…Our Networks As UA, we run a number of Academic Networks and Professional Networks: Academic Networks University Alliance runs formal academic networks in three key areas: Research and Innovation (R&I), Teaching and Learning (T&L) and Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE). Teaching and Learning The T&L Network enables expert practitioners to come together to share best practice and innovate in the teaching and learning space. Recent external sp…
…urney Following a six-million-pound investment, AME has expanded with state-of-the-art equipment, boasting an additional 2000 metres of space featuring new teaching and research facilities, as well as digital manufacturing and engineering, manufacturing metrology, and functional materials laboratories. Leading manufacturing skills development and technological change in the region, the revamped facility marks a critical step in tackling the challe…
…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…
…tain in the wake of Covid-19. EH: Yes, the rapid move universities made to online learning in the face of the Covid-19 lockdown has been impressive. Yet for all its success, it’s also exposed and in some cases exacerbated the inequalities that exists within our society. I’m really glad that you have mentioned social mobility. If universities are to play a vital role in the recovery they must not leave any students behind. The global pandemic is ca…
…central to our approach as we design a new blended learning model. Throughout the pandemic UA institutions have shared their experiences, and I am pleased to see so many of these reflected in the review’s report. The review shows us that together, the sector can rise to the challenge and evolve into an agile sector able to meet the demands of the modern learner….
…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…
…en interest in being part of the policy debate and promoting scientifically-sound, government decision-making. For four days in November, I spent time at the Palace of Westminster and within the Department of Health learning about the inner workings of the government policy machine. Because of my experience as a professor of health economics, I was paired with Lord Prior of Brampton who is Minister for NHS Productivity and Efficiency and a member…
…itt, Chief People Officer, Coventry University Magi is a member of UA’s HR network. The HR network was one of the first new UA network established in the days building up to the first national lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic. The network and all its members have proved invaluable during the last year coming together regularly to share experiences and solutions to common issues and challenges. Magi has inspired by how she has gone out of her w…
…is to ensure that the highly successful Cambridge model – supporting start-ups and spin-outs from the so-called Silicon Fens – is rolled out across the UK, from Bristol to Lincoln, Plymouth, Teeside and elsewhere. Cambridge is a great example of what can be achieved, but if that is the extent of our ambition, we are in trouble. Starting and sustaining your own business is not easy. Universities don’t just offer knowledge and skills on how to deve…
…nts. The Exhibition of Research flash presentation sessions were held both online and in-person on 6th and 7th, and the participants who were not presenting had a chance to interact with a few DTA alumni as a part of the online sessions. The afternoon sessions included ‘Creative Techniques for Academic Writing’ by Katharine D’Souza for in-person participants, and ‘Project Management for PGRs’ with DTA alumnus Dr Eleftherios Nomikos for online part…
