The Alliance Awards are returning this year, for their third year running. The Awards were founded to recognise excellence in higher education and research across the UK’s leading professional and technical universities. They are University Alliance’s chance to celebrate the hard work and dedication of colleagues and teams across the Alliance, following what has been […]
Responding to the announcements today from the Department for Education around Post-Qualification Admissions and the Lifelong Loan Entitlement proposals, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We are pleased to see that our concerns were heeded concerning the proposed Post-Qualification Admissions reform. Moving to this model would have been disruptive and costly, forcing students to make […]
In response to the announcement today (24/02/22) from the Department for Education on their response to the Augar review, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “If our ambition as a nation is to be a highly skilled, productive economy competing on the global stage, then we will need more people living in every part of the UK […]
Today marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and to celebrate, we have pulled together profiles of some inspirational women scientists from Alliance institutions. It’s a chance to showcase their amazing work, and the ways in which they support other women science, whilst highlighting some of the challenges that exist to them in […]
Dr. Sally Akehurst is Head of the School of Human Sciences at the University of Derby Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I am a sport and exercise scientist who specialises in sport and exercise psychology, a core element of sport and exercise […]
Dr. Emma Hayhurst is Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology at the School of Applied Sciences, University of South Wales. Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. More by luck than judgement! Before uni I had no real idea of what I wanted to do […]
Professor Susan Brooks is Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences and Director of Researcher Development for Oxford Brookes University. Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. Having done a BSc in Biology at the University of Nottingham, I […]
Surya is a third-year MSCA DTA3/COFUND Energy fellow, studying at the University of Hertfordshire Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I have always preferred to study something which I can see or feel in my everyday life, which has an impact on the […]
Professor Linda King is Professor of Virology and the Pro Vice Chancellor of Research and Global Partnerships at Oxford Brookes University Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I started a DPhil in insect virology in 1982 and have been studying viruses ever since. […]
Dr. Dannielle Green is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. I am a marine ecologist and an expert in plastic pollution research. During my PhD in Dublin, Ireland, I lived by […]
