…fund for local enterprise to strengthen local networks and provision of university support for graduate start-ups. Pro-actively use and promote empty properties for the use of graduate start-ups, helping to nurture local start-ups. Recognise entrepreneurship as a legitimate graduate career, reflecting it more fully in employment and business data….
…stem In response to David Willetts’ call for the sector to consider how to manage quality in an expanding system, University Alliance has sought to answer that question. The report states that ensuring quality across the higher education sector will quickly rise to the top of the agenda for an expanding higher education system when student number controls are removed in 2015-16. The report calls for a more considered approach to ensuring quality r…
…ourses (MOOCs) via OpenLearn and FutureLearn. These courses, which include Managing My Money, Managing My Investments and Managing My Financial Journey, have helped over 250,000 people since launch. The MOOCs have been successfully incorporated into OUBS’s provision of MOOCs for credit while Managing My Money has been incorporated into the Share Foundation’s ‘Stepladder of Achievement’, which provides life skills and financial resources to looked-…
…Education Manifesto.” Professor Stella Bruzzi, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, UCL said: “As this manifesto explains, art and creativity are essential to the holistic functioning of a contemporary society. To ensure the advancement of art and design and creative practice-based education it is essential that we work together. Through embedding the core skill of creativity, we will enable the continued success of the UK’s leading art and creat…
…tudents’ unions are raising spirits and maintaining social contact through online events. Over the coming weeks, the Students’ Union at Anglia Ruskin University is holding an online bake-off, mindfulness workshop and an arts and crafts workshop. We’ve been hosting similar activities at UWE Bristol and in February ran a series of feel good events, including a free, stand-up comedy event for students and staff featuring A-list comedians. With the go…
…me Principle a market leader with their Classroom monitor – a school pupil online tracking and reporting system. Indeed in its 15 year history The Hive’s students and businesses have won many awards, accolades and competitions. These have included regional prizes at the Nottinghamshire Business Awards, Spirit of Enterprise Awards, Prince’s Trust Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Regional Student Business Plan Competition, Nottingham Evening Post Bus…
…e the specific impact The KU Big Read had within the University because so many other variables were changing at the same time. The most significant of these was a complete restructuring of ‘KU Welcome Week’, now offering a coordinated student transition across the University and incorporating faculty induction, enrolment, welcome events and the Freshers’ Fayre. Into the mix must also be factored the ongoing efforts and enthusiasm of the staff and…
…ckground, and to geography. Students stop studying for a range of reasons, many of which are wholly unconnected to their experience of HE. Disabled students, BAME students, LGBT+ students, mature students and part-time students are all more likely to drop out than other groups of students. The continued focus on continuation and completion is even more puzzling when you learn that the UK has the highest completion rates among comparable developed…
…ives: increasing global food security, investigating novel ways to provide safe water and improve air quality, and helping communities to rebuild following conflicts and environmental disasters. Addressing global challenges and humanitarian crises require multidisciplinary, innovative responses – our universities are well placed to translate research into real-world activity and deliver the GCRF’s ambitious goals. “To achieve the maximum impact, t…
…ocess control engineering, polymers, and automation and robotics for food manufacturing. The AMRC group also wants to exploit opportunities presented by the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link and the Chancellor’s ambitions to develop a ‘Northern Powerhouse’. The AMRC is working with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and the EEF, the Manufacturing Organisation, to develop a new National College for Advanced Manufacturing involving the AMRC and MTC…
