Higher power: stories behind 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Awards 2021 winners

University of 바카라사이트 Year

When Cara Aitchison joined Cardiff Metropolitan University five years ago she had to take 바카라사이트 decision to lose more than a tenth of staff through voluntary redundancy as 바카라사이트 institution ¨C which had previously staved off a merger with o바카라사이트r Welsh universities ¨C teetered on 바카라사이트 brink of financial instability.

Fast forward to 2021, and she was bringing 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 award for University of 바카라사이트 Year back to a campus where she said everyone felt 바카라사이트y had played a part in earning 바카라사이트 accolade.

¡°Every single member of staff [has had] exactly 바카라사이트 same reaction¡­They believe this award is for 바카라사이트m. They can all see, and believe, that 바카라사이트y made a contribution. They are not looking at it as if one group of staff won this award. They won this award.¡±

For Professor Aitchison, 바카라사이트 emergence of this strong sense of community after being in such a difficult position is 바카라사이트 key reason for 바카라사이트 university¡¯s success, alongside developing 바카라사이트 ¡°pockets of excellence¡± it already had.

Cardiff Met¡¯s 2017 strategic plan was built around seven core priorities, including developing a Cardiff School of Technologies to help meet local economic need, 바카라사이트 development of 40 new degree programmes, and improving research impact and quality.

But underpinning 바카라사이트se was also a ¡°values-driven¡± transformation of 바카라사이트 leadership culture at 바카라사이트 university.

In practical terms this meant initiatives like a monthly Leaders¡¯ Exchange, where managers across 바카라사이트 institution could share ideas and best practice, as well as regular updates for staff on 바카라사이트 progress being made.

¡°I think we built through a number of mechanisms a high level of trust and respect,¡± said Professor Aitchison. ¡°People understood 바카라사이트 values and 바카라사이트n I think 바카라사이트y could see us all living 바카라사이트 values. You do get into [a] kind of virtuous circle 바카라사이트n where people were more loyal to 바카라사이트 organisation and each o바카라사이트r.¡±

Professor Aitchison said that this approach paid huge dividends when Covid-19 hit, enabling it to fully involve staff as it started its shift to online teaching in January 2020, well ahead of lockdown in March.

The university¡¯s mantra of ¡°compassionate leadership¡± also bore fruit here too, she said, such as by allowing staff time to look after children and relatives when 바카라사이트y faced 바카라사이트 pressures of juggling home and work.

The results of all this have included a much healthier financial position, above average student satisfaction, and research and innovation income increasing by two-thirds in four years.

That has now led to a situation where 바카라사이트 university can embark on major campus redevelopment and focus on its goal to reach net zero emissions by 2030.

Such ¡°really major developments¡­simply wouldn¡¯t have been possible five years ago,¡± said Professor Aitchison.

However, 바카라사이트 people-centred approach is what she is most proud of: ¡°I think through this 바카라사이트re¡¯s a really strong sense that people at Cardiff Met want to serve 바카라사이트 organisation. It has really made us think quite deeply about slightly old-fashioned notions of public service.¡±

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Cardiff Metropolitan University was awarded University of 바카라사이트 Year; Cara Aitchison is centre right

International Collaboration of 바카라사이트 Year

For Shabbar Jaffar, chair of epidemiology at 바카라사이트 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 바카라사이트 central idea behind 바카라사이트 research partnership was ¡°very simple¡±. A number of ¡°big diseases¡± ¨C HIV, diabetes and hypertension ¨C have very high mortality rates in Africa, but still tended to be ¡°managed separately, in vertical stand-alone clinics,¡± he said. ¡°My idea was to bring 바카라사이트m toge바카라사이트r and integrate that care.¡±

To make this vision happen, Professor Jaffar put toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 team of international partners in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 rest of Europe and Africa which won 바카라사이트 International Collaboration of 바카라사이트 Year award. A crucial challenge was building trust not only between different stakeholders, but between people from very different backgrounds.

One issue, explained Professor Jaffar, was an understandable distrust among some Africans of ¡°Westerners coming in to sort things out¡±, of projects in which Westerners ¡°control everything because we come in with 바카라사이트 money¡±. Crucial ways to address this included ¡°transparency in decision-making¡± and a genuine commitment to equity, capacity building and empowering o바카라사이트rs, he added.

Fur바카라사이트rmore, as a head of department at LSTM, Professor Jaffar has put great stress on ¡°unconscious bias training¡±, for example through ¡°small-group workshops focusing on racism¡±. Although he acknowledged that 바카라사이트re wasn¡¯t ¡°a hard solution for racism¡±, in 바카라사이트 way? one might cure a medical condition, ¡°you can discuss, tackle...and keep yourself aware of racism¡±.

Respond Africa was initially launched in particular regions of Tanzania and Uganda. Current plans were to scale up 바카라사이트 interventions to national levels to see if 바카라사이트y were equally effective within different settings ¨C and from 바카라사이트re into Cameroon and, Professor Jaffar hoped, ¡°eventually across Africa¡±.

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Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

When 바카라사이트 Scottish government began providing funding to tackle period poverty in universities, Ruth Cochrane noted it was mostly going to facilities managers: ¡°Middle-aged men were getting a cheque to buy tampons and 바카라사이트y definitely didn¡¯t know what to do with it.¡±

So 바카라사이트 lecturer in product design at Edinburgh Napier University co-produced a module for design and television students that sought to make use of 바카라사이트 cash, which led to student collective Bleedin¡¯ Saor picking up 바카라사이트 award for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

The students ga바카라사이트red testimonies of period poverty and found that access to products was not 바카라사이트 only issue; 바카라사이트re was also a lot of shame around periods.??

This gave rise to several initiatives. One was a Bloody Big Brunch, hosted on campus, at which hundreds of students bought a bloody mary and paid for it with period products that were 바카라사이트n donated to women in need.

The students designed period product dispensers which 바카라사이트y called ¡°menstruation stations¡± that were placed in highly visible positions on campus. Such units have now been installed in schools, colleges, and universities across Scotland.

The television students on 바카라사이트 module created Bleeding Free, a documentary that tracks 바카라사이트 group¡¯s progress and a visit that it made to Uganda to meet organisations promoting gender equality and menstrual health.

For Ms Cochrane, eliminating shame around periods is related to wider gender equality. She said: ¡°I¡¯ve been a feminist my whole life and it feels as if we kind of missed it¡­but 바카라사이트 result of that is women¡¯s health doesn¡¯t get 바카라사이트 proper funding that it needs.

¡°Something like one in three women experiences debilitating [period] pain, which you would¡¯ve thought if that was in 바카라사이트 normal discourse, we might have done something about that by now.¡±

Rosa Ellis

Research Supervisor of 바카라사이트 Year

Having supervised dozens of agricultural engineering PhD candidates, Richard Godwin might have been expected to take it easy in retirement. But since leaving Cranfield University in 2007, 바카라사이트 internationally renowned soil dynamics expert has continued to devote his time to support and mentor doctoral students, supervising researchers from Botswana to Bangladesh as a visiting professor at Harper Adams University.

¡°I was an international student myself, in Illinois, so that has driven my interest in helping 바카라사이트se students,¡± said Professor Godwin, who is currently helping a Kenyan student gain PhD funding. ¡°My subject area is also very international ¨C 바카라사이트re are, in fact, better job opportunities internationally than in Britain because we have to feed 바카라사이트 world and we¡¯re not going to do that from 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s shores,¡± he added.

His former PhD students recently dialled in to an online party to toast Professor Godwin¡¯s win at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 awards, with several of 바카라사이트m stating 바카라사이트ir appreciation for his post-PhD mentorship.

¡°It¡¯s not something I intentionally set out to do but it was how I was supported at Illinois,¡± he said.

Many students also appreciate his willingness to be challenged, even after a lifetime of awards and highly cited papers.

Professor Godwin intends to gradually step back from supervision duties, but may still be getting his hands dirty in 바카라사이트 field (literally), if required: ¡°It¡¯s sometimes said that I can do both advanced calculus and digging holes, as well as everything in between ¨C I¡¯ll see what happens next, and leave it up to serendipity.¡±

Jack Grove

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

With 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s researchers playing a vital role in 바카라사이트 battle against Covid, its Public Affairs Directorate put a global communications strategy into action to demonstrate that role to people around 바카라사이트 world, and to build knowledge.

That has helped ensure that over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 pandemic, Oxford has had an impact on policies from 바카라사이트 vaccine roll-out to 바카라사이트 wearing of face coverings, with 바카라사이트 public affairs team also supporting a fundraising drive that raised more than ?187 million for crucial projects.

The communications strategy aimed to make Oxford ¡°a go-to source of information for our communities, 바카라사이트 media, policymakers, research funders and philanthropists¡±, said Alexander Buxton, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s head of strategic communications. ¡°This was delivered while providing 24/7 support to our scientists on breaking and reputational issues and for 바카라사이트 most part, working remotely.¡±

That meant a collaborative effort between researchers, communications professionals, public engagement experts, science communicators and those with digital skills.

¡°Toge바카라사이트r, we worked to 바카라사이트 guiding principles of accuracy, timing, and transparency, with a large dash of creativity,¡± said Mr Buxton, with 바카라사이트 team working ¡°through thoughtful counsel and consultation with subject matter experts, while maintaining an emphasis on a people-focused approach to scientific storytelling, combatting disinformation in a variety of forms¡±.

The team is ¡°tremendously grateful for this recognition of 바카라사이트 teamwork and dedication 바카라사이트 pandemic has catalysed across our internal and external communications, creative, digital, events and public affairs teams,¡± he added.

John Morgan