…dge Education Framework and Research Education Framework, and professional networks organised for staff working across a range of issues within Alliance universities. The networks enable members to share and showcase their expertise and innovation, and we regularly invite external stakeholders, speakers and decision makers to discuss topical issues including Ministers, Chairs and CEOs of sector bodies. All of our networks are designed to deliver t…
…ng back students with a blended learning approach (a mix of online and face-to-face teaching). For Alliance universities this approach is nothing new, with digital learning opportunities existing long before the pandemic. But our recent experience has taken this one step further. Alliance universities have now amassed a wealth of evidence about the benefits of blended teaching and learning, and have a good understanding of the challenges of delive…
…ayor and Combined Authority unveiled plans to develop a new £13.5m industry-led Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) to support the ongoing drive for clean energy and sustainability. The news followed a number of major announcements in hydrogen and clean energy for the Tees Valley, including confirmation that bp will set up a ‘blue’ hydrogen production facility on Teesside and the UK’s Hydrogen Transport Centre which will be constructed nex…
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…truism that money doesn’t buy happiness, it has been shown that money can buy experiences (like holidays, music concerts, nights out), which in turn can promote happiness. Interestingly, however, it has recently been shown that it is not the experiences per se that promote happiness, but the fact that we are able to share the experiences with others. Ultimately, it seems as though it is the social dimension of the experiences, rather than the exp…
…unity, can raise awareness and challenge menstrual taboos. A ‘dignity’ or ‘freedom’ kit Many organisations are training women and girls to make their own kits. As well as being more sustainable, this has the potential to provide income generating opportunities for women. While donated kits play an important role in emergencies and those areas where women are too poor to buy products, they can undermine local production. A word of warning is needed…
…such as inward looking approaches confined to regional boundaries and over-focus on organizations rather than functions (Cooke, 1992). As large, stable institutions embedded in their local and regional economy, universities are key to realizing each of these benefits and to helping mitigate the risk factors. Developing productive places Our final report looked at how the universities in the Greater Manchester region support the regional skills ec…
…he solution alone. Social and economic success, defined as ensuring fair access and full utilisation of human capital, will rely on harnessing the online environment to enrich and support face-to-face teaching, and vice versa. Find out more in our policy briefings The rise of online learning is shaking up the sector MOOCs: changing the HE landscape…
…p with a local engineering design company to produce a manufacturable point-of-care LAMP device from an earlier prototype. This device has been manufactured in small numbers and demonstrated in the field as an effective test for the Covid-19 virus. Its advantage are its ease of use, speed and effectiveness and its ability to work without the need for laboratory processing. In partnership with the university the team have created a spin-out company…
…men. This commitment is reflected at home with her encouragement of her six-year-old daughter Freyja to carry out science experiments in the garden. Her national reach extends to Whitehall, as co-author of the UK Industrial Biotechnology Strategy that was officially presented to UK Government in 2017 and adopted along with its associated road map. Professor Julie Lydon OBE, Vice Chancellor University of South Wales I feel very fortunate to have ha…
