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  1. Reflections on the DTA programme, fellows and new videos

    …ave developed in their skills and their passion for their project work. Recruiting internationally has brought together researchers from across the world; our DTA3 cohort has representation from 27 different countries. The global reach of the programme has grown and grown as our student body has gone from strength to strength. With lives turned upside down by the pandemic it has been an extraordinarily difficult two years for most people, and the…

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  2. University Alliance campaign about value of going to university

    …th their research, students and staff and the world around them – locally, nationally and internationally. With representation right across the UK they educate over 25% of all UK students, with large proportions of international and post-graduate students. Alliance universities: Aberystwyth University, Bournemouth University, University of Bradford, De Montfort University, University of Glamorgan, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Hertf…

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    David Willetts, Universities Minister, launching More than just a degree
  3. Celebrating graduates who are turning their business ideas into reality

    …universities to society and the economy. With economic growth high on the national agenda and employment rates under scrutiny, universities and their graduates have a central role to play in realising Government ambitions. The scale of, interest in, and support for graduate enterprise is growing and entrepreneurship is in a powerful position to shape economy and culture in the UK today. Appetite among the student body continues to grow; there are…

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  4. Bringing flight data analysis into the 21st Century

    …involving 15,000 aircraft and more than 230 major airlines worldwide. International rules stipulate that all aircraft over 27 tonnes must undertake flight 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…

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  5. The stories beneath the headlines: university is still a life-changing experience

    …give them a mouthpiece. At University Alliance we have been drawing these stories together to highlight the true depth and breadth of the student experience. Forget the popular narrative of university as merely instrumental, only focusing on a course of study. Our students have many more opportunities beyond the ‘classroom’. Work placements at the CERN Large Hadron Collider thanks to University of the West of England. Opportunities to do research…

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  6. University of Greenwich support local Mutual Aid group during COVID-19

    …In Greenwich, the university gave use of its onsite kitchens to the local Greenwich Mutual Aid group, and staff members and students supported vulnerable people with prescription collection, deliveries and food parcels to those vulnerable people from across the local area. Find out more about how the University of Greenwich aided in their local coronavirus efforts here….

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  7. Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning

    …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…

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  8. Media training sessions for UA academics

    …ort. Please get in touch if you require more information, or would like to arrange one to one practice interviews for academics who would benefit from individual coaching.   This online session is led by Adam Batstone, a former BBC journalist who has worked in newspapers, radio, TV and the BBC News website. Adam specializes in helping academics to get the most out of media interviews and has worked with Royal Holloway University, The University of…

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  9. How to build your tribe

    …blog to share experiences and advice; an online journal club; a series of videos featuring student profiles and research projects; and a student forum. At the DTA’s Summer School in Nottingham Trent University in July, they will present the results of their first year of cohort-building. It’s not always simple to foster an environment that encourages a new community to bond, especially if you are, like our DTA students, also undertaking PhD resea…

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