…eyboard only on a sample of pages selected for testing which covered different elements of the site. The statement was last reviewed on 19th March 2024. Feedback and contact information If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille: Email: info@unialliance.ac.uk Phone: 07497566849 write to: University House, Middlesex Street, E1 7JF We’ll consider your request…
…ies a seal of approval for their most outstanding work. The Guardian Awards 2018 are open to UK universities and university professionals across 15 categories, which are shortlisted and evaluated by an expert panel. This year the judging panel includes John Latham, Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University and Chair of University Alliance. The awards are also seeking nominations for the sector’s Inspiring Leader 2017/2018, voted for by readers of the…
…wn yesterday wondering which way the wind was going to blow. The final for Enterprise Stars 2018 was finally here and the investors, Peter Down from Cariocca Enterprises, Tom Howsam from Paid and Tim Foster from Oxford Brookes University, were ready and primed to invest £5,000 in innovative ideas that most impressed them. Entrants from 13 universities pitched their ideas at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus, in a competition chaired b…
…on pupils who have withdrawn from mainstream education and endeavours to re-engage them in education. Simon, who left school with few qualifications, began his career as a baker. He became involved in youth work after helping people on the council housing estates where he lived and was invited to become a paid youth worker and encouraged to study for a degree in youth and community work and applied theology. He later continued his studies for a Ph…
…ge and facilities that Alliance universities provide are crucial to the day-to-day operations and growth of both Britain’s major employers and the Small and Medium Enterprises which are so vital to our regional economies. In 2018-19, Alliance universities provided consultancy services to 16,706 commercial companies and non-commercial organisations, of which 85% were SMEs. In 2018-19, Alliance universities provided facilities and equipment-related…
…p with a local engineering design company to produce a manufacturable point-of-care LAMP device from an earlier prototype. This device has been manufactured in small numbers and demonstrated in the field as an effective test for the Covid-19 virus. Its advantage are its ease of use, speed and effectiveness and its ability to work without the need for laboratory processing. In partnership with the university the team have created a spin-out company…
…ayor and Combined Authority unveiled plans to develop a new £13.5m industry-led Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) to support the ongoing drive for clean energy and sustainability. The news followed a number of major announcements in hydrogen and clean energy for the Tees Valley, including confirmation that bp will set up a ‘blue’ hydrogen production facility on Teesside and the UK’s Hydrogen Transport Centre which will be constructed nex…
…than 1,200 leaders from 80 countries at Going Global in Kuala Lumpur from 2-4 May 2018. The British Council’s annual conference for leaders of international education, Going Global 2018 will explore the theme, ‘Global connections, local impact: Creating 21st century skills, knowledge and impact for society-wide good’. This will be analysed through the following areas: New skills, new graduates Social mobility and international mobility Demonstrati…
…overseen the development of the University Mental Health Charter, a government-backed, research-led initiative which will reward universities taking preventative, whole-institution approaches to mental health. She has been undertaking a Churchill Fellowship to explore preventative approaches to student mental health and was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to Mental Health in Higher Education. Outside of work, Rosie is a trustee for the Mental…
…ernment’s vision for higher education―and many actions that have already been taken were, in my opinion, the right thing to do, and brave. In particular, I like the commitment to a broad, diverse and more open higher education system and that the government has backed this up by removing student number controls. This was not a given. Only last month, I was at an OECD conference where some participants expressed concern at the “massification” of hi…
