…ghts, and achievements, from the year. Year in review 2: The view from the networks One of the legacies of this year will be the revolution in online working. Whilst we haven’t been able to get out and visit our member universities on campus this year, the move to virtual working has enabled us to maintain contact with our members across the UK, and in many ways even deepen and increase our engagement with the teams within them. We have significan…
…pport, community projects and outreach programmes, our members strive to ensure that people in their respective regions have the support they need. Check out how our members are Powering their Communities below: https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/social-enterprise-spinouts-at-coventry-university/ https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/community-legal-clinic-at-anglia-ruskin-university/ https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/accounting-fo…
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…us necessary training for professional development, research development, networking and collaboration and mindset improvement. In all the workshops we have attended, the contests and tasks we were given were creative. Working on those tasks trained us to present and disseminate our works in different visual and vocal formats to target audience with different levels of domain expertise from the very beginning of our project. Also, seeing similar…
…ari Harris explains how the centre is helping deliver on the Tees Valley’s net zero ambitions through collaboration and impactful research. “As the Tees Valley economy embraces the green industrial revolution and looks to a future beyond its carbon intensive petrochemical and steelmaking industries, the NZIIC sits at the nexus between those past and future industries. The just transition to a net zero economy is at the heart of Teesside University…
…as. The UK’s global reputation In March 2024, the University Alliance SU’s network interviewed international students to find out more about their experiences and study choices. International students cited a number of reasons for choosing the UK, including the culture, familiarity with the country and to advance their career. By far the most popular answer, however, was that the UK is globally renowned for high-quality education. All of the inter…
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…ducting our new recruits, and then delivering a wide range of training and networking activities. It has been exciting to see candidate names written on application forms become PhD Fellows who we have got to know as they have developed in their skills and their passion for their project work. Recruiting internationally has brought together researchers from across the world; our DTA3 cohort has representation from 27 different countries. The globa…
…verse place, whilst also acknowledging the work that still needs to be completed to overcome the existing challenges. Fortunately, throughout my time at Sheffield Hallam University, as both an undergraduate Law student and now as a member of staff within the Department of Law & Criminology, I have avoided discrimination. However, this is unfortunately not the case for all students within UK universities, as research by Stonewall found that on univ…
…ng and graphic design. Our partnerships with major employers from Adobe to Netflix mean students are benefitting from industry- led teaching, in cutting-edge facilities – preparing a highly-skilled workforce who help contribute to the vast economic, social and cultural value the creative industries bring. Alliance universities train over 15% of all creative arts and design students, and these courses provide a vital pipeline of talent for not only…
