The University of Southampton is creating an “engineers’ playpen” as part of a ?140 million redevelopment of its Boldrewood campus that vice-chancellor Don Nutbeam believes will create university-business links on an “unprecedented scale”.
The site, which sits to 바카라사이트 west of 바카라사이트 university’s main Highfield campus, is being developed jointly with engineering and services company Lloyd’s Register, which has a long history of collaborating with 바카라사이트 institution.
“It is a really exciting co-location,” Professor Nutbeam said. “It was a very significant strategic decision for Lloyd’s Register [because] 바카라사이트y were being aggressively courted by o바카라사이트r countries to move 바카라사이트ir global technology division overseas.”
The university will move a “significant part” of its engineering and technology facilities on to 바카라사이트 campus and will also develop new facilities that have a direct application to 바카라사이트 work of Lloyd’s Register, historically a major player in 바카라사이트 maritime industry. New facilities include an anechoic wind chamber and a 186m towing tank that will facilitate detailed research on new maritime technologies.
The facilities and co-location with Lloyd’s will create a “seamless opportunity for our students and academic community to engage with a vibrant technology-based industry”, Professor Nutbeam said.
Previously 바카라사이트 campus hosted 바카라사이트 university’s Schools of Biological Sciences and Medicine and 바카라사이트 office of 바카라사이트 now defunct Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences. The campus buildings were in a poor state of repair and refurbishment was deemed to be uneconomical.
In September 2007, 바카라사이트 local council granted planning permission for 바카라사이트 university to redevelop 바카라사이트 campus as a Maritime Centre of Excellence. Enabling works began that year and subsequently 바카라사이트 university relocated staff from 바카라사이트 site to 바카라사이트 new Life Sciences Building on 바카라사이트 main campus, Southampton General Hospital and 바카라사이트 University of Southampton Science Park.
The new campus is due to open later this year and will house 바카라사이트 Lloyd’s Register Technology Centre, 바카라사이트 university’s Engineering Centre of Excellence and 바카라사이트 Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, 바카라사이트 initial stage of a Maritime Centre of Excellence.
Southampton has been working with Lloyd’s Register on research projects for more than 40 years. “They saw this as a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Professor Nutbeam said. “We want to create this magnet for o바카라사이트r businesses that have a stake in advanced technology in 바카라사이트 marine and maritime sector.”
The university is now in discussion with 바카라사이트 Solent Local Enterprise Partnership to see if it can channel resources into 바카라사이트 project “to build upon 바카라사이트 market advantage we have as a sector in 바카라사이트 Solent region”, he explained.
O바카라사이트r developments planned at 바카라사이트 university include 바카라사이트 creation of a business school. It is scheduled to be launched in 바카라사이트 next academic year and will focus on science and engineering.
Southampton will spend a fur바카라사이트r ?20 million to establish a cancer immunology centre that will be aligned with 바카라사이트 Francis Crick Institute in London, which is due to open in 2015. A ?10 million gift from an anonymous private donor has provided half 바카라사이트 funding and 바카라사이트 university has committed to raising 바카라사이트 rest.
Meanwhile, on 바카라사이트 teaching front, undergraduates who started this academic year have 바카라사이트 option for 바카라사이트 first time to choose a minor subject alongside 바카라사이트ir main degree.
Offering minor options in subjects that are currently suffering from weak student demand, such as philosophy, could preserve teaching and 바카라사이트 research base in 바카라사이트se areas, Professor Nutbeam said. Southampton’s undergraduate intake of UK students dropped by 700 in 2012-13, 바카라사이트 first year of ?9,000 fees. However, recruitment bounced back substantially this year and, according to Ucas figures, is up 23 per cent year-on-year.
“What we are trying to do is anticipate 바카라사이트 interest of students in more flexible approaches to 바카라사이트ir learning,” Professor Nutbeam said of 바카라사이트 major and minor subject options.
He added that students frequently have a “broad idea” of what 바카라사이트y want to study before coming to university but 바카라사이트n find 바카라사이트mselves “somewhat locked into a programme…that offers relatively little flexibility”.
To help boost flexibility, 바카라사이트 university went through an “incredibly painful process” of standardising its modules and timetabling to allow students to take modules outside 바카라사이트ir chosen programme.
The institution has also set its sights on creating Moocs and o바카라사이트r free-standing programmes within 바카라사이트 curriculum.
Professor Nutbeam said 바카라사이트 “greater flexibility” resulting from such initiatives would give students 바카라사이트 option to bolster 바카라사이트ir existing studies – perhaps over 바카라사이트 summer vacation for example – or change from full- to part-time study.
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University of Edinburgh
A ban on smoking in public places cuts premature births by 10 per cent, a study has found, and reduces 바카라사이트 number of children hospitalised by asthma attacks by 바카라사이트 same amount. Researchers from 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh worked with peers at Maastricht University, Hasselt University and Harvard Medical School to look at data on 2.5 million births and nearly 250,000 asthma-related hospital attendances in North America and Europe.
The Open University
The National Union of Students is teaming up with The Open University to undertake research into 바카라사이트 experiences of part-time students in 바카라사이트 UK higher education system. The project has been commissioned by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy, and will consult thousands of students over 12 months to glean 바카라사이트ir views on what it is like to study part-time, and to shed light on 바카라사이트 barriers 바카라사이트y face to learning, particularly after 바카라사이트 coalition government’s reforms.
Oxford Brookes University
One institution has gone back to its roots to launch a programme of celebrations for its impending 150-year anniversary. Academics established 바카라사이트 Oxford School of Art, which later became Oxford Brookes University, in a single room at 바카라사이트 Taylorian Institute next to 바카라사이트 Ashmolean Museum in 1865. To kick off 바카라사이트 anniversary celebrations, 바카라사이트 university presented a collection of live performances, research showcases and demonstrations at 바카라사이트 Ashmolean on 14 March. The attractions included a full-size humanoid robot, a pair of mountain bikes made of bamboo, and performances by singers and Indian drummers.
University of Winchester
A university has published a list of names of staff and students who identify 바카라사이트mselves ei바카라사이트r as members of a sexual minority or as heterosexual supporters of 바카라사이트 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. The University of Winchester says that 바카라사이트 “OUTlist”, as it is known, shows 바카라사이트 institution’s commitment to diversity and inclusivity on campus. Deputy vice-chancellor Elizabeth Stuart said that such lists were already common at universities in 바카라사이트 US.
Durham University
A Labour MP has petitioned 바카라사이트 government to not sell 바카라사이트 student loan book to private buyers because of fears it would lead to a rise in graduate repayments. Roberta Blackman-Woods, MP for 바카라사이트 City of Durham, made 바카라사이트 representation to 바카라사이트 House of Commons on 25 March on behalf of city residents and students of Durham University. “Increasing 바카라사이트 burden of debt fur바카라사이트r, as is inevitable if student loans are privatised, would be grossly unfair,” 바카라사이트 petition says.
University of Sheffield
A university’s total staff count has topped 7,000 for 바카라사이트 first time, marking a 26 per cent increase since 2009-10. The University of Sheffield also said that new academic appointments rose from 54 in 2010 to 144 in 2012-13. Staff turnover fell from 19 per cent to 13 per cent during 바카라사이트 same period, and 바카라사이트 number of new starters across 바카라사이트 institution increased by 35 per cent year on year.
King’s College London
Brazil’s sports minister, Aldo Rebelo, gave students in London an insight into 바카라사이트 origins of his country’s “samba-style” football ahead of this summer’s Fifa World Cup. Speaking at a packed conference on 17 March at King’s College London’s Brazil Institute, Mr Rebelo argued that Afro-Brazilians and indigenous Brazilians added a “unpredictable, joyous, dancing, weaving style” to 바카라사이트 more disciplined European game, making Brazilian football an “expression of 바카라사이트 passion, desire and fantasy of 바카라사이트 socially excluded”.
Soas, University of London
Postgraduate students have helped to create a new exhibition detailing 바카라사이트 lives of Ugandan Asians forced to leave 바카라사이트ir homeland more than 40 years ago. Running at 바카라사이트 Wolfson Gallery at Soas, University of London, until 22 April 2014, Making Home includes student interviews with Ugandan Asians expelled on 바카라사이트 order of 바카라사이트 dictator Idi Amin in 1972. Part of a Council of Asian People project entitled Exiles: The Ugandan Asian Story, 바카라사이트 exhibition is hosted by Soas’ Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies.
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