…equality, equity and inclusivity with high profile leaders from across the UK. “In a year with so much events that have changed perspectives and called for more needed action, it was important for me to kick start a project that inspires not just our student community but other leaders and individuals to speak up and help create a positive future.” Augusta has so far spoken to Professor Steve West (Vice-Chancellor and President atUWE Bristol), Rad…
…For more information on the DTA programme, please visit www.unialliance.ac.uk/dta/ The report will be published on the UA website alongside a series of case studies illustrating the impact that DTA research students are having in their fields. Visit Growing Research Impact case studies to find out more. For media queries, contact Gabriel Huntley, Head of Communications and External Relations on 07890 626 099 or email: Gabriel@www.unialliance.ac.u…
…experience of leading on postgraduate research (PGR) provision and support. I completed my PhD in the 1980s, so years before the Vitae RDF Framework or even the Roberts review: ‘SET for Success’ (that does really take me back!) Nevertheless, I was blessed with a superb PhD supervisor who supported and intellectually stretched his PhD students and who taught me what it is meant to be a good supervisor. As I progressed in my career I did not plan t…
…the benefit of our students and business and civic partners. We innovate together, learn from each other, and support every member to transform lives and deliver growth. Visit https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/ 2. For press enquiries or request for interviews, please contact Gabriel Huntley, Head of Communications and External Relations, 07580 377 698, Gabriel@www.unialliance.ac.uk…
…family, friends, community, sports groups, hobby groups – for our wellbeing. This work comes from the Social Cure perspective within social psychology, which argues that it is the extent to which we identify with (or feel a subjective sense of belonging to) our social groups that is consequential for our wellbeing. In order to study the relationship between group identification and happiness, my colleagues and I gathered survey data in Italy and S…
…rent students. But it is not yet clear that MOOCs in their current guise (i.e. exclusively online) can act as the solution alone. Social and economic success, defined as ensuring fair access and full utilisation 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…
…ements 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 External Rela…
…ion, please contact Sam Jones at the University Alliance office on 07767 673 982 or email sjones@www.unialliance.ac.uk…
…r notable barrier is the technology available is not always fit for purpose. Online meeting platforms used to communicate with students are not always designed with teaching and learning in mind. And elsewhere, you’ll find that depending on the discipline, some learners may just need an iPad whereas others, such as those studying computer animation, need high end computers that are not always available. We need to ensure university staff are getti…
…Higher Education Institutions in England and Wales (see www.unialliance.ac.uk). The members are: Aberystwyth University, Bournemouth University, University of Bradford, De Montfort University, University of Glamorgan, University of Gloucestershire, University of Hertfordshire, University of Huddersfield, Institute of Education, University of Kent, University of Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Univers…