Responding to the announcement from the Department for Education today, on ‘levelling up’ university targets to improve student outcomes, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “It is fantastic to hear the minister’s recognition of the crucial role universities have in levelling up the country. Producing job-ready, enterprising graduates goes to the very heart of University […]
First published in University Business on 15th November 2021 Prof Jane Harrington, vice-chancellor of Greenwich University and board member of University Alliance, says urgent government funding is needed to scale up university-industry research partnerships to find net-zero solutions As world leaders return from COP26 with commitments on how they will tackle climate change, it’s important […]
This autumn, Alliance members are coming together to launch the new DTA Future Societies, which is supporting solutions-driven research that tackles the world’s most pressing challenges, with projects guided by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The collaborative research environment of the DTA Future Societies will nurture the potential of our doctoral researchers to generate […]
Within the University of Greenwich’s Aquatic Biotechnology and Biology Research Group, which is concerned with the sustainable use of water resources under changing climatic conditions, Supattra’s doctoral thesis is looking at how the anaerobic digestion of seaweed can enhance biogas production. Supattra presented her research during 2020 at the 2nd International Conference for Energy and […]
Asha from Sri Lanka, who is a DTA3/Cofund Energy doctoral researcher at University of Central Lancashire, is addressing the challenges of using renewable energy within society. The expansion of renewable energy is hindered by various social, business management and engineering issues. Asha’s project therefore aims to design and validate energy trading models that can be […]
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern Denmark and Masters at University of Iceland, Badi joined Teesside University in 2019 as part of the first cohort of Horizon2020 co-funded DTA3/Cofund doctoral fellows to undertake a PhD within the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies. In an attempt to improve energy development […]
University Alliance have appointed a new Head of Communications and Public Affairs. Annie Bell joins UA from Chevening, and will start in her new post at the beginning of December 2021. Coming into post with a wealth of experience in higher education, and with time spent in both marketing and communications, Annie will help University […]
First published in Air Quality News on 29th October 2021 Dr Jo Barnes, Senior Research Fellow at UWE Bristol explains why COP26 must address air quality as well as climate change. While all eyes will be on the UK’s hosting of COP26 it is important that this vital international summit considers a dual focus on […]
First published in The Grocer New research shows how shoppers can be educated to think more about food and prevent waste, says Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, associate professor in consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University The UK forecourt fuel ‘shortage’ and the panic-buying during the first national lockdown are striking and powerful reminders to supermarkets and […]
As the UK’s Elsevier Negotiation Team reject Elsevier’s (the largest publisher of UK research) most recent proposal on access to their publications for academics – for both reading and publishing – University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson pledges UA’s support: Our universities are fully committed to the approach being taken by the UK’s Elsevier Negotiation Team and support the […]
