…ccesses of our DTA programme. From the team at UA, this is our ’20 in 2020’. 1. We kicked off the year with the launch of a new 3 year strategic plan for University Alliance with an ambitious new vision, mission, strategies, objectives and principles co-designed with members and staff at UA 2. We hosted a series of successful roundtables with senior politicians, leaders and government officials, to facilitate opportunities for our members to engag…
…ugh these they can then create the informal connections to receive the peer-to-peer support that may become vital for their wellbeing. Develop strong representation systems While it is great that Student Unions (SUs) cover postgraduate representation, I know from my own experience that undergraduate-focused SUs are not the best place for PhD issues to be actively listened to. PhD students need dedicated representation systems and the issues they r…
…sting the competition, with some even giving up annual leave to be involved. Lastly, I am indebted to the subjects of the photo: Fay and Alex, for being my models and enduring the rain with me for this photo – your happiness and dedication has kept me smiling.” Cecilia Gialdini (Social Policy, Ulster University), who was runner up in this category with ‘Linguistic justice for the world’, said: “I love being part of this heterogeneous community whe…
…re Team until they turn 25 when all statutory support will stop. Every year, nearly 10,000 young people leave care when they turn 18. Only 20 per cent will remain with their foster carers, with the majority (40 per cent) moving into semi or fully independent accommodation, regardless of whether or not that young person feels ready for that step. If you think back to when you were 18, how ready were you to be fully independent? Most people are fort…
…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 research at the Pirbright Institute. Although not armed with all the results she had hoped for, working for a professional lab with such high quality facilities had undoubtedly been a positive experience. Working closely with professional researchers, she learnt a who…
…through Higher Education and the range of benefits it brings to the country. He says, “I’ve worked in HE all my adult life and I’ve always been most passionate about two things – students and research. Students are the leaders and influencers of the future- ultimately they hold the fate of our nation in their hands-and they are the most fun and interesting people to be around. Similarly, research holds the solutions to all of our problems. I’ve al…
…e to support Parkinson’s patients Nottingham Trent University Creation of 3-D printed synthetic organs to train surgeons Manchester Metropolitan University Arts for Heath- Using the arts to transform health and wellbeing University of Huddersfield Using gaming to tackle abuse against women Kingston University Collaborative drama project to build greater trust in nurses among young people with learning difficulties University of Hertfordshire Provi…
…Civil Service in 1996. She worked across four government departments (DfEE, DWP, DfES and Defra) over 15 years advising ministers and senior policy officials. Vanessa joined the Senior Civil Service as Defra’s Head of the Strategic 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…