…hieved this year – whether that’s winning prestigious awards, opening state-of-the-art new facilities, widening participation or acting as engines for economic growth. Meanwhile, with their focus on industry and on post-graduate employability, our Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) and DTA3 programmes continue to go from strength to strength. On top of that, UA can be proud of policy successes on BTECs, PQAs, degree apprenticeships and Research and…
…Directions”. Through the report, Griffiths reports on factors both good and bad for the sector, and on opportunities for Higher Education to realign itself with societal challenges and a congested regulatory environment. The factors include: Policies and policy institutes Economic Socio-economical Technological Legal Pedagogical drive Equality and diversity Research Find the full report here. …
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…ng to our universities, particularly for pedagogy, curriculum, and the student experience. Having a confident assertion of the wider value of KE, especially beyond its monetary return, will be essential to centering it as an activity within institutional priorities. The significant potential impact of these various KE activities, coupled with a scarcity of resource means that our work more than ever needs champions booth within and beyond our inst…
…ries hear from two of our researchers on their experience working with industry and the benefits this has brought to their academic careers. The DTA programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme….
…solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. In the first part of our DTA is International series, hear from some of the DTA’s current students on why the international element of the programme is so important: This programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme, opening it up specifically to international researchers. The third round of recruitment under this extended DTA3…
…e us teaching exactly the same generation. I am genuinely surprised by the extent the two sectors allow ourselves to be played off against one another, getting into a bidding war rather than arguing for sustained funding across the board. People, whether doing a college course or university degree, have the same aspirations, ambitions and ability to succeed. That’s why one of my first meetings has been with the Association of Colleges on how we ca…
