University Alliance responds to HEPI paper on designing a Teaching Excellence Framework
…to the government’s Green Paper, Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, is online here:…
…to the government’s Green Paper, Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, is online here:…
…ccess – coming after Alliance universities’ recent recognition in the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prizes – demonstrates that we are institutions whose time has come, leading the way in the sector.” Notes for Editors Full details of winners at last night’s THE Awards are online here. Cardiff Metropolitan University, the University of Greenwich, the University of Huddersfield and Nottingham Trent University all received the Queen’s Anniversary P…
…e the programme’s organisational impact. The programme blends OU-developed online learning with face-to-face training. Tutorials are delivered by a team of academics from the NHS Leadership Academy, Hay Group and the OUBS, who provide subject matter experts and are also specialists in supporting learning to combine study with work priorities. Face-to-face sessions are delivered regionally, providing opportunities for participants to network and sh…
…n following an apprenticeship model, which combines work and study through online learning. University of Lincoln’s strategic collaboration with multiple employers to develop new Schools in STEM subjects. University of Sheffield’s training centre based at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) which offers advanced apprenticeships and degree-level training for companies in the advanced manufacturing sectors. The Technology Partnership’s…
…ed experiences for students. The partnership is looking at several new strands of work including collaboration on apprenticeship programmes and the development by LJMU of an online distance Masters level professional development programme for Barclays technical staff. Read the full report here….
…chief executive Maddalaine Ansell has been quoted in coverage by BBC News Online of the latest BIS Graduate Labour Market Statistics which were published yesterday (Tuesday 9 June). Graduates in England have seen a fall in their median salary of more than £1,000 in the past five years, according to official statistics. But more are in work than at any time since 2007, suggests Department for Business, Innovation and Skills data. Maddalaine Ansell…
…oduction, curation, marketing and dissemination of a professional quality, online interactive graphic novel about Nottingham’s past. The novel sees the city’s famous historical literary figures rise from the grave to wreak revenge against the closures of libraries and low literacy in 21st Century Britain. In its first year 112 students have engaged with the project, including undergraduates studying History, Media, Literature, Journalism and Philo…
…ersity International projects Runner up: University of the West of England Online and distance learning Runner up: Coventry University Research impact Winner: University of Greenwich Social and community impact Winner: Plymouth University Student diversity and widening participation Runner up: Kingston University Student experience Winner: University of Hertfordshire Sustainability project Runner up: Kingston University Teaching excellence Winner:…
…mance Indicator Engine, developed with Constructing Excellence. This is an online tool used by over 150 organisations which has generated over £200,000 in related licence fees, consultancy and training. They have also produced a local economic multiplier methodology which calculates the wider economic and social value of projects. As a result, the researchers have been approached by the UK and other governments to provide advice and share their kn…
…he SURFSTAND results into its instrumentation. With it they have developed online software tools (in the form of its SoftGauges) that allow end-users to check the correctness of the surface metrology software provided by instrument vendors. As a result of its research excellence and strong reputation, CPT was named one of the new EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing. Supported by £8m in funding, this identifies CPT as a national centre of ex…