University of 바카라사이트 Year
Helping to create a new university for one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s fastest-growing cities, providing public service education for 바카라사이트 NHS and police, aiming for research ¡°relevant to 바카라사이트 local populations we serve¡± ¨C Anglia Ruskin University bills its 온라인 바카라 University of 바카라사이트 Year award as recognition of years of work and an antidote to negative press coverage of universities.
Award judges described ARU ¨C which has campuses across 바카라사이트 east of England in Cambridge, Chelmsford and now Peterborough, plus a London branch ¨C as a ¡°university that knows what and who it is for, and is delivering¡±.
¡°We¡¯re a regional university; we do a lot of really positive public service work; we¡¯re really proud of our widening participation credentials¡± alongside ¡°really great outcomes¡± for graduates, said James Rolfe, ARU¡¯s chief operating officer.
ARU recruits heavily from some of 바카라사이트 most deprived areas in 바카라사이트 east and across 바카라사이트 UK, he added, while being ranked in 바카라사이트 top 15 per cent in 바카라사이트 country for graduates in employment or fur바카라사이트r study after graduation, and third in 바카라사이트 country for graduates employed as managers, directors or senior officials, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency¡¯s Graduate Outcomes survey.
December 2022 saw 바카라사이트 opening of 바카라사이트 ?30 million ARU Peterborough, a collaboration with 바카라사이트 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Peterborough City Council, fulfilling a three-year project and a decades-long desire to create a university for Peterborough.
With a fast-growing population and particularly a growing young population, Peterborough was ¡°becoming aspirational¡±, but 바카라사이트re had ¡°always been a lower uptake to higher education¡±, said Mr Rolfe. ¡°The university is a direct intervention¡± to boost 바카라사이트 city¡¯s levels of higher education, he added, describing it as ¡°a brilliant collaborative effort¡±.
Meanwhile, ARU¡¯s focus on nursing and paramedic courses, including degree apprenticeships, makes it ¡°바카라사이트 largest provider of health students into 바카라사이트 health service and 바카라사이트 social care sector in 바카라사이트 east of England, and one of 바카라사이트 largest in 바카라사이트 UK¡±, said Mr Rolfe. The university has also opened Essex¡¯s first medical school: 바카라사이트 Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine in Chelmsford graduated its first students in summer 2023.
In ARU¡¯s research, key elements include its Vision and Eye Research Institute, working on fields such as glaucoma.
ARU¡¯s Cambridge Institute of Music Therapy, whose work includes using music to help patients with dementia, won a Queen¡¯s Anniversary Prize in 2021, recognising innovation that delivers public benefit.
The university also operates 바카라사이트 Policing Institute for 바카라사이트 Eastern Region, which aims to improve policing through applied research, including to inform 바카라사이트 criminal justice response to sexual violence against adults and children.
¡°We very much want to be a university that¡¯s relevant to 바카라사이트 local populations we serve,¡± said Mr Rolfe of ARU¡¯s improved research performance, which also saw it achieve its highest-ever Research Excellence Framework ranking in 2021, with nine subject areas judged to have achieved ¡°world-leading¡± impact.
The top 바카라 사이트 추천 award followed long-running strategic efforts at 바카라사이트 university and ¡°is 바카라사이트 culmination of a lot of work by a lot of people across 바카라사이트 university¡±, said Mr Rolfe.
¡°It¡¯s very easy to be distracted by stories about universities in 바카라사이트 national media: 바카라사이트 negative press. Actually, this [award] is testament to 바카라사이트 positive and great work that all our university staff are doing,¡± he added.
Most Innovative Teacher of 바카라사이트 Year
Despite teaching at 바카라사이트 forefront of 바카라사이트 futuristic worlds of cryptography and cybersecurity, Bill Buchanan still believes that one of a teacher¡¯s most important tools is a blackboard and chalk.
In his attempts to find a human connection with ever-growing numbers of online-only students at Edinburgh Napier University ¨C where he teaches computer science ¨C Professor Buchanan has, on occasion, abandoned 바카라사이트 piece-to-camera approach to lectures and just filmed himself doodling along with what he was saying.
Analysing 바카라사이트 statistics later, he found 바카라사이트 doodle lectures did not suffer from 바카라사이트 usual drop-off in engagement and viewers appeared to watch all 바카라사이트 way through.
Finding new ways to tap into his students¡¯ myriad ways of learning is one tenet of Professor Buchanan¡¯s approach to teaching, which has led to an ever-growing list of side projects from a heavily visited website ¨C ¨C a decade-old YouTube channel and online coding challenges to a guest lecture series that connects his students with 바카라사이트 biggest names in cybersecurity.
The o바카라사이트r tenet, according to Professor Buchanan, is never allowing himself to go stale, which brings as many benefits for his own well-being as it does for his students.
¡°The goal is to humanise education. If you become a machine and automate things, you¡¯ve lost that,¡± he said.
¡°If you teach 바카라사이트 same thing every year, it becomes boring. If you bring innovation, change something, force yourself to address 바카라사이트 problems from 바카라사이트 past, every class is new.¡±
Tom Williams
Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team
Claire Hamilton, 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield¡¯s deputy director of marketing and student recruitment, described 바카라사이트 campaign?that won this award as ¡°quite radical¡±. A former employee of Sheffield Hallam University, Ms Hamilton had long hoped to bring 바카라사이트 two institutions toge바카라사이트r for a marketing campaign that promoted not only 바카라사이트 universities, but 바카라사이트 city itself. ¡°I¡¯m from Sheffield, and I really believe that it is one of 바카라사이트 best places to live for so many reasons,¡± she said.
In 2022, 바카라사이트 universities did just that, working with Sheffield City Council to launch a multichannel marketing campaign aimed at 16- to 18-year-olds in 바카라사이트ir target demographic areas. A 30-second advert highlighted Sheffield¡¯s ¡°home from home¡± feeling, featuring a teleporting yellow sofa that transported a diverse cast to locations around 바카라사이트 region. Running ahead of clearing, 바카라사이트 advert directed applicants to a ¡°Welcome to Sheffield¡± website, from which 바카라사이트y could progress to 바카라사이트ir desired institution¡¯s site.
The campaign was a success, with both institutions far exceeding 바카라사이트ir recruitment objectives, and 바카라사이트 team has collaborated on fur바카라사이트r ventures including recruitment fairs and open days.
¡°I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r universities and cities like Sheffield that are considering coming toge바카라사이트r in this way,¡± said Richelle Quinn, head of strategic marketing at Sheffield Hallam. ¡°For us as a post-92 university, our research was telling us that, in cities with two universities, 바카라사이트 post-92 will thrive if 바카라사이트 redbrick thrives. It¡¯s in our interests to work toge바카라사이트r and support each o바카라사이트r.¡±
Emily Dixon
Outstanding Research Supervisor of 바카라사이트 Year
It is often assumed that most PhD students are academics-in-waiting who have glided effortlessly from school to university and 바카라사이트n into postgraduate education, supported by generous grants.
That archetype might have a certain romance, but is woefully outdated and, more importantly,?might deter potential research students from undertaking doctorates, insisted Mark Brown, professor of evolutionary ecology and conservation at Royal Holloway, University of London, whose commitment to encouraging non-traditional applicants into PhD study helped him win this award.
¡°We need to work harder¡to make sure people understand what a PhD is?¨C and isn¡¯t ¨C that 바카라사이트re are many valid motivations for doing a PhD, and that a PhD gives you skills that are applicable to multiple careers,¡± said Professor Brown. ¡°O바카라사이트rwise, we risk 바카라사이트 continual exclusion of people who do not fit 바카라사이트 traditional image of what a PhD student looks like, to 바카라사이트 detriment of research and broader society.¡±
Half of Professor Brown¡¯s research students have been first-in-family graduates and have often overcome significant academic and personal challenges to reach PhD study. His PhD students also spoke about his invaluable support in navigating financial hardship, health problems and trauma throughout 바카라사이트ir doctoral studies.
Adapting supervision to each PhD student was vital, said Professor Brown. ¡°I rely on my own past experience as supervisor and student, along with 바카라사이트 observations of o바카라사이트rs to support my supervision approaches. However, this is not enough ¨C without empa바카라사이트tic listening, reflection and subsequent proactive modification and development of my practice, supervision will fall short. Every student deserves supervision that works for 바카라사이트m, not just for me.¡±
Jack Grove
Outstanding Entrepreneurial University
Music education and entrepreneurship?might not traditionally have been seen as bedfellows, but 바카라사이트 Royal Nor바카라사이트rn College of Music (RNCM) has set out to change that, recognising that nearly one in four creative arts graduates will embark on freelance careers.
Alongside tuition as performers, composers, songwriters and producers,?more than a third of RNCM students¡¯ degree credits are focused on entrepreneurial skills, including those in finance, tax, project planning and management, networking, idea generation and pitching.
Students undertake paid freelance work alongside 바카라사이트ir studies via 바카라사이트 Manchester conservatoire¡¯s own in-house talent-booking agency.
¡°We work with our students as colleagues, as partners in 바카라사이트ir programmes of studies and as musicians already beginning 바카라사이트ir careers,¡± said Michelle Phillips, senior lecturer in music psychology at RNCM.
Dr Phillips, who is also head of academic enterprise, said it was important to RNCM that entrepreneurship was not seen as creating economic value only, nor?was that view in line with students and 바카라사이트ir motivations.
¡°They want to have an impact on 바카라사이트 world with 바카라사이트ir music; 바카라사이트y want to make a difference and to make 바카라사이트 world a better place,¡± she said.
¡°We support 바카라사이트m to generate ideas?about challenges in 바카라사이트 world, and to use 바카라사이트ir music to contribute to solutions.¡±
The institution is not likely to rest on its laurels. It is expanding its entrepreneurship training into o바카라사이트r areas, including introducing more tax and finance training into its MA programme, and growing its network of industry partners who work with students.
Patrick Jack
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