…private sector. He held a number of academic and leadership roles before becoming Vice-Chancellor of UWE in 2008. Professor Shân Wareing Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University Professor Shân Wareing started as Vice Chancellor of Middlesex University in April 2024. Professor Roderick Watkins Vice-Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University and Vice-Chair of University Alliance Professor Roderick Watkins was appointed Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin Un…
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…s this stereotype that all elite athletes went to private school, which is completely rubbish. You know, actually the majority go to state school. “When we look at higher education – and I feel really strongly about this – this is an opportunity that if people want it, they should be allowed to go for it. These types of universities actually provide that talent, opportunity and potential to unlock opportunity for people.” Do you remember what did…
…growing faster than the UK economy since 2011 with large increases seen in 2015 and 2019.[1] The GVA of creative industries has increased 5.6% between 2018 and 2019 and by 43.6% between 2010 and 2019 in real terms. The creative industries delivered £115.9bn of Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2019, 5.9% of UK GVA. Frontier Economics reported that “…firms with greater connections to the [creative industries] are more likely to produce product innovation…
…reate pathways that give students the skills of both. There is, however, a competing narrative – equally compelling. This one points out the grand challenges facing humanity: climate change, population growth, food security, microbial resistance. We are living unsustainable lives but we carry on partly because it’s really hard to change and partly because most of us are crossing our fingers that some people somewhere are carrying out the research…
…sonal tutoring on reducing the attainment gap. It is funded by the OfS from 2017 to 2019, in partnership with the University of Sheffield and King’s College London. Portsmouth has built, piloted and successfully rolled out a personal tutoring platform in 2018. The platform enables all personal tutors to connect with their personal tutees, with a specific focus on personally welcoming all BAME students and, through both individual and group activit…
…ment using real-world challenges led by the commercial sector. Case study: Combining Community Service with Clinical Assessment Experience at University of Huddersfield Every year University of Huddersfield staff and students work in partnership with external clinicians and sector partners to provide an innovative undergraduate clinical skills event, and at the same time promote leg health to the local community. Members of the public are invited,…
…to generate income during the pandemic. Usually Students’ Unions generate commercial income through selling coffee, beer and event tickets. Covid has meant that these traditional markets have not been available and has forced the CUSU Commercial Team to use its skills to generate income in different ways. They have launched a Training Agency, a Creative Agency and an Events Agency and these ventures will return over £300,000 in surplus to the cha…
