…ry students. The Simulation House is used as an environment for patient assessment and extraction scenarios. Library and online resources Glenside library, UWE’s outstanding health and social care library, has extensive resources for health professions. Online subject-specific journals, workbooks and other guidance are all available. Skills and Simulation Centre image gallery Take a tour of UWE’s Health Professions facilities View the Health Profe…
…three essential characteristics: Selectivity; Collaboration; and Responsiveness. We would welcome your thoughts on these points and how it could help to create the right environment for universities to thrive. Please send your responses to Dr Faye Taylor, Policy & Projects Manager, University Alliance by Wednesday 21 January 2015. Research and innovation ecosystem An ecosystem is a useful framework for thinking about the complex network of activi…
…three essential characteristics: Selectivity; Collaboration; and Responsiveness. We would welcome your thoughts on these points and how it could help to create the right environment for universities to thrive. Please send your responses to Dr Faye Taylor, Policy & Projects Manager, University Alliance by Monday 12 January 2015. Research and innovation ecosystem An ecosystem is a useful framework for thinking about the complex network of activitie…
…ir region throughout their 150 year history. It has grown to be one of the largest universities in the country and possess a world-class research profile as acknowledged by its receipt of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education this year. Professor Wendy Purcell, Vice-Chancellor commented, “Plymouth University is a modern, dynamic institution – one ranked by Times Higher Education as among the top ten in the UK under the age o…
…erience. My background is of a visual arts practitioner, who ran a small business for many years, but who now conducts research from a practitioner standpoint for both the arts and industry. My research team undertakes research that is primarily applied, and is concerned with process. In a digital age I deal in the physical artefact, which can be made either by autographic means or by digital technologies such as 3D printing. In this context we th…
…Ruskin in 2014, as Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, before being appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) in 2015. Prior to joining ARU, he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he was appointed Professor of Composition and Contemporary Music in 2005. He was a member of the Advisory Group for Lord Stern’s Review of the Research Excellence Framewo…
…University, Dr Petros Lameras, Associate Professor Coventry University, Dr Esin Yoruk, Associate Professor (Research) University of Derby, Dr Bruce Wiggins, Associate Professor (research) in Audio Engineering Coventry University, Dr Matthew England, Associate Professor of Computer Science University of Derby, Elivia Gates, B2B Campaign Manager University of Derby, Stephanie Hughes, Careers Coach University of Derby, Heather Turley, Communications…
…h some dolls, as skateboarding was for boys. Fast forward a couple of decades later and here I am working in computer science – an industry which has a female workforce of around 6%. There has been a lot of talk about the need for a more diverse staff, and attracting more women to the industry, but it’s still not happening. So why was it different for me? It wasn’t one but several things that made me feel like I could be a computer engineer. I wen…
…shapes and sizes and help us find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. A team at Nottingham Trent University has been collecting aerial imagery to better understand environmental changes in the Arctic. They are using robotic drones to map and quantify ice loss within a 125-year-old section of buried glacier ice in Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. They team used 2,000 aerial images to create a 3D model…
…started undertaking, the staff-to-student ratio, at least superficially, presents a challenge to the student experience, all of whom expect high teaching standards, exemplary services, and a focus on their wellbeing. But these challenging times that are also rich in opportunity, for the health of the sector, as well as for our ability to deliver an ever-improving student experience. So how can technology help? The technology at the core of a u…
