…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…
…lent to encourage the companies they work with to be better. They have therefore committed to support the 10,000 Black Interns scheme, and University Alliance have also committed to offer a paid internship as part of the scheme. We recognise that meaningful progression on the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda will only be realised by taking action across the whole system. We have been furthering discussions on developing an inclusive resear…
…n the science sector and acting as a mentor for Northern Power Women. This commitment is reflected at home with her encouragement of her six-year-old daughter Freyja to carry out science experiments in the garden. Her national reach extends to Whitehall, as co-author of the UK Industrial Biotechnology Strategy that was officially presented to UK Government in 2017 and adopted along with its associated road map. Professor Julie Lydon OBE, Vice Chan…
…n of human capital, will rely on harnessing the online environment to enrich and support face-to-face teaching, and vice versa. Find out more in our policy briefings The rise of online learning is shaking up the sector MOOCs: changing the HE landscape…
…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…
…nds of funding and support opportunities, I believe funding options will become extremely competitive and may become bias towards certain industry sectors, leaving the ecosystem unbalanced.” Wendy McCristal, Director, The Mental Wealth Company “Starting a small business just before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic could have spelled the end of my business. Having free access to training that helped me to grow my business, network with other…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
