University Alliance responds to the UKRI PGR New Deal consultation
See the full University Alliance consultation response here.
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Alliance Awards winners announced during ceremony hosted at Kingston University Town House
Read more of: Alliance Awards winners announced during ceremony hosted at Kingston University Town HouseWinners of the University Alliance’s ‘Alliance Awards’ were announced on Tuesday during a ceremony hosted by Kingston University. The awards celebrate excellence in higher education and recognise achievements across all parts of Alliance universities. The winning individuals, teams and projects were selected for their hard work, dedication and commitment to the University Alliance core values. […]
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Socially Engaged Photography Driving Positive Change for the Homeless – Coventry University
Read more of: Socially Engaged Photography Driving Positive Change for the Homeless – Coventry UniversityAnthony Luvera from the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University has conducted socially engaged photographic research that has looked to influence attitudes towards homelessness with various audiences, with his work being exhibited at a national and international level, in world-renowned galleries. One of Luvera’s works, the Assembly exhibition was co-created with over 50 people who […]
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Dance, Digitisation and Intangible Cultural Heritage – Coventry University
Read more of: Dance, Digitisation and Intangible Cultural Heritage – Coventry UniversityCoventry University researchers, Professor Sarah Whatley, Dr Rosamaria Cisneros and Dr Karen Wood from the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) have worked with IT developers, custodians of cultural content, renowned dance artists, and marginalised dance communities to educate the public and preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the future. ICH is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or […]
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Drug-Testing Technology Saves Millions of Pounds and Lives – Coventry University
Read more of: Drug-Testing Technology Saves Millions of Pounds and Lives – Coventry UniversityEach year an estimated $15bn of pharmaceuticals are sold which unintentionally cause or worsen heart disease. From 2002, a team of researchers from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences at Coventry University have been working to address this issue by using novel techniques and scientific methods to improve the early detection of adverse drug […]
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The Newham Plays – Middlesex University
Read more of: The Newham Plays – Middlesex UniversityThe impact achieved Created, produced and written by Dr James Kenworth, and directed by Dr James Martin Charlton, both long-term residents of Newham, the Newham Plays are a series of localist-focused plays rooted in Newham’s history, culture and people. Performed in site-sympathetic locations in Newham, East London, they feature a ‘mixed economy’ casting of young […]
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Electrical Impedance Tomography – Middlesex University
Read more of: Electrical Impedance Tomography – Middlesex UniversityThe impact achieved This research project has pioneered the use of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), which can be used to image organ function in real time (100 images/second). Compared with existing technology it is highly portable, inexpensive and lends itself readily to remote imaging to save lives. The project’s key impacts are: Provision of imaging […]
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Professor Steve Olivier
Read more of: Professor Steve OlivierProfessor Steve Olivier joined Robert Gordon University in September 2020. He is an experienced leader in the higher education sector, both in the UK and internationally. He has held leadership positions in Scottish, English and South African universities. Prior to joining RGU, Professor Olivier held the role of Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University […]
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Alliance universities ‘taking great strides forwards’ with world-leading research output
Read more of: Alliance universities ‘taking great strides forwards’ with world-leading research outputAlliance Universities are continuing to strengthen their contribution to the UK’s world-leading research, Research Excellence Framework (REF) results have shown. University Alliance members, fifteen of the UK’s leading professional and technical universities, made 175 submissions to the REF in total. 70% of their submissions were found to have included world-leading research, with 94% including world-leading […]
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Food recycling: waste solutions through city-scale food recycling policy are developed and tested in China – University of Brighton
Read more of: Food recycling: waste solutions through city-scale food recycling policy are developed and tested in China – University of BrightonFood recycling: waste solutions through city-scale food recycling policy are developed and tested in China Food waste is a major problem worldwide. It makes up 30-40 per cent of household waste in the Global North and 60-70 per cent in China. Failure to enable householders to sort their waste for recycling, composting or reuse is at the heart of this global environmental challenge […]
