…ember of UA’s Heads of School of Arts Network and has inspired through her commitment to do the best by her students, staff and colleagues. Always happy to share how Brighton are approaching challenges, Amanda is a positive collaborative spirit and a tremendous asset to the network. Chizoma Okaro, Director of HR at the University of Hertfordshire, Chizoma is a no-nonsense, straight talking professional who never fails to add tremendous value a…
…y Thorburn – University of Brighton Buffalo Adventures is a Ugandan travel company encompassing adventure, work experience and social impact. Finlay started the business while living in Africa in response to difficulties he experienced while travelling the continent. Find out more about Buffalo Adventures: buffaloadventures.co.uk Compact Gyms Ltd Andrew Marshall – Nottingham Trent University Compact Gyms provides functional, high-quality home gym…
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…egree outcome gaps and poorer experiences of ‘BAME’ students, particularly African/Afro-Caribbean students. Alison Baverstock (Professor of Publishing) and Claire Jackson (Course Leader Primary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status PGCE), Kingston University Alison and Claire were nominated for their research into the educational impact on the separations, movements and change involved with living within a Forces-family i.e. where one or mo…
…to generate income during the pandemic. Usually Students’ Unions generate commercial income through selling coffee, beer and event tickets. Covid has meant that these traditional markets have not been available and has forced the CUSU Commercial Team to use its skills to generate income in different ways. They have launched a Training Agency, a Creative Agency and an Events Agency and these ventures will return over £300,000 in surplus to the cha…
…nt that encourages serendipity and collaboration amongst the student and staff community. Such a scale of intervention is a clear statement of the importance the university places on creating exemplar teaching spaces for the student community. Significant resources are being applied across the global HE sector to create state-of-the-art learning and teaching environments for an increasingly discerning student community. However, one of the challen…
…etition”. University of South Wales The University of South Wales are a newcomer to the competition this year and their team, USW Falcons, successfully bid to win the £3000 Rookie prize from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The Institute awards the money to one team that has never taken part in the competition before, which helped the team purchase and build parts of the vehicle. USW Falcons has also started a partnership with Tata…
…to open innovation. By defining projects into modular ‘challenges’ it is becoming increasingly common for academics, researchers and private organisations to seek solutions through a network of problem solvers from diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a global organisation and anchor institution, we have a responsibility to support economic development, local growth and regeneration in the towns, cities, regions and countries in which we and ou…
