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Robert Halfon MP speech on Degree Apprenticeships
Robert Halfon MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, gave the keynote speech at our Degree Apprenticeship event on Monday 23 April 2018. The text of his speech is […]
International Day of Happiness: reflecting on what makes us happy
Here’s a simple question for this fine Tuesday morning – are you happy? A deceptively simple question, but it is one that many of us may find it difficult to reply […]
How female entrepreneurship means sisters can finally do it for themselves
My life as a female entrepreneur started with a cleaning company. Not everyone can afford a cleaner every week, but who wouldn’t want to come home on the occasional Friday […]
Cracking the gender code
My first memory of how some people treat girls differently to boys was when I was around four years old. I had an older male cousin who passed down toys […]
#PressforProgress on periods in Nepal
One of the pressing issues that the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal drew our attention to was the difficulties faced by women in accessing products to manage their periods with dignity. […]
National Apprenticeship Week: Jack Bishop
Jack Bishop, 21, studied an Aerospace Software Engineering Degree Apprenticeship with BAE Systems at the University of Central Lancashire. In this Q&A blog for National Apprenticeship Week 2018...
Gold nanobullets fight cancer
The survival rate of UK cancer patients has doubled in the last half century. But non-selective radiation treatment may cause damage to healthy cells and tissue. In Salford NanoLab, within […]
How we are developing new approaches to cancer management and treatment
Although great progress in the management and treatment of cancer has been made, the need for better approaches for the early diagnosis and better treatment of this terrible disease remains. [&hell...
Malignant mesothelioma: Current research into a man-made epidemic
Four. That is my personal number. The number of people that influenced my life in various ways and have been diagnosed with the dreaded C word: cancer. Some are still […]
Vocation, Vocation, Vocation – foreword by Professor Edward Peck
This report comes at an opportune moment. Not just educational policy, but the future of the country’s economy, is at a crossroads. The Government has just published its long-awaited Industrial [&h...
