Follow this link for case studies from Alliance institutions The government’s ambitions for higher education to improve life chances will only be met if university leaders make tackling inequality a core part of their mission, argues a report published by University Alliance today. Last month, the Social Market Foundation published a report on widening participation […]
A festival set up by a Huddersfield University academic nearly 40 years ago has grown to become the UK’s largest annual, international celebration of new and experimental music – and at the same time provide a wide range of cultural opportunities for the local community. The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) was initiated by the […]
A ‘whole life-cycle’ approach cuts through Nottingham Trent University’s outreach work to widen participation in schools, colleges and the local community. The university’s outreach programme encompasses more than 700 activities – including placing more than 300 students in schools to provide pupil support through its Students in Classrooms (SiC) Scheme reaching 30,000+ pupils, from primary school […]
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is committed to helping young people progress into the competitive creative industries by offering paid internship schemes for young people (16-24) to gain critical work experience employers demand. The university led two large consortia bids to secure funding for more than 150 paid internships and a […]
Students, staff and recent graduates of Oxford Brookes University interested in social entrepreneurship or social innovation or who wish to set up and run a social enterprise can turn to the university’s award-winning programme to help get their ideas off the ground. The Oxford Brookes Social Entrepreneur Awards (OBSEA) provides the resources, networks, confidence and funding that […]
While 14% of the UK population is identified as BME, only 7.4% of paramedics are from BME groups. Nationally just 3.4% of those currently studying to become a paramedic are from a BME background. In March 2015 Health Education East Midlands (HEEM) commissioned both Sheffield Hallam University and Northampton University to launch a project to […]
The University of Huddersfield’s Enterprise Team provides a comprehensive free service with advice and training on all aspects of starting up an enterprise, from freelancing to forming a business. Based in The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Centre, situated in the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, the team provides hot-desking facilities for over 100 enterprises created […]
Care leavers are poorly represented in higher education in the UK with only 6% at the age of 19 progressing to university. The University of Salford has an excellent track record in working with charities in the field, developing new strategies and encouraging school and college leavers to consider going on to higher education. The […]
In June 2015 Oxford Brookes University in partnership with BMW Group launched an innovative new undergraduate programme offering students the opportunity to master both business and automotive management subjects, through studying abroad and gaining valuable industry experience with a major employer. The BSc (Hons) Business and Automotive Management is a specialist programme within the university’s […]
Coventry University is committed to keeping their doors open wide to students but equally determined that this door does not become a revolving one. It set up Coventry University College (CUC) for people who want to benefit from high quality courses but who have decided that the traditional student experience is not for them. CUC […]
