain critical work experience employers demand. The university led two large consortia bids to secure funding for more than 150 paid internships and a small number of apprenticeships to offer to young people in the sector. At the time of the delivery, this was the largest program…
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University Alliance: Stern Review response
Read more of: University Alliance: Stern Review response…earch are fully captured. Consultation should take place with the research community on establishing common currencies and units to measure impact. The REF must retain a selective staff approach to avoid contractual changes which would be to the detriment of the UK research ecosystem. Commenting, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “The dual support system is the crucial element underpinning the diversity and excellence of…
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Written evidence to the Apprenticeship Inquiry
Read more of: Written evidence to the Apprenticeship InquiryOur evidence to the Apprenticeship Inquiry of the Commons Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy looks at a number of the key issues the Sub-Committee is attempting to address. These include: The target of three million apprentices by 2020, how the Government proposes to achieve this and how this may affect the ‘skills gap’ The proposal for an apprenticeships levy and how this may be implemented Routes for progression to higher educat…
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THE – TEF: ‘poorly designed’ system will harm reputations, MPs warn
Read more of: THE – TEF: ‘poorly designed’ system will harm reputations, MPs warn…nce Framework. Coverage of the report in Times Higher Education includes a comment from Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell. She said: “The BIS Committee is right to focus on the need for the TEF to deliver genuine improvements and preserve the strong reputation of UK higher education. To succeed it must build on – not undermine – the best practice, innovative teaching and research-informed learning which we see across the sector. “Today’s report al…
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Research: Living well with dementia
Read more of: Research: Living well with dementia…and Steering Groups of various projects and studies or are increasingly becoming more ‘hands on’ e.g. as co-researchers. For example, the Institute currently has a three year study (2015-18) funded by the Booth Charities to explore experiences of living with Young Onset Dementia. Its advisory group is made up of informal carers of people with dementia and people with a dementia diagnosis, some of whom are Dementia Associates. There are also two f…
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Campus wellbeing: Promoting wellbeing for all
Read more of: Campus wellbeing: Promoting wellbeing for all…drink and a chat, lunch time worship in the Chaplaincy, a Wellbeing poetry competition, as well as the opportunity to visit and browse self-help books in the library’s Bibliotherapy Space. Bibliotherapy is a term used to cover the use of self-help books to enhance emotional and psychological wellbeing, and the University has its own Bibliotherapy Scheme. A number of the activities during Wellbeing Week involved keeping active with beginners’ runni…
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Teaching & training: Paramedic virtual reality training centre
Read more of: Teaching & training: Paramedic virtual reality training centre…ives our students the opportunity to gain vital hands-on training in a true-to-life setting, with sensory stimulation provided through interactive projected walls, light, sound and visual effects all adding an authentic feel to their learning experience. If we need to teach them how to treat a fractured ankle in a nightclub, for example – complete with noise, music, smoke and people – we can now recreate this environment and immerse students withi…
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Refocusing the Student Opportunity Fund
Read more of: Refocusing the Student Opportunity Fund…f school leavers. Or the one after that. Or indeed any cohort of typical 18-year-old students over the next five years. The best chance of achieving this ambition therefore lies in those institutions with students of all ages. These also tend to be the same institutions who are able to widen opportunities to those who may have missed out in the past. The Student Opportunity Fund is an important pot of money and has a key role to play in attracting…
