The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1
…s has brought to their academic careers. The DTA programme has been extended following a €6.5million award from the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND Doctoral scheme….
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International Day of Happiness: reflecting on what makes us happy
Read more of: International Day of Happiness: reflecting on what makes us happy…truism that money doesn’t buy happiness, it has been shown that money can buy experiences (like holidays, music concerts, nights out), which in turn can promote happiness. Interestingly, however, it has recently been shown that it is not the experiences per se that promote happiness, but the fact that we are able to share the experiences with others. Ultimately, it seems as though it is the social dimension of the experiences, rather than the exp…
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Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning
Read more of: Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning…he solution alone. Social and economic success, defined as ensuring fair access and full utilisation of human capital, will rely on harnessing the online environment to enrich and support face-to-face teaching, and vice versa. Find out more in our policy briefings The rise of online learning is shaking up the sector MOOCs: changing the HE landscape…
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Digital teaching and learning has a future – but we must get the balance right
Read more of: Digital teaching and learning has a future – but we must get the balance right…ng back students with a blended learning approach (a mix of online and face-to-face teaching). For Alliance universities this approach is nothing new, with digital learning opportunities existing long before the pandemic. But our recent experience has taken this one step further. Alliance universities have now amassed a wealth of evidence about the benefits of blended teaching and learning, and have a good understanding of the challenges of delive…
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Flexible, responsive and diverse: the Doctoral Training Alliance marks its three year anniversary
Read more of: Flexible, responsive and diverse: the Doctoral Training Alliance marks its three year anniversary…could have implications for childbearing women. The DTA is a unique cohort-based doctoral training programme with a strong interdisciplinary and industry-focused ethos. Its objective is to train and develop highly employable researchers in strategically important areas. Having initially launched with a focus on applied biosciences for health in 2015, the DTA subsequently expanded to cover energy in 2016 and social policy in 2017. There are more t…
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Doctoral Training Alliance celebrates first anniversary with launch of new industry collaboration
Read more of: Doctoral Training Alliance celebrates first anniversary with launch of new industry collaboration…e advantage essential for business and world-class research.” ENDS Notes to editors: The DTA was set up in response to industry needs and to promote the UK’s economic growth and productivity. KTN is the UK’s Innovation Network, established by Innovate UK to build better links between science, creativity and business. Read Professor Harrison’s blog on the DTA and collaboration. …
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DTA Summer School 2022 – Three days of Celebration, Collaboration and Community
Read more of: DTA Summer School 2022 – Three days of Celebration, Collaboration and Community…nts. The Exhibition of Research flash presentation sessions were held both online and in-person on 6th and 7th, and the participants who were not presenting had a chance to interact with a few DTA alumni as a part of the online sessions. The afternoon sessions included ‘Creative Techniques for Academic Writing’ by Katharine D’Souza for in-person participants, and ‘Project Management for PGRs’ with DTA alumnus Dr Eleftherios Nomikos for online part…
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Climate Action with the DTA
Read more of: Climate Action with the DTA…flagship collaborative programme – is focusing in on the research our doctoral researchers are doing to address the global challenges of climate change. Across the DTA network, doctoral researchers are looking at how we can reduce our energy consumption and provide more sustainable societies for all to live in. Building on the applied research strengths, industry-focus and collaborative ethos of our members, the DTA supports four interdisciplinar…
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Universities and cities: Building stronger communities
Read more of: Universities and cities: Building stronger communities…te by those who have experienced the downsides of globalization. Where well-paid and high-status manufacturing jobs have moved overseas, they have often been replaced by jobs in services, many of which offer low pay and low job security for those at the bottom of the employment food chain. In order to understand better how modern civic universities build stronger communities, we undertook four ‘deep dive’ studies in different parts of England acro…
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Inclusive Assessment project progression report
Read more of: Inclusive Assessment project progression report…nalyse assessment outcomes for specific cohorts of students during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years (pandemic years 2 and 3) to understand the specific retention and success challenges and opportunities in each discipline. To examine the extent to which the inclusive assessments attributes are sustained across assessment arrangements during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years. To identify evidence-informed interventions and principles of…
