…s across the broad area of ‘media and digital technologies’. Alongside the new home of 5 departments of the BBC and the largest HD studio block in Europe, with ITV moving in soon, the University has taken over 4 floors to deliver leading edge teaching, research and enterprise with bleeding edge technology. Cutting beneath this statement of the University’s presence at the heart of the UK’s major media hub outside London, the first 12 months have s…
…You can now watch the full segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X_nwVZfgk&feature=youtu.be Clip credited to BBC Newsnight….
…services internationally. The funding has ultimately enabled us to secure new export markets for our products. Additionally, we have been able to employ two new members of staff as a direct result.” Director of a small business “ERDF funding was central to the development of our business. The knowledge, expertise and mentorship provided to empower entrepreneurs like myself has been priceless. It seems to me more important than ever to be encourag…
…ay. There is a powerful strand in our DNA that runs through the University today, and it runs through the Alliance itself. That golden thread is a strong bond with employers, a sense that university is not only about broadening horizons and unlocking talent, but that it also provides very real and tangible contribution to the industry and prosperity of a nation. This is not just a story from history. It is a compelling case for the value of the Un…
…ge today. Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, was quoted in the BBC News coverage of the story. “Access is not just about getting young people into elite universities” and that already there was “positive work that is going on right across the higher education sector”. Meanwhile Times Higher Education highlighted how University Alliance’s HELP proposals – which offer clear thinking and simple steps to enabling universal access to studen…
…the largest Marine Institute in Europe – with £25m recently invested in a new world class facility University of Portsmouth has one of the leading groups in the next generation of cosmology experiment which aims to uncover the mysterious nature of dark energy and dark matter The John Geest Cancer Research Centre at Nottingham Trent University leads on interdisciplinary research into cancer detection, monitoring and immunotherapy Research at the U…
…the largest Marine Institute in Europe – with £25m recently invested in a new world class facility University of Portsmouth has one of the leading groups in the next generation of cosmology experiment which aims to uncover the mysterious nature of dark energy and dark matter The John Geest Cancer Research Centre at Nottingham Trent University leads on interdisciplinary research into cancer detection, monitoring and immunotherapy Research at the U…
…notably the 2015 ‘University of the Year’ accolade awarded by the Times Higher Education, which followed a trio of consecutive ‘Modern University of the Year’ titles in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Click here for a full profile: Professor John Latham…
…ry 2018) Coronavirus: Online music therapy group a ‘lifeline’ in pandemic (BBC News, 22 April 2020) Source 4: Film: Voyage with Dementia Source 5: Saffron Hall NESTA case study featuring Together in Sound Source 6: BAMT ARU and MHA joint conference Source 7: OBE Awards 2016 Source 8: Fachner et al. involvement in BBC Our Dementia Choir Source 9: Inclusion of music therapy in NICE guidelines Source 10: Testimonials Grace Meadows, Music for Dementia…
University Alliance features in a story by BBC News Online about the 2014 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education magazine – and their new “formula” for top universities. University Alliance responded to say that using the rankings as a “roadmap” risked missing “the breadth of routes to delivering world-class research and graduates”. “The obsession with this idea of a ‘world-class university’ is a distraction from the tried…