…itched their ideas at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus, in a competition chaired by the university’s Justyna Turner, Enterprise Champion, and Alex Fenton, Lecturer in Digital Business. After an in-depth discussion between the investors after hearing all the pitches, they decided on three winners. Enterprise Stars winners 2018 with the investors (image credit: University of Salford) Three thousand pounds was awarded to aerospace stude…
UWE Bristol As a mum of two in her thirties, Debbie decided to completely change direction and retrained to teach children with special needs in primary schools. She did a master’s in Special Education Needs near where she lives in Wales, and then applied for the PGCE teacher training course at UWE Bristol. Changing careers was a massive decision for Debbie. She was studying full-time on the course which was a big commitment with her family to th…
Times Higher Education has published a piece focusing on Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon’s speech at a University Alliance-hosted event on degree apprenticeships this week. Commenting that the National Audit Office has warned of a “two-tier system developing where the most disadvantaged attend the lowest-ranked providers”, Mr Halfon said that some universities might not deserve the tag “elite”. “Perhaps we should regard universitie…
…gher and further education funding in England to create a minimum living income for students. Maddalaine said: “Too often, student poverty has been missing from debates about higher education funding. The NUS Poverty Commission report is an important corrective to this, highlighting the challenges which many students – particularly those from working-class backgrounds or studying part-time – face in accessing and succeeding in post-16 education. “…
…ious universities to offer apprenticeships. Since their prestige generally comes from the quality and volume of their research, this does not necessarily make them well-equipped to deliver the innovative work-based learning that would make the technical route genuinely different. On the other hand, it should mean that universities with a long history of strength in technical and professional education are extremely well-placed to deliver degree ap…
…se and festival at www.unialliance.ac.uk/enterprisestars or join in the conversation on Twitter at #EnterpriseStars Data on graduate start-ups taken from HE Business and Community Interaction Survey 2015/16 by HESA: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/hebci-2015-16…
…ed in their surrounding region with missions that support local people and communities. They not only attract students and skilled staff from elsewhere but also businesses which choose to invest in places where the expertise and facilities of a university are readily available. When it comes to the industrial strategy, universities offer critical strengths as anchor institutions which can be captured in three broad points. Read the full report her…
…Times Higher Education’s coverage of the Industrial Strategy white paper highlighted the government’s pledge for a key role for universities in regional growth and commitment to increasing university-business collaboration funding. The piece also reaffirmed the government’s commitment to a “major review” of tertiary education funding. Our response to the white paper also features in the article. You can read our full statement here….
…egy white paper, which will reveal still more about the shape of things to come. The government’s priorities are already pretty clear. The additional £7bn of investment promised between now and 2022 will go on innovation and near-to-market research. We know that certain sectors and technologies will be targeted and can anticipate greater detail on the nature of the challenge areas announced previously, including artificial intelligence and driverl…
…University Alliance’s written evidence to the Science and Technology Committee’s Science Budget and Industrial Strategy inquiry has now been published. You can find the Committee’s Inquiry page here and read our written evidence….
