…nce. Trying out the haptic technology from Portsmouth’s Dental Academy and Generic Robotics The haptic technology set up on the University of Portsmouth’s display shows how this approach can have huge benefits – not just for trainee dentists at its Dental Academy but also for their future patients. Portsmouth’s Dental Academy collaborated with Generic Robotics to develop a training experience for the company’s SimuTouch platform, which allows stud…
…hat goes into their products, as well as access to a range of skin-loving, natural ingredients. Sapphire will pitch for investment in her cosmetic company at Innovating Future Business 2017. Register online to watch students pitch their business ideas to the panel investors on Wednesday 10 May 2017 at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus. Tweet @UniAlliance #UAfuturebiz…
…a rather than follow it. Much of this has been achieved individually but I want you to take a moment to think about what more we can do if we do it together. How bold do we want to be? We’ve already started to think about this today. What is clear to me is that students, businesses, government and society are all demanding something new, something different from higher education. It’s essential that we listen to them and decide how we best respond…
…a much wider range of courses than expected. What does University Alliance want to see from government? Engaging online learning requires investment and resource, and to ensure no students fall through the gap, we need central government support. Government should guarantee universal free access to the internet for all, as well as access to affordable laptops to ensure no student falls through the digital inclusion gap. Government and Professional…
…data monitoring while UK law requires each plane to carry a flight data recorder (FDR). These recorders collect raw data from sensors for analysis. In the UK, this must be analysed annually to detect flight errors happening outside accepted safety parameters. However, manual analysis, as well as being time consuming, expensive and requiring complex technical skills, is prone to human errors. University of Portsmouth researchers set up two Knowledg…
…g to extend their skills within this sector Starting your small business for those interested in developing and sustaining their own business Planning a better future for anyone who wants generic career planning guidance Caring for adults for those in low paid home/residential/community care settings and family carers…
…ucation.” Part of this indecision is due to confusion between Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and more traditional forms of online learning. But there are important differences between the two. For a start, MOOCs have so far been operating from a separate platform with ‘star’ lecturers used to entice participants (David Attenborough is a voice on one of the FutureLearn MOOCs, for example). This compares to more traditional online learning whic…
…get the grades I wanted and how I used Becky the Chatbot, Leeds Beckett’s online chat platform to do this. I DIDN’T GET THE RESULTS I WANTED I initially applied to York University to study Politics and International Relations. I knew that was the subject that I wanted to do so the night before results day I made a list of all the places that did Politics and International Relations just in case if I didn’t get in. A friend had applied to Leeds Be…
…tion on their free speech complaints scheme. Summary The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 requires the Office for Students (OfS) to operate a free speech complaints scheme. It is imperative that this new scheme runs as effectively and efficiently as possible, ensuring a transparent, fair, and objective process for both complainants and respondents and good value for taxpayers. In our consultation submission, University Alliance highli…
…es: The role of universities in the health ecosystem. University Alliance. Online link Greater Manchester Combined Authority (2014) A Plan for Growth and Reform in Greater Manchester. Online. Hooper, D. (2016) Supporting Thriving Communities: The role of universities in reducing inequality. University Alliance. Online link Royal Academy of Engineering (2015) Investing in Innovation. London: Royal Academy of Engineering. Taylor, F. (2016) Creating…
