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#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...
Supporting female victims of violence in India
One of the prevailing values that guides my work and that of the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice is fighting injustice on behalf of those who need it most […]
Dig where you stand – universities and public policy
Alliance universities are no strangers to change. Whilst most of our member institutions are comparatively ‘new’ as universities, all have longer histories of their own, with the majority founded i...
An excellent Christmas card for 2017
The results are in – the 2017 University Alliance Christmas Card has been chosen. The front cover of our card was designed by Georgie Underwood, a third year student studying […]
Doctoral Training Alliance: The next chapter
In October of this year I was appointed as the National Director for University Alliance’s Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) programme. In my application for the role I had reflected on […]
