Coventry University will transfer £220,000 to the Apprenticeship Levy Fund run by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to support apprenticeships in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the West Midlands region. WMCA is working with the Department for Education (DfE) to pilot a new approach that will transfer unspent levy […]
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Scientists from the University of York are taking part in a national research project to measure air quality across the UK, which aims to provide new insight into the formation of air pollution and its impact on people. Launched in the build up to Clean Air Day, (Thursday 17th June) […]
The UK public are more likely to say the Covid-19 crisis has affected men worse than women, people from ethnic minorities worse than white people, and the old worse than the young, according to a new study. The research, by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI, also finds little recognition […]
A team of scientists at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group has taken the next step towards the discovery of a safe, effective and accessible vaccine against coronavirus. Vaccine work is progressing quickly. To ensure you have the latest information or to find out more about the trial, […]
RGU has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. The university was awarded the accolade after performing extremely well in teaching quality, student satisfaction, graduate employability and industry engagement. RGU placed 8th in the UK for student experience and rose […]
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester helped mark an ongoing partnership with Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) in Kenya by taking part in the official opening ceremony. As well as signing a Memorandum of Understanding with KUTRRH 10 September, representatives of The Christie […]
We are proud of our academics who are at the forefront of helping the fight against coronavirus and we are delighted that Professor David Graham will be joining us for our Alumni Day of Action on Saturday 10th October 2020 to share with you the research that he is undertaking. David Graham is […]
The Heilbronn Institute is a national centre supporting research in the mathematical sciences across the UK. The University of Bristol has been HIMR’s principal academic partner since it was founded in 2005 as a partnership with Government Communications Headquarters. Professor Grimmett will be responsible for shaping HIMR’s profile as an […]
These five academics will join fellow laureates of the 2020 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants competition. The funding is worth in total €677 million, to assist early-career scientists and scholars conduct pioneering research across all disciplines. Of the allocated funds, €8.1million will be given to UCL projects. The grants are part […]
The 500-seat concert hall will be part of the University’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, which has been made possible by a £150 million gift from Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms. The appointed acoustician is Ian Knowles […]
