“After two years of online events, the Doctoral Training Alliance brought together cohorts from its four interdisciplinary (Applied Biosciences for Health, Social Policy, Energy and Future Societies) programmes for an in-person summer school. The summer school was held at the University of Brighton from 6th – 8th of July. The events of the programme were […]
As the new government settle in to their posts and prepare for a fiscal event on Friday (23 September), University Alliance have released A Vision for Growth. In it, the Alliance outline a vision for national and regional growth, fuelled by technical and professional universities. The document emphasises three areas of focus: delivering the skills […]
Responding to the BEIS announcement yesterday on a ‘Plan B’ alternative to Horizon Europe, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “University Alliance welcomes yesterday’s announcement from government which provides some assurance that plans are finally forming to ensure that researchers and universities alike are not facing a possible funding cliff edge at the end of the […]
This week, on Wednesday 6th July, the Doctoral Training Alliance will be setting up shop at the University of Brighton for their annual Summer School event. This will be the first in-person Summer School for two years. Researchers from across the DTA’s four interdisciplinary programmes (Applied Biosciences for Health, Social Policy, Energy and Future […]
See the full University Alliance consultation response here.
Anthony Luvera from the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University has conducted socially engaged photographic research that has looked to influence attitudes towards homelessness with various audiences, with his work being exhibited at a national and international level, in world-renowned galleries. One of Luvera’s works, the Assembly exhibition was co-created with over 50 people who […]
Coventry University researchers, Professor Sarah Whatley, Dr Rosamaria Cisneros and Dr Karen Wood from the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) have worked with IT developers, custodians of cultural content, renowned dance artists, and marginalised dance communities to educate the public and preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the future. ICH is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or […]
Each year an estimated $15bn of pharmaceuticals are sold which unintentionally cause or worsen heart disease. From 2002, a team of researchers from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences at Coventry University have been working to address this issue by using novel techniques and scientific methods to improve the early detection of adverse drug […]
The impact achieved Gender stereotyping in schools is a longstanding problem which has serious implications for pupil confidence, academic attainment, emotional intelligence, behaviour and later life outcomes. Middlesex Professor Jayne Osgood has consistently informed teachers and school leaders who are keen to address discriminatory practices in school through research to support interventions that directly challenge […]
The impact achieved Created, produced and written by Dr James Kenworth, and directed by Dr James Martin Charlton, both long-term residents of Newham, the Newham Plays are a series of localist-focused plays rooted in Newham’s history, culture and people. Performed in site-sympathetic locations in Newham, East London, they feature a ‘mixed economy’ casting of young […]
