…o for their future patients. Portsmouth’s Dental Academy collaborated with Generic Robotics to develop a training experience for the company’s SimuTouch platform, which allows students to practice administering local anaesthetic in complete safety, building the essential skills and confidence before performing the task for real. Guests at the showcase were able to try their hand at carrying out this highly-realistic clinical experience. But for th…
…hance our happiness. For instance, while it is a truism that money doesn’t buy happiness, it has been shown that money can buy experiences (like holidays, music concerts, nights out), which in turn can promote happiness. Interestingly, however, it has recently been shown that it is not the experiences per se that promote happiness, but the fact that we are able to share the experiences with others. Ultimately, it seems as though it is the social d…
…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….
…posals that universities get the opportunity to buy the debt that their graduates owe. Our response was featured in the online and print editions of the FT: “Allowing a small number of the wealthiest universities to benefit from buying their loan book rewards the fact that they take the highest achieving students, from the wealthiest backgrounds, that go on to be the highest earners”. You can also read our full statement here….
…rt (incl interviews with GRASSroots group and Prof Tuffrey-Wijne), who contacted us following our webinar on vaccination: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55732177…
…he continent. Find out more about Buffalo Adventures: buffaloadventures.co.uk Compact Gyms Ltd Andrew Marshall – Nottingham Trent University Compact Gyms provides functional, high-quality home gym equipment that folds down after use. Andrew’s business idea is aimed at consumers looking for convenient solutions to exercising in limited spaces at home. Dinky Do Dah! Ashema Edwards – Kingston University Dinky Do Dah! is a pop-up nail bar exclusively…
…the students’ business proposals, and more details on the investors can be found on our blog. Data on graduate start-ups taken from HE Business and Community Interaction Survey 2015/16 by HESA: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/hebci-2015-16 For press enquiries please contact Joshua Hastings, Communications Officer: joshua@www.unialliance.ac.uk / 020 7839 2757…
…how we can make that progress sustainable. Some agreement about long-term commitments, defining who acts as the central point of advice and coordination for those wanting to get involved and recognising collaboration to share risks would help to grow the numbers further. Universities UK’s report, published this week, provides constructive recommendations for how government can provide clarity on the policy in the longer term and how employers and…
…improvements in their completion rates and progression into work –https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/higher-education-fulfilling-our-potential Widening Participation, published by the Social Market Foundation in partnership with University Alliance and the Open University on 23 March, is online here: http://www.smf.co.uk/publications/widening-participation For press enquiries please contact Gabriel Huntley, Head of Communications and Extern…
…chase a quality product that they trust which has a positive impact in the poorest regions of coastal Ecuador. Find out more at www.treeofwisdomchocolate.com…
