…ss that you’ve set up from scratch, looking back to see where you’ve come from, then thinking ahead to where you’re going to be. At the risk of sounding slightly sycophantic, we wouldn’t be here today without the help offered by organisations like the University of Bradford, University Alliance and the other support channels there are, so a big thanks to everyone who’s helped us on our journey so far, I owe you all a beer. Read Bill’s start-up sto…
…eers advisors, graduate recruiters, student and lecturer unions, voluntary organisations and other interested parties. We are delighted that Christopher Millward, Associate Director, North, HEFCE and Catherine Benfield, Head of Business Development, Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) have agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar. Gus Baker, Co-Director, Intern Aware; Professor Suzanne Cholerton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and…
…ff Metropolitan University has worked with 5,000 companies and brought over 500 new products to market over the past 10 years The award winning Coventry University Technology Park encourages and supports the start up and development of innovation-led, high-growth, knowledge-based businesses and is currently home to 63 businesses. With more than 2,500 staff, Kingston University is one of the town’s largest employers, contributing around £500m annua…
…ff Metropolitan University has worked with 5,000 companies and brought over 500 new products to market over the past 10 years The award winning Coventry University Technology Park encourages and supports the start up and development of innovation-led, high-growth, knowledge-based businesses and is currently home to 63 businesses. With more than 2,500 staff, Kingston University is one of the town’s largest employers, contributing around £500m annua…
…ble opportunities for their students? Combining Higher Education with Work Organisations like University Alliance are taking steps to close the gap between higher education and the world of work, bringing together ‘24 of the most innovative and enterprising universities in the UK, focusing on delivering for the professions, business and the community’. Their partner universities draw links between academic education and work, to ensure better oppo…
…nal stakeholders from tertiary education at a forum that benefits from the organisers’ enduring excellence in fostering cultural relations and bringing an international dimension to education. As a Vice-Chancellor of an Alliance university, and a Trustee in the British Council for the last five years, it has been rewarding to observe the growth in this event since its inception in 2004. The international regard and reputation of Going Global make…
…takes its name from one of Huddersfield’s most distinguished alumni, Sir George Buckley, who rose to become CEO of the 3M corporation. “A wide variety of research groups based at the University of Huddersfield are equally determined to play a part in key economic, industrial, and social issues.” Constructed and equipped at a cost £12 million – with a substantial contribution from the EU’s Regional Development Fund and an investment from the local…
…red by universities. We do this by developing solutions and new thinking; forging a partnership approach; and being an advocate for UK Higher Education more broadly, as well as Alliance universities specifically. “Our aim continues to be a constructive and positive voice within the sector to promote, safeguard and sustain the public benefit delivered by universities.” This collaborative approach has become a trademark of the way we generate ideas…
…their professional practice skills through consultancy with large national organisations. Perhaps most importantly, projects like this establish our students as co-creators of knowledge with BU’s academics – yes they’re here to learn, but they also have an important contribution to make to our academic community. Of course, connectedness also needs to extend beyond our academic portfolio to encompass the way we work together and build relationship…
…ts at all three party conferences. We are already starting to look towards next year’s Party Conferences where we hope to work alongside a larger number higher education organisations to inform and improve the public and political discourse around higher education. Watch this space……
