…hin weeks of the start of the awareness of an on-coming pandemic the team had adapted their LAMP approach for detecting urinary tract infections (UTIs) to the Covid-19 virus. By the spring of 2020 they had made successful bids to the Welsh Government for resources to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the test, together with a partnership with a local engineering design company to produce a manufacturable point-of-care LAMP device from a…
…borough, Anglia Ruskin University is one of the leading universities for police education in the UK. A new partnership means they will now deliver training for police forces across the South East as part of a major overhaul of police officer training. New Police Constables will enrol on a three-year Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, which combines a degree programme with on-the-job training, while a two-year Degree Holder Entry Programme wil…
…ohort in England and Wales to complete a new graduate diploma in policing, combining combine real-life policing experiences on division with academic learning. Having experienced a combination of university lectures and academic learning with life on the beat, the officers are the first in Wales and England to complete the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) and gain a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice. With backgrounds ranging f…
…ing the creation of 34 new start-up businesses, 15 new social enterprises, addressing 12 social challenges, engaging with 5,174 people in the community and welcoming 1,542 participants on their programmes. Much of this took place during the global pandemic. One business supported by CUSE is Proof Bakery. Chernise Neo, who set-up the bakery that trains and employs refugee and migrant women, saw her business survive, thrive and support the community…
…robot alongside its successor Care-O-Bot 4, the only one currently in the UK. The LIREC project (Living with Robots and Interactive Companions) used the Robot House to develop robotics technologies that can assist people in the home environment, while the Cogniron project studied the reasoning and learning capabilities of companion robots in human-centred environments. These are more detailed descriptions of concluded research projects that have…
…r times and what is unique about our diverse university community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9G00v-4tg Examples of A Changed World Content: Harriet Riddell, an alumna of UH ran a sketching class as part of our A Changed World Makealong: https://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/a-changed-world/the-collection/harriet-riddell2 Julie Kelly, our Academic Registrar, created a presentation: Who Wants to be an Academic Registrar? https://www.herts.ac….
…pections to pinpoint structural weaknesses and damages. Find out more here www.aerialiconproductions.com Kingston University Ayswap: Janja Popovic Five thousand (non-recyclable) coffee cups are binned every minute in the UK alone. The pressing problem of dealing with plastic waste has caught everyone’s attention in recent years. Janja’s idea, Ayswap, reduce the use of ‘traditional’ disposable coffee cups by offering consumers a reusable eco-friend…
…, London saw some of the strongest growth in gross value added (GVA) per head compared to other UK cities but its progress in reducing poverty was only average. London universities tend to be diverse in terms of their ethnic profile. In each of the three universities we looked at, around half the students identify as coming from an ethnic minority. All three have a long history of supporting widening participation. Although they are engaged in con…
…hin weeks of the start of the awareness of an on-coming pandemic the team had adapted their LAMP approach for detecting urinary tract infections (UTIs) to the Covid-19 virus. By the spring of 2020 they had made successful bids to the Welsh Government for resources to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the test, together with a partnership with a local engineering design company to produce a manufacturable point-of-care LAMP device from a…
…disconnect within government following the Home Office decision to end the compulsory roll-out of police degrees and statements promoting non-degree routes for policing. 2. There are choppy waters ahead We should not assume that on the current trajectory, the growth or maintenance of current degree apprenticeship provision is assured and unencumbered. There has been growing coverage of the financial challenges facing UK universities, dubbed as one…
