…es that rely on ERDF. Our ask UUK have proposed that a portion (£170m or 6%) of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund be ring-fenced specifically to provide funding for the continuation of university-led ERDF R&I projects across the UK to 2024-5. We believe this is a sensible solution that will allow us to continue to provide the support that is so essential to local businesses. In the longer term, a more sustainable approach to funding this work ne…
…Staff will need further resource and support too, to ensure they can teach effectively online. It’s important to get the balance right. I’m sure we will soon see sophisticated models of blended learning in practice, e.g. intra-, inter module and hi-flex simultaneous, for a much wider range of courses than expected. What does University Alliance want to see from government? Engaging online learning requires investment and resource, and to ensure no…
Image by Elle’s Dad, Flickr We humans like putting things in order. From an early age we are taught that all things have a place. When we are faced with complex problems, we seek to create schemas and organise findings in a way that will aid our understanding. This is all well and good except that sometimes this approach is in danger of missing the point. In the case of universities, this can be a particular problem due to the broad spectrum…
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…ady working with the SIKTN on a project to develop a National Directory of UK companies working in bio-sensing. About the Alliance: University Alliance represents 23 major, business-focussed universities at the heart of the sector delivering world-leading research with impact. Alliance universities educate over 26% of all UK students and achieve some of the highest graduate-level employment rates. Alliance universities offer a researchinformed, ac…
…or every student, providing training for staff to deliver their programmes completely online and providing extensive mental health support to students and staff. and diverting approx. Jane invested approximately £3million in funding to our covid response. • This was communicated to stakeholders via multiple platforms including video, Instagram, twitter and video conferencing, with a spirit of transparency and humanity that meant a great deal to al…
…qual society is a classic wicked problem; however you try to solve it, you come across competing ideas of fairness and incentives that drive in different directions. How do you judge between the bright, hard-working child who achieved excellent A-level results with the support of the best schooling money can buy and the bright, hard-working child who might have done just as well—or even better—if they had had the same opportunity, but actually did…
…loads. Therefore learning and teaching needs to be built around their work commitments. However the company’s staff see it as their responsibility to support the students and to help meet the requirements of degree level study. The move from Higher to Degree Apprenticeships has meant that the University now has control over delivery of the whole programme and can protect academic standards while delivering a fully integrated course. Future plans a…
…he ‘real’ world, by improving the quality of the immersive experience. Unit 66 Communication, Culture and Media at Nottingham Trent University is organised through the Institute for Cultural Analysis (ICAn). An informing perception of ICAn is that problems in contemporary cultural analysis have become organised into four broad themes: (1) the impact of globalization; (2) the increasing imbrication of culture, economy and technology; (3) cultures o…
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