(Originally printed in Times Higher Education on 22nd August 2021) An initiative by the University Alliance to offer training and support to BAME scholars is an important step in the right direction, says Professor Vini Lander The recent appearance on the BBC’s Newsnight programme of Stanley Johnson, the prime minister’s father, as an “environmentalist” caused quite a stir. […]
University Alliance institutions are supporting their local communities through encouraging volunteering, bolstering social enterprises and designing projects to help local people. Our universities’ deep roots in their communities, stemming from partnerships with local organisations, businesses and charities, mean that we are established as a significant source of support within the region. Through volunteering initiatives, social […]
Academics at Leeds Beckett University are leading a new international project to empower and inspire disadvantaged young people across Europe and encourage them to be more active within their local communities, using digital technology and online spaces. The academics – led by Dr Erika Laredo, Senior Lecturer in youth work and community development in the […]
The Centre works with stakeholders to co-develop a bespoke evaluation plan so they can demonstrate the impact of their projects, now and in the future. The Centre for Social Innovation (CSEI) at Teesside University was launched in 2019 in response to the growing demand for research that will address current societal challenges. It aims to […]
SPARK Social Enterprise The Spark Project enables social enterprises to develop and deliver more sustainable and high impact innovations leading to increased growth. Social enterprises are businesses which: have a social or environmental mission generate at least a quarter of their income through selling goods and services have organisational autonomy and reinvest the majority of […]
SuNSE, a project designed at the University of Greenwich endeavours to encourage and stimulate social enterprise and entrepreneurship in geographically and/or socially isolated regions in Northern Europe. 2018/21 SuNSE is the first Social Entrepreneurship project to be funded by InterReg North-West Europe (NWE) (€2.6m, 2018-21). It is targeted at geographically and/or socially isolated regions in […]
“Coventry needs you!” – that’s the message to people of all ages and backgrounds across the city who want to get involved in the historic UK City of Culture year by signing up to be a City Host volunteer. Coventry City of Culture Trust in partnership with EnV and Coventry University Students’ Union (CUSU), have launched […]
About the project Stevenage Welfare Benefits Appeals Project, a collaboration between Citizens Advice Stevenage and Hertfordshire Law School, is launching in September 2020 for an initial 6 month pilot. This new service, funded by the Community Justice Fund and the National Lottery, will provide advice, casework and advocacy support to people wishing to appeal the […]
Initial teacher training (ITT) should and must evolve in order to maintain and sustain educational standards for current and future generations of pupils – but there have been fundamental problems with the approach taken in the government’s ITT market review so far, argues University Alliance, the voice of technical and professional universities. Responding to the […]
USW has worked with the Welsh Refugee Council to improve access to free, quality English classes for forced migrants in the area. With waiting lists that could be up to a year long, the University worked with the Welsh Refugee Council to establish a programme of classes that were delivered by students on the University’s […]
