…ention on the Rights of the Child; that courts should consider the child’s best interests when sentencing; and prisons should provide child-friendly visiting centres. UK Supreme Court judge Baroness Hale is a patron of the COPING project and attended its Brussels conference. Afterwards she said: “All in the criminal justice, social welfare and education fields should recognise the needs of this group of children and make proper provision for them….
…terprise, where firms of all sorts, from large corporates to SMEs and small-scale start-ups, can locate themselves and have ready access to university expertise and research. Larger companies are installing their own laboratory facilities in the Centre, while ambitious start-ups, including student enterprises, have the use of office equipment and communications facilities far in advance of anything they could afford in their own right. The aim is…
…iversity. Coventry University is dedicated to providing students with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities across all academic disciplines. From health, design, and engineering laboratories to performing arts studios and computing, students have access to cutting-edge resources that enhance their learning experience. As a testament to its commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, Coventry University has been selected to host three na…
…le in the cultural life of the UK, partnering with artists, galleries, film-makers, musicians and theatres; university research does much to drive our cultural life, the role that it plays in economic and social regeneration, and the UK’s attractiveness as a place to live, work and study. As we argued last year in our report Funding research excellence, research funding must always be directed towards excellence, no matter what its source and wher…
…cally graduates who have the attributes and qualities to adapt and perform best in this emerging innovation landscape. If you see higher education as a luxury good it would make perfect sense to limit or reduce the number of student places – an exclusive experience for the lucky, wealthy or very deserving few. But higher education is not a luxury good. It is a public good. The future labour market will need increasing numbers of graduates. As work…
…success of business and economies. The five areas address – health and wellbeing; resilient and secure societies; digital and creative economy; sustainable environments; and learning for the 21st century. Teesside University is one of the UK’s leading employer-facing universities that provides services for industry, business and the professions, which inform student learning and research to support innovation and economic growth. Through our on-c…
…f RDP supervision funding to quality (a threshold, or a quality weighting) best meets our aim of encouraging the supervision of students in higher-quality research environments? Why? Consultation question 3:If we used a quality score, as described in paragraph 22, to achieve differentiation by quality does a ratio of 1:2 seem appropriate? Consultation question 4: Do you consider that the value of an institution’s RDP grant relative to its mainstre…
…esearch and PhD provision. RAE 2008 results proved that there are many well-managed research centres outside the research-intensive universities that are making a significant contribution to both the UK research base and the economy. The Faculty of Technology at the University of Plymouth, for example, has a 90% completion rate within 4 years and is helping to drive a rapid growth area in the new economy. “The report does not provide sufficient ev…
…epresents 22 universities at the heart of the sector that are both research-engaged and business-focussed. Alliance universities are actively engaged in their economic and social environments with close links to the professions, new industries and a deep-rooted commitment to access through flexible provision. Alliance universities educate 26% of all UK students and have high graduate employment rates, offering a research-informed learning environm…
…rch base. Put simply, his proposals would see funding taken away from world-leading 4* research in research-active universities, to support the long tail of 1* and 2* research in his 25 chosen universities.” Insiders point out that with the universities in the 1994 Group also demonstrating real research intensity, Professor Arthur’s 25 may not be the same as others’. Professor Andrew Wathey, for University Alliance, comments: “It is the principle…