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  1. How Anglia Ruskin University’s Live Brief modules are enhancing graduate employability

    October 26, 2023

    …e Brief experience, the student choir now acts as a performance group for ARU events. In 2022/23, 96 different Live Briefs like these ran in modules across all five ARU faculties, supported by 101 professional partners and benefiting 5,989 students. All-round engagement with an active curriculum ARU’s investment in our Live Brief strategy has been considerable. It ensures that students relate the knowledge and skills they are developing to real-wo…

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  2. #WeAreInternational blog: Blessing Adeleke

    November 14, 2022

    …pport the clarion call for sustainable development in engineering and construction”. “I chose USW because of its world class research and expertise in civil engineering, as well as its excellent facilities and close links with industry – all of which have been evidenced in my research.” “I am proud to have achieved my doctorate. A PhD requires hard work and sacrifice not just from the researcher but from the families and loved ones too, so it is v…

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  3. #WeAreInternational blog: Vignesh Velmurugan

    October 19, 2022

    …ational — Helping stroke survivors through robotics project – Vignesh Velmurugan Vignesh Vignesh Velmurugan grew up in Chennai, India, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in engineering before pursuing an ERASMUS+ funded master’s programme in Europe, studying in both France and Poland. He then applied to join the University of Hertfordshire to continue his research in medical robotics, where is currently studying for a PhD. “I have always bee…

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  4. The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 3

    January 20, 2020

    …and Biology, as well as academia and professional research, as her PhD is run jointly by UCLan and the Pirbright Institute, a research facility looking into viruses that affect farm animals. The opportunity to work in this way, gaining so many different skills in different areas, was also a major attraction of this particular project. As she says, “Everything came together.” When we spoke, Arantza had just returned from her first stint of researc…

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  5. The DTA is International- Part 2

    September 17, 2019

    …hs in each other’s country. This was a huge opportunity for me as China is world’s leader in renewable wind energy. It also faces production losses in cold regions due to icing, an area I was keen to learn more about. I therefore worked hard on the application, alongside my supervisors, and was thrilled to be awarded a scholarship for a six months PhD Placement. The host institute for my placement is Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU). It…

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  6. For Students: What is the Teaching Excellence Alliance?

    June 17, 2018

    …To develop students equipped with the skills and aptitudes to succeed in a world shaped by next generation technology by supporting staff to improve their teaching practice and develop innovative courses To demonstrate that Alliance universities are world leaders in professional and technical education for sustained student success by evidencing our success. We are looking for students to support and challenge this work in order to ensure that we…

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  7. Under attack: it’s time universities responded seriously to the worsening threat of cybercrime

    June 23, 2022

    …ystems from attack. In many institutions we’re still seeing systems in use today that were first introduced as far back as the 1980s and 1990s. These outdated and often incoherent systems create a constant headache. Not only can they make the university tech infrastructure remarkably inflexible (a problem thrown into stark relief during the Covid-19 pandemic), but, as they no longer support the latest security patches, they offer inadequate protec…

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  8. Commuting students – enhancing a different student experience

    September 27, 2019

    …shoehorn them into a ‘traditional’ model that, for many, feels outdated in today’s busy world. For those of us who work in universities our interest, surely, should be in understanding and enhancing that modern experience. Students sitting in booths in the LRC cafe. (University of Hertfordshire/ Ian Scott) At Hertfordshire, as a diverse university with a commitment to transforming the lives of all our students, we are learning to work from the pos…

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  9. We’re failing students unless closing the attainment gap is a priority

    May 2, 2019

    …for the sector as a whole to tackle it. The report rightly highlights the crucial role of university leadership in driving progress. I was pleased to be part of a Vice-Chancellor’s working group that provided feedback and a strategic view on the role senior leaders can play in helping to accelerate progress in closing the attainment gap. In order to have a meaningful impact, I strongly believe a commitment to addressing this issue has to be embedd…

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  10. Teesside’s Net Zero Ambitions

    March 1, 2024

    …s in the green reindustrialisation of the Tees Valley. Likewise, our groundbreaking research into how to reduce the carbon footprint from waste-to-energy (WtE) plants by using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will have a huge impact on decarbonisation efforts in the region. The East Coast Cluster aims to remove nearly 50% of the UK’s industrial emissions. To achieve this, there is a need for innovative solutions like CCS retrofits to Wt…

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