…egic Communications Unit. In 2011, Vanessa joined UK Sport, as Director of Commercial and Communications. She worked on four Olympic and Paralympic Games including the 2012 Games hosted in London and the historic Rio Games at which Team GB and ParalympicsGB secured second position on both the Olympic and Paralympic medal tables. Vanessa played a key role in making the case to Government to secure record investment for Olympic and Paralympic sport….
…Staff have embraced innovation and delivered novel solutions which will become part of our norm, for example: Use of simulation software to carry out assessed radiography experiments via MS Teams Use of Minecraft to deliver induction activity for geography students Development of new course design principles, where digital empowerment and the use of digital tools and platforms as part of a seamless ecosystem for learning will be advocated. Delive…
…mmunities Throughout this crisis, our members have demonstrated their deep commitment to serving their communities. Staff and students have been leading volunteering initiatives to support vulnerable groups, and universities have been offering their support to local businesses to help them navigate the uncertainty. Find out how we are supporting our communities. Contributing research and innovation Alliance universities are central to the hope tha…
…e TEA model The following principles will be embedded across TEA activities: Expertise: Strive to use expertise from across partners in all TEA activities, for mutual enhancement. Alliance Distinctiveness: Foster the distinctive UA approach to technical and professional education which underpins our excellence. Student Participation: Value and include students wherever possible in TEA activities. Employer Involvement: Include employers wherever po…
…reflection. 1. The public sector workforce crisis There is an increasingly common narrative that degree apprenticeships are cannibalising lower-level apprenticeships and are the preserve of well-heeled staff of FTSE 350 companies. In fact, higher and degree apprenticeships are playing an increasingly important role in training, upskilling and efforts to plug soaring vacancies in the public sector workforce. Most Level 6 and 7 management apprentice…
…ore relaxed about continuation. As the Dearing Report observed back in 1997: “non-completion will become an increasingly difficult concept to measure if more students undertake higher education programmes in a flexible way, over a long period of time.” It also needs to be more patient about progression; a modular approach may take longer to bear fruit. There are many other established ways to measure higher education quality, handily summarised in…
…we should be championing higher participation rates, not lower. Headline recommendations for fee cuts and the reinstitution of maintenance grants may now be common knowledge but there is fresh ambiguity as to their impact, whether they will be adopted and by whom, as the Conservatives search for their new leader. Having said this, with uncertainty also comes opportunity; HE is high on the political agenda. We hoped to grasp this opportunity with b…
…ry cohorts, which got us thinking about how our projects link to the wider community, and may even be open to opportunities for further collaboration. The superb entries in the Images of Research competition, which ran in the lead up to Summer School, provided another fun and visual way of showcasing the very different research topics represented across the DTA. As DTA Reps, we were also thrilled to be given the chance to organise icebreaker activ…
…need. Check out how our members are Powering their Communities below: https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/social-enterprise-spinouts-at-coventry-university/ https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/community-legal-clinic-at-anglia-ruskin-university/ https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/accounting-for-community-engaging-students-aces-scheme-at-oxford-brookes/ https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/29/university-of-greenwich-support-local-mu…
…ategy, so watch this space! Have a fantastic break and a happy new year. Check out our festive look-back video for 2021 below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNgwWnsvJo…
