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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 […]
National Apprenticeship Week: Tom Doughty
Tom started work as a care assistant before embarking on an apprenticeship followed by a cybersecurity degree at Teesside University. In this Q+A for National Apprenticeship Week 2018 he discusses ...
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 […]
The interplay of stress and cancer
The latest in our series of blogs for World Cancer Day 2018 looks at the work of Dr Melanie Flint from the University of Brighton to investigate the relationship between […]
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...
