…software engineers. Craig is also President of the Oldham Chamber of Commerce, Director of Oasis Community Learning, and a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer and Technical Trainer. 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…
…niversities are strongest when they are working together as this week’s summit event highlighted. Going forward our goal will be to form a more cohesive community, to pool our collective strengths and fight for the things that we as an alliance are committed to. Our universities have a huge amount of pride in the work they do and rightly so. I want that same pride to be inspired through membership of an Alliance of such exceptional institutions an…
…roughout the event. If you have any questions, please contact Opening remarks from the Universities Minister Michelle Donelan MP CEO Vanessa Wilson welcomes delegates to the UA Summit 2020 [custom-twitter-feeds] Tweet to @unialliance Tweet #UASummit2020 View the agenda Register for sessions Get to know the speakers…
…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…
…ncourage the companies they work with to be better. They have therefore committed to support the 10,000 Black Interns scheme, and University Alliance have also committed to offer a paid internship as part of the scheme. We recognise that meaningful progression on the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda will only be realised by taking action across the whole system. We have been furthering discussions on developing an inclusive research cultur…
…e for the team who quickly became experts providing advice and guidance on online event management to colleagues and external clients. This expertise fed into policy on events during the pandemic whereby the Events Manager represented the Welsh HE sector on a Welsh Govt Covid committee focused on hospitality and tourism. As the pandemic receded, the team again reacted to the changing world of meetings and events through investment in professional…
…here was a great reaction on social media, with the event hashtag #UAfuturebiz achieving over a million impressions on Twitter. The winners: Ocean Spark Studios (University of Huddersfield) Texmo (University of Hertfordshire) Buffalo Adventures (University of Brighton) Dinky Do Dah (Kingston University) Pathways (University of Salford) Health+ (Teesside University) Compact Gyms (Nottingham Trent University) Runners-up: The Sapphire Laboratory (Cov…
…ne-off news programme during the day’s proceedings. University Alliance Summit 2017 from University Alliance on Vimeo. Photos Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham speaks at UA Summit 2017 dinner Sir Stephen Wall, former UK Ambassador to the EU Summit delegates gather in the Egg Suite in the University of Salford MediaCityUK campus. Policy panel discussion gets underway chaired by Maddala…
…olleges and universities into the workplace. The Business and Education Summit is an inspirational and interactive forum to explore these issues and provides the opportunity for delegates to make new connections and engage with latest best practice through expert speakers, panel debates and informative breakout sessions. The 2017 summit will focus on three key themes: Enterprise and education – how can schools create the business leaders of tomorr…
…end for those who are leading innovation in higher education today. The summit will also host the launch of the THE 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016. Maddalaine will be speaking on a panel on Wed 6 April on Universities’ commitment to knowledge transfer and social entrepreneurship. This discussion will take during the morning session covering the themes of ‘Research, knowledge transfer and industry collaboration’. Also on the panel will be: Lead chair:…
