…tric nurse and he was drawn to Middlesex University mainly due to its state-of-the-art sports and nursing facilities. He was awarded a full sports scholarship by the International Olympic Committee’s refugee support programme, which proved invaluable to his weightlifting progress. Since graduating with first-class honours in 2019, he has been appointed to a lead nurse role in Harrow, north-west London. Cyrille was selected among 29 athletes who co…
…r Higher Education to realign itself with societal challenges and a congested regulatory environment. The factors include: Policies and policy institutes Economic Socio-economical Technological Legal Pedagogical drive Equality and diversity Research Find the full report here. …
…pport groups to help maintain their well-being in such situations. The peer-to-peer networks that the University Alliance is establishing are also extremely valuable, allowing BAME academics to discuss experiences and receive support from those more seasoned in media relations. Given that universities have a long way to go towards hiring an ethnically diverse academic workforce, the burden of these opportunities is likely to continue to fall on a…
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…lar subjects to be delivered across schools using technology to bring sixth-form colleges together. Although many university-sponsored MATs are located in the region where the university is rooted, Coventry University sponsors MATs across the country, including in Nuneaton, Leicester and Nottingham, thus enacting a civic role through an educational ethos that spans multiple localities. University-sponsored MATs are a resourceful, innovative and ef…
…unities. Student participation is vital and we are keen to develop a trauma-informed staff-student dialogue which breaks down issues of mistrust. This year the sexual consent modules were trialled by students studying from foundation to postgraduate level, and by a small group of staff. Their recommendations have influenced revisions to Brook’s modules and shaped our focus for 2021-22. For example, acknowledging that an isolated online resource do…
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…nd Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales), who was joined by Co-Chairs of the DTA Researcher Representative Committee – Ana Tendero-Cañadas (Bioscience, Brighton), April Murray Cantwell (Social Policy, Sheffield Hallam) and Katheryn Margaret Pascoe (Social Policy, Ulster). In their talk, the DTA leaders discussed the challenges for women in research careers, why the DTA reps put themselves forwards for leadership roles, the development…
…n, had to say: https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/VID-20200810-WA0000.mp4 Did you know? Alliance universities rated highly for employability in this year’s Graduate Outcomes Survey, with 83% of UA graduates reporting that they are in some form of work 15 months after their course completion. In fact, the newest member of the Alliance, Anglia Ruskin University, rated as one of the top five universities in the country for gra…
…munity engagement, short courses and apprenticeships right through to start-up incubator spaces and spin-out businesses. However, for universities, resource limitations mean it often isn’t possible to deliver the full range of potential KE activities, and they must prioritise which aspects they take forward. This differential approach means it can be difficult to both concretely define “Knowledge Exchange” and also to accurately capture the true v…
