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DTA Summer School 2022 – Three days of Celebration, Collaboration and Community
“After two years of online events, the Doctoral Training Alliance brought together cohorts from its four interdisciplinary (Applied Biosciences for Health, Social Policy, Energy and Future So...
Under attack: it’s time universities responded seriously to the worsening threat of cybercrime
The cost of cyberattacks on UK universities is rising. Universities have suffered hard over the past year, with cybercriminals causing extensive disruption to phone, website, and IT systems, leavin...
Universities should be partners in shaping the levelling up agenda, says University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson
As a key government priority, the levelling up agenda continues to be reflected in ministerial engagements. Areas that are being targeted for ‘levelling up’ are consistently prioritised for ministe...
2021 at University Alliance: the year in review
Written by University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson Well…it’s been quite a year. The challenges we have faced as a sector, as a country, and indeed globally, are well trodden territory. […]
COP26 needs to address air quality as well as climate change
First published in Air Quality News on 29th October 2021 Dr Jo Barnes, Senior Research Fellow at UWE Bristol explains why COP26 must address air quality as well as climate […]
How supermarkets can engage consumers to think more about household food waste
First published in The Grocer New research shows how shoppers can be educated to think more about food and prevent waste, says Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, associate professor in consumer psychology [...
DTA Summer School 2021 – coming together to explore interdisciplinarity
University Alliance’s Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) delivers structured PhD training opportunities to attract and nurture research talent across Alliance universities and partner institutions. A...
We must support the diversification of academia’s media face
(Originally printed in Times Higher Education on 22nd August 2021) An initiative by the University Alliance to offer training and support to BAME scholars is an important step in the […]
Alliance universities are fulfilling a civic role within their communities
University Alliance institutions are supporting their local communities through encouraging volunteering, bolstering social enterprises and designing projects to help local people. Our universitie...
Alliance universities play key role in regeneration and investment in local communities
Alliance universities have a deep roots in their local communities, stretching back hundreds of years, with strong links to local industry, businesses and cultural institutions. Their anchor status...
