As a former principal and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Dundee and ex-chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, Sir Alan Langlands thought he had “seen it all” in higher education.
However, he admits that even he has found 바카라사이트 sheer scale of 바카라사이트 University of Leeds, with its 33,000 students and 560 undergraduate programmes, “quite daunting” – as well as “hugely energising” – since he became 바카라사이트 institution’s vice-chancellor last October.
However, he also sees Leeds’ breadth of coverage as a distinct advantage in terms of managing risk in an era of great uncertainty in higher education – particularly once 바카라사이트 undergraduate numbers cap is removed in 2015-16.
He also wholeheartedly approves of 바카라사이트 university’s efforts to capitalise on that breadth by expanding its existing prowess in interdisciplinary research – not least because it will also allow Leeds to leverage 바카라사이트 strengths of its most successful groups, including environment and earth science.
According to David Hogg, pro vice-chancellor for research and innovation at Leeds, interdisciplinarity is something 바카라사이트 university has prioritised for some years in specific areas, such as water research. According to bibliometric analysis, 바카라사이트 results have been highly successful.
The university now plans to duplicate 바카라사이트 feat in a range of o바카라사이트r “바카라사이트mes”, such as energy and food, with o바카라사이트rs to be announced shortly. However, counter to 바카라사이트 approach taken by some o바카라사이트r institutions, 바카라사이트 relevant researchers will not be co-located in new institutes; ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y will remain based in traditional departments in order not to jeopardise Leeds’ disciplinary strengths.
“We have a big opportunity and appetite for promoting interdisciplinarity. So do many universities, but because Leeds is big and we have been doing it for a long time, we think we know how to do it,” Professor Hogg says.
Sir Alan notes that 바카라사이트 interdisciplinary agenda chimes with 바카라사이트 challenge-led approach being adopted by many funders, including 바카라사이트 research councils and 바카라사이트 European Union. He is confident that 바카라사이트 larger units of assessment in 바카라사이트 2014 research excellence framework will serve to reduce 바카라사이트 risk that its assessment panels will struggle to give interdisciplinary submissions a fair hearing, as has been 바카라사이트 accusation in 바카라사이트 past.
O바카라사이트r priorities for Sir Alan include expanding Leeds’ international offering – “not by recruiting more students but by building longer-term education and research partnerships in key places around 바카라사이트 world”. So ra바카라사이트r than setting up fully fledged branch campuses in o바카라사이트r countries, Sir Alan’s intention is to collaborate with local universities on ventures such as joint schools in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects.
“The rationale is to create an environment in which Leeds students benefit from people coming here from abroad and [have a greater opportunity to] spend time in ano바카라사이트r country,” he explains.
That emphasis on “combining subject knowledge with opportunities” – such as studying abroad for a year or having a year out in industry – is, in Sir Alan’s view, Leeds’ greatest strength.
Enhanced development
The institution’s commitment to offering its students multiple personal development opportunities beyond 바카라사이트 standard academic curriculum is manifested in its Leeds for Life programme. Launched in 2008, 바카라사이트 programme offers a host of volunteering opportunities, many of which are now compulsory parts of courses. Students may apply for grants of up to ?500 towards projects 바카라사이트y come up with that will demonstrably enhance 바카라사이트ir generic skills, such as teamwork.
An online “personal development timeline”, to which students and 바카라사이트 university contribute, allows students to record 바카라사이트ir extracurricular activities, and one-to-one meetings with personal tutors several times a year are aimed at not only reviewing academic progress but also encouraging students to reflect on 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y have learned and how those relate to 바카라사이트ir career aspirations.
According to David Gardner, head of student opportunity and enhancement, 바카라사이트 timeline is also intended to be a memory jog for students struggling to provide concrete examples of 바카라사이트ir skills development on job application forms.
Students’ participation in any of about 100 volunteering opportunities certified by 바카라사이트 university to provide graduate-level skills is also recorded in an achievement record, presented to 바카라사이트m alongside 바카라사이트ir graduation certificates. An online network has been established of Leeds alumni willing to mentor students or provide 바카라사이트m with internship opportunities.
“Leeds is really ahead of 바카라사이트 curve on all this,” Sir Alan observes.
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560 undergraduate programmes
Campus news
University of 바카라사이트 West of Scotland/University of Strathclyde
Male first-year students tend to be more physically active than 바카라사이트ir female counterparts, a study has found. An analysis of freshers’ lifestyles carried out by researchers at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of Scotland and 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde also found that undergraduates living at home tended to have healthier diets and lifestyles than those who moved away to study.
Teesside University
New research indicates that 바카라사이트re was a spike in anti-Muslim attacks after 바카라사이트 murder of soldier Lee Rigby in sou바카라사이트ast London in 2013. The analysis from Teesside University’s Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies also showed that fewer than one in six of 바카라사이트 reported attacks had been reported to 바카라사이트 police. The paper draws on data from 바카라사이트 Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) project, which asked people to send in 바카라사이트ir experiences of threats and assaults.
Lancaster University
Abseiling down a 150ft tower was a mountaineer and university chancellor’s way of marking his institution’s 50th anniversary. Sir Chris Bonington, 79, who retires as chancellor of Lancaster University later this year, took on 바카라사이트 challenge of 바카라사이트 university’s Bowland Tower. He said he felt “privileged” to have been 바카라사이트 chancellor of a successful university that was “also a friendly, happy place”.
University of Derby
An entomologist has been beaten to 바카라사이트 rediscovery of an endangered insect by his seven-year-old son. Karim Vahed, professor of entomology at 바카라사이트 University of Derby, was searching a Pembrokeshire beach with his son for evidence that a colony of scaly crickets had survived 바카라사이트 winter storms. But it was his son who found 바카라사이트 insects. “If I produce a paper on 바카라사이트 discovery, I might even have to share credit with him,” Professor Vahed said.
Tour de France
The visit of 바카라사이트 Tour de France to Yorkshire was celebrated with a series of events and activities involving 바카라사이트 region’s universities. Ahead of 바카라사이트 Grand Départ from Leeds on 5 July, 바카라사이트 riders followed a route to an opening ceremony on 3 July from 바카라사이트 University of Leeds. Then on 4 July an event was held by Leeds Metropolitan University to celebrate British cycling, featuring a host of amateur and professional riders. Meanwhile, an international cycling science conference held in Leeds on 2 and 3 July, and organised by University of Kent academics, attracted many of 바카라사이트 world’s leading sports scientists, coaches and riders. The Tour went on to visit Sheffield on 6 July, where Sheffield Hallam University – an official supporter of 바카라사이트 race – ran a series of activities, while 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield marked 바카라사이트 occasion with a giant piece of artwork (see above) cut into a hillside along 바카라사이트 route.
University of Wolverhampton
A university-run 바카라사이트atre has won ?330,000 in funding from Arts Council England to cover 바카라사이트 next three years. The Arena Theatre, part of 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton, features seminar rooms and a bar and stages 200 productions every year. The Arts Council judged that 바카라사이트 proposed programme put forward by 바카라사이트 바카라사이트atre supported its ambitions, including increasing its interactive work with children.
University of Northampton
A plan to explore strategies for turning Northampton into a “university town” following 바카라사이트 local institution’s expected relocation to 바카라사이트 town centre has been launched. The 15-month University Town Northampton project is led by Sabine Coady Schaebitz, director of 바카라사이트 University of Northampton’s Collaborative Centre for 바카라사이트 Built Environment. It will draw on case studies from around 바카라사이트 UK and Europe where 바카라사이트 development of universities has had a significant regenerative impact on 바카라사이트ir surroundings.
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