…tives “Successful negotiations with UET for them to grant us money towards online events to tackle isolation within the student community” Barbara Pereira Union Affairs Officer, Leeds Beckett Student Union Supporting their Communities, and the Nation/s, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Alliance universities have been at the forefront of the Covid response. Thousands of nursing students from all 12 Alliance universities volunteered to take up posi…
…mmuting students) often benefits all. While some ideas specifically target commuters, such as ‘Commuters Connect’, an online space set up by our Students Union to help commuters network and engage, many do not. By listening to the voices of our commuters, we realise they are asking for flexibility and choice in how or when they study, socialise or communicate with us. And that flexibility and choice benefits all students – even on campus students…
…, while supporting more tailored training options. [April Murray Cantwell] Coming up! The Committee is currently working towards an end-of-academic-year event for all DTA researchers. More information will be forthcoming in the New Year, so watch this space. Katheryn Margaret is also developing a Mini-Methodology Festival to encourage peer-to-peer learning and to support researchers’ understanding of the diverse methodologies that inform qualitati…
…our systems and processes to this new way of working. We also need to overcome the perception that online teaching is less valuable, and cheaper than face-to-face teaching – predominately underpinned by the traditional model of a student studying full time and living in halls. It goes against what is happening at many Alliance universities (pre-pandemic), where more than half of students commute from home, balancing studying with work and other r…
…cute ward might explain the ongoing challenge of malnutrition in hospital (Buyanga 2023). Buyanga identified a culture where management of meal times is largely delegated to unqualified staff and indicates that where nurses do not provide leadership and role modelling at mealtimes, inadequate nutritional intake can be the consequence. Whilst the delegation of supporting patients at mealtimes to unqualified staff might seem reasonable, Buyanga (202…
…able up-to-date digital skills which are in demand by employers. Alice has online classes alongside coursework and assignments which complement her day-to-day role. She is learning how to put together detailed design briefs from initial concept stage to final campaigns, pitch for business, manage multiple tasks, deadlines and clients, develop knowledge of digital design tools and methods, measure the success of campaigns, and manage junior team me…
…. After a brief coffee and catch-up, the session was kickstarted with a welcome address by the Head of DTA Jennie Eldridge, followed by a conversation panel discussion on the topic: ‘What is Community in Research?’. The speakers, Dr Heather Sears, Professor Amin Al-Habaib, Dr Anna Seabourne, Dr Ellie Crabtree, Professor Mark Devenney, Professor Michael Cole, myself and Udit Tiwari discussed what research community means to them. This session was f…
…to open innovation. By defining projects into modular ‘challenges’ it is becoming increasingly common for academics, researchers and private organisations to seek solutions through a network of problem solvers from diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a global organisation and anchor institution, we have a responsibility to support economic development, local growth and regeneration in the towns, cities, regions and countries in which we and ou…
…s) and equivalent structures have a role to play – and here are my three recommendations for them. Create cohesive online cohorts Fostering cohesive cohorts amongst PhD students is recognised as an important factor in countering the isolation that worsens mental health issues. But when access to labs and offices are limited, this becomes even more challenging. There are, however, strategies that can support it. Inter-university DTPs provide cohort…
…K, the BEIS Committee, Science and Technology committee, and the Education Committee. 12. Our core recommendation to government on care leavers, featured in a comment piece in the Guardian, is now the subject of a feasibility study commissioned by OfS. 13. We contributed to the OfS’s review of digital teaching and learning by holding an interactive session with Sir Michael Barber, Chair of OfS, and our Teaching and Learning Network, which we follo…
