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  1. Digital teaching and learning has a future – but we must get the balance right

    October 22, 2020

    …ng back students with a blended learning approach (a mix of online and face-to-face teaching). For Alliance universities this approach is nothing new, with digital learning opportunities existing long before the pandemic. But our recent experience has taken this one step further. Alliance universities have now amassed a wealth of evidence about the benefits of blended teaching and learning, and have a good understanding of the challenges of delive…

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  2. 2020 reviewed by our networks

    December 17, 2020

    …ulum for over 35 undergraduate and postgraduate creative courses across to online provision within five days of national lockdown.” Mark Jackson, Director of Design & Digital, University of South Wales. The move to online learning presented challenges in ensuring access to IT equipment and the need to overcome digital disadvantage for learners, and in response Alliance universities delivered huge investments in digital infrastructure and support f…

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  3. DTA Summer School 2022 – Three days of Celebration, Collaboration and Community

    September 26, 2022

    …nts. The Exhibition of Research flash presentation sessions were held both online and in-person on 6th and 7th, and the participants who were not presenting had a chance to interact with a few DTA alumni as a part of the online sessions. The afternoon sessions included ‘Creative Techniques for Academic Writing’ by Katharine D’Souza for in-person participants, and ‘Project Management for PGRs’ with DTA alumnus Dr Eleftherios Nomikos for online part…

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    Surya Maruthupandian

  4. The DTA Rep Committee: Amplifying the voice of PhD researchers

    January 5, 2021

    …socialising, which supports motivation while promoting solidarity and peer-to-peer support. One of the key benefits I have gained from my role on the DTA Rep Committee, is developing intimate knowledge of the complexities and challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey we distributed was effective in illustrating its far-reaching negative consequences for our PhD researchers. These include concerns about the continuation of fundi…

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  5. Digital teaching and learning: time for a blended approach

    March 2, 2021

    …le study options and more needs to be done to address the perceptions that online learning is less valuable or cheaper than a ‘traditional degree’. Government and Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) should ensure that the measures used for regulating, monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning incentivise high quality digital delivery, and the HE sector should review its internal processes and systems to ensure that they are…

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  6. The University of Hertfordshire’s holistic approach to research-led innovation and entrepreneurship

    April 12, 2024

    …ray of responsibilities. From achieving product-market fit and managing day-to-day operations to ensuring profitability at scale, the complexity can be overwhelming, particularly for those new to business. Finding affordable, comprehensive support can also be a challenge. Disjointed support interventions often have a lack of continuity, with constant starting and stopping leading to a loss of momentum, frustration, higher opportunity costs, and re…

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  7. We need more than workshops to support the wellbeing of PhD researchers

    December 1, 2020

    …ugh these they can then create the informal connections to receive the peer-to-peer support that may become vital for their wellbeing. Develop strong representation systems While it is great that Student Unions (SUs) cover postgraduate representation, I know from my own experience that undergraduate-focused SUs are not the best place for PhD issues to be actively listened to. PhD students need dedicated representation systems and the issues they r…

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  8. Collaboration and the social dimension at the heart of innovation

    July 10, 2023

    …(the industry representative body) and other key industry stakeholders, to write the ‘Covid-19 Covid Guidelines for Student Productions’, as a resource for lecturers and students alike. These guidelines helped get student productions back up and running when the country was still being affected by lockdown. We followed that up with a Covid-19 student supervisor certified e.Learning programme, on which over 3000 students across 10 universities, wer…

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    Dr Eddie McCaffrey

  9. Groundhog Day: Managing Motivation when Working from Home

    March 3, 2021

    …me up at night, seeping into my dreams. Group support Following a virtual writing retreat for PhD researchers, a few of us developed a weekly online catch up. Meeting over Zoom for half an hour each week held us accountable to one another, as we shared our goals for the day. By scheduling it in at a regular time, we were consistent. It became something to look forward to, offering much needed human contact to beat the blues of social isolation. A…

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  10. Supporting student mental health during the pandemic and beyond

    March 3, 2021

    …oming weeks, the Students’ Union at Anglia Ruskin University is holding an online bake-off, mindfulness workshop and an arts and crafts workshop. We’ve been hosting similar activities at UWE Bristol and in February ran a series of feel good events, including a free, stand-up comedy event for students and staff featuring A-list comedians. With the government’s roadmap to easing lockdown restrictions, hopefully it won’t be too much longer before the…

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