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Star Award winner at Alliance Awards 2020 highlights her award-winning work
Written by Ali Bushnell, Student Communications Co-ordinator at Coventry University and 2020 winner of the Star Award Well, what a year that has been! Working in student communications has never [&...
The DTA celebrates International Women’s Day 2021 with an ‘in conversation with’ talk
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, the DTA brought together four women in leadership roles within the programme, who are at different stages of their career. Following the theme for [&hel...
Vaccines, R&D and the Budget
This blog first appeared on the Higher Education Policy Institute on Wednesday 3 March. With the latest news that every adult in England will be offered a vaccine by the […]
Supporting student mental health during the pandemic and beyond
Written by Vice-Chancellor of UWE Bristol and University Alliance board member Professor Steve West Good mental health enables students to learn, work and strengthen their communities. As universit...
Groundhog Day: Managing Motivation when Working from Home
Katheryn Margaret Pascoe DTA3 Social Policy Researcher and DTA Rep Committee Co-Chair Ulster University @PascoeKm Like many of us completing PhDs here in the UK, I have been working from […]
Digital teaching and learning: time for a blended approach
Written by Professor Mark Simpson, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Teesside University and member of the University Alliance Teaching and Learning network Sir Michael Barber’s review of Digital Teaching an...
Developing a LGBTQ* network for Postgraduate Researchers in Higher Education
My name is Ben and I identify as a gay man. I have spent much of my academic life studying topics that can be surmised as falling within the discipline […]
Obsessions with outcomes won’t deliver the flexible revolution
The government will not succeed in its efforts to increase flexible and modular provision until it ends its obsession with narrow student outcomes, argues Susanna Kalitowski. This article first app...
University Alliance shares highlights from members’ offerings during National Apprenticeships Week
For National Apprenticeships Week, we have shared the work that our members’ have been doing, the impact that they are making, and the success stories from their respective apprenticeship off...
Virtual panel explores future of apprenticeships in Hertfordshire
To celebrate National Apprenticeships Week, the University of Hertfordshire hosted a virtual panel event for employers to explore the role apprenticeships will play in Hertfordshire’s economic reco...
