…ns of Health Cyber security leads Finance leads HR leads Heads of Admissions Executive/Personal Assistants to VCs IT leads Estates leads Health and Safety Student Union presidents Careers and Employability Immigration Compliance DTA Networks The DTA run a series of networks bringing together DTA researchers. DTA Management Group DTA Training Group DTA/DTA3 Researchers DTA3 Programme leads DTA3 Student representatives DTA3 Finance representatives D…
…Our Networks As UA, we run a number of Academic Networks and Professional Networks: Academic Networks University Alliance runs formal academic networks in three key areas: Research and Innovation (R&I), Teaching and Learning (T&L) and Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE). Teaching and Learning The T&L Network enables expert practitioners to come together to share best practice and innovate in the teaching and learning space. Recent external sp…
…omy – all of which are of increasing political and social importance. “The Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre will be the focal point of this ambitious new Net Zero Innovation Hub and will provide a coherent and comprehensive industry-focused Research, Development and Innovation offer for the region and beyond, with Teesside University at its heart. “We are looking forward to leading this project and working with partners to place the region at t…
…picked, to support their work, and also collaborated internally with Staff Networks, HR, IT , and resources hub Estates, Greenwich’s Wellbeing Network and Mental Health First Aid Teams. The team delivers extensive training to staff and line managers to raise awareness and provide support to ensure that Menopause is no longer a taboo. The popularity of the Menopause Cafés has grown and the team has been invited to speak at external conferences to h…
…e Officer, Coventry University Magi is a member of UA’s HR network. The HR network was one of the first new UA network established in the days building up to the first national lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic. The network and all its members have proved invaluable during the last year coming together regularly to share experiences and solutions to common issues and challenges. Magi has inspired by how she has gone out of her way to share her…
…uthority councils. By bringing together their existing individual regional networks, EMERGENCE plan to create an exceptional and strong national network. The EMERGENCE consortium’s testbeds have already been enabling some of the key foundational research underpinning assistive robotics, including Internet of Things and intelligent sensing, as part of user-centred, open innovation research projects. Together they will bring the interdisciplinary sk…
…ulture and adressing the BAME pipeline through our Research and Innovation network, and our Teaching and Learning Network continue to address the black attainment gap and inclusivity in teaching and learning. In 2021 we will be launching a piece of work to drive diversity in academic representation in the media. 2020 has been a tumultuous year in many ways, but has also opened the door for acceleration and innovation in teaching and learning; pr…
…ng academic colleagues aligned with REF2029. They developed ‘Building your networks for high value partnerships’, a workshop for academic colleagues focussed on profile development, networking, value propositions and pitching. They delivered the KTP Academic Conference, and have already secured a portfolio of 14 KTPs and are on track to deliver the 2027 target. University of South Wales Students’ Union, University of South Wales The USWSU t…
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 enterprise supp…
University Alliance institutions are at the forefront of training the UK’s future health and social care workforce, training 25% of all nursing and midwifery students and 18% of all social work students. This is due in large part to the superb learning and training provision afforded by our universities’ high tech facilities. Allowing students to train in an immersive environment, using equipment and techniques that they would encounter once they…
