…. Stephen has also been involved in the University’s partnership work with Barefoot Kitchen, a community bakery operating in the University’s Launchpad facility which will provide bread-making workshops, volunteering opportunities and a variety of employment prospects to local residents. He has also collaborated effectively with Thirteen Group to deliver student challenges tackling anti-social behaviour, furniture poverty, and social isolation. Th…
…ching 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.uk/about-us/a-changed-world/the-collection/julie-kelly James Hatcher, and undergraduate illustration student created some artwork: https://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/a-changed-world/the-collection/…
…likelihood of the development of secondary cancers later in life. Radiotherapy treatments would be shorter and more effective, and there may be opportunities to combat some common cancers that have resisted conventional treatment. Back to Real World Impact…
…nd pressures on our Alliance teams, but it is the quick-thinking, solution-driven capabilities of those nominated for The Innovation Award, that have kept Alliance institutions reaching for new heights, even during a pandemic. Read more about our 4 shortlisted nominees below: Coventry University’s Students’ Union Commercial Team- for finding new and innovative ways to generate income during the pandemic. Usually Students’ Unions generate commercia…
…s users to cross-check their medical prescriptions with NHS and eMC drug dtabases. The app aims to give patients greater detail about their medication and improve understanding, reducing the number of inquiries made to GPs. Health+ is the 2016 winner of the NHS South Tees Health Hack competition and Charlie plans to release the app to the general public to improve patient experience. Follow Health+ on Twitter for more news on the app. ImpulseNorth…
…students with an ethos of entrepreneurship to face the challenges of a global labour market. Statistics published last month by HESA show that 40% of UK graduate start-ups still active after three years are from Alliance graduates. Overall, Alliance graduate start-ups employ over 9,000 people and turnover more than £300m each year. Commenting, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Entrepreneurship is core to the student exp…
…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…
…orld’s first ‘scatter-enhanced’ 3D x-ray security scanner to identify contraband substances. The hi-tech equipment combines a novel x-ray diffraction technique with high-resolution 3D x-ray imaging capability to create an impression of an object’s depth, partially rotate it, and even see around or behind it. The system will speed up security checks and reduce false alarms. Experts in the University’s School of Science and Technology have patented…
…to determine how best to achieve this. The OfS should not have the power to recover its costs from providers. The OfS should not publish specific information on any complaints under any circumstances. It should, however, publish detailed statistics about complaints as well as a selection of anonymous case summaries to improve understanding and practice. An independent review of the scheme should be undertaken after 12 months to ensure it is worki…
…in the UK and US, a key legacy of our work in mass decontamination is a globally unique research facility that is driving novel research in wider fields, including forensics and drug testing.” The nerve agent attack in Salisbury on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia shocked politicians and residents, and sparked an international diplomatic row. On the ground, though, emergency services were well prepared. Amid rising terror t…
