Responding to calls for the Government to allow remaining Higher Education students to return to campus on 12th April, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We support the call for all remaining higher education students to be allowed to return to campus from 12th April, as students in all stages of education have already been […]
University Alliance, the voice of professional and technical universities, has today written to the Prime Minister seeking assurances as to the future of funding for research in the UK and continued association to the Horizon programme. Globally connected and locally rooted, Alliance universities work with industry and public sector partners through their research to support […]
University of Hertfordshire uses Goonhilly’s deep learning hub for AI venture that ‘sees through’ clouds The University of Hertfordshire has partnered with satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd to provide regular satellite mapping of the UK free from cloud cover, for the first time. More information: The University of Hertfordshire team […]
In response to the announcement that University Alliance board member and Vice Chancellor of UWE Bristol Professor Steve West has been elected as the new President of Universities UK, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We are thrilled that UWE Bristol’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve West has been announced as the new President of Universities UK. […]
A new publication released 10 March by University Alliance (UA) showcases how research taking place in universities across the Alliance is delivering local and global impact. Launched to coincide with British Science Week, the publication uses case studies to highlight how Alliance universities work with partners to address real-word challenges, and to deliver research activities that directly benefit people, communities, […]
The Faculty of Business and Social Science’s Dr Tushna Vandrevala, received award funding from the National Institute for Health Research. Her project is studying how to improve health communication strategies to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 among UK black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Insights will be shared with community leaders and policy makers including […]
Research has been conducted through their spinout company, Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. Awarded a grant by Innovate UK to work in partnership with Vaxine Pty Ltd. Covax-19® is a vaccine based on production of recombinant spike protein manufactured in insect cells and the Innovate UK grant will enable OET experts […]
Dr Mike Leach has developed compounds, known as UoG-alpha and UoG-beta, that can inhibit the multiple cytokine proteins that can cause death by respiratory collapse, following Covid 19 infection. These compounds can be used within a drug therapy to prevent our immune system from disabling the body’s lung function during a cytokine storm; one of […]
ARU’s Professor Stephen Bustin, with colleagues at Chelmsford hospital, have developed a robust, reliable assay, or test, for COVID-19 which returns results in less than 20 minutes. The test, called Cov2-ID, detects three viral targets, making it more reliable than other tests that look at just one, and was 100% accurate in almost 30 patient […]
Teesside University will support the manufacture of a Teesside vaccine by building the skills capacity of the region’s life science industry. The university’s National Horizons Centre will lead the work to develop the skills capacity within the Stockton-on-Tees region, working in partnership with industry delivering expertise, facilities and training potential to upskill the vaccine manufacturing workforce. Sixty-million doses […]
