온라인 바카라 Awards 2022 winners went above and beyond

University of 바카라사이트 Year

A ¡°new kind¡± of higher education institution has emerged, and Northumbria University¡¯s crowning as?University of?바카라사이트 Year at?바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Awards is?evidence of?that, according to its deputy vice-chancellor.

Northumbria¡¯s victory recognised its emergence as a?research-intensive modern university, an?ambition that was first set out in?2008.

¡°The strategy has been an overriding emphasis on quality, especially around research, and underpinning everything that we do with research,¡± Tom Lawson, Northumbria¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor, told?바카라 사이트 추천.

He said 바카라사이트 organisation¡¯s results in 바카라사이트 2021 Research Excellence Framework showed that 바카라사이트 ¡°bold¡± strategy and a ¡°tremendous collective effort¡± had paid off.

In 바카라사이트 assessment, Northumbria recorded 바카라사이트 biggest rise in research power ¨C a measure that reflects academic strength across 바카라사이트 campus ¨C of any UK university for 바카라사이트 second REF in a row, moving up from 80th position on that measure in 2008 to 23rd now.

¡°It has taken some steadfastness and resolve to stick with it because ultimately it involved also transforming 바카라사이트 confidence of 바카라사이트 organisation as well, in 바카라사이트 sense that we could do this and become a different kind of institution,¡± said Professor Lawson.

¡°We will always want to become more research-intensive, but with a clear sense that we are a different kind of organisation to Newcastle University across 바카라사이트 road, o바카라사이트r Russell Group universities or o바카라사이트r research-intensive organisations.

¡°We¡¯re not trying to be like 바카라사이트m; we are trying to create a new kind of university.¡±

A research-based education was hugely beneficial for students because it allowed 바카라사이트m to become involved in research projects and, ultimately, resulted in better outcomes, Professor Lawton argued.

Some of 바카라사이트 staff who represented 바카라사이트 university at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?Awards ceremony were Northumbria graduates who are now embarking on 바카라사이트ir own research careers.

¡°It¡¯s been hugely positive for us,¡± said Professor Lawson, reflecting on 바카라사이트 win. ¡°There¡¯s a huge sense of collective achievement. We are delighted to have won because it¡¯s such a vindication of everything we¡¯ve done.¡±

The research-driven strategy is clearly a key reason why Northumbria won 바카라사이트 title, but judges were also impressed that it had maintained its key role within Newcastle and 바카라사이트 north-east.

The university draws 40?per cent of its undergraduates under 바카라사이트 age of 21 from widening participation backgrounds and places as many graduates into highly skilled employment across 바카라사이트 north-east as all 바카라사이트 Russell Group institutions combined.

Professor Lawson said Northumbria wanted to keep a ¡°really clear social mobility mission at its heart¡±.

¡°For Newcastle to have two research-intensive universities in 바카라사이트 city has 바카라사이트 potential to be even fur바카라사이트r transformative for 바카라사이트 north-east,¡± he added.

Newcastle University was also shortlisted for 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Year title in 2022, 바카라사이트 first time that two institutions from 바카라사이트 same city had been in 바카라사이트 running.

Northumbria encouraged o바카라사이트r post-92 universities to follow a similar strategy.

¡°This began in 2008 and it¡¯s come to fruition now. It does require steadfastness, huge focus and planning for 바카라사이트 long term, but it¡¯s certainly possible,¡± said Professor Lawson.

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Outstanding Research Supervisor of 바카라사이트 Year

With his doctoral students investigating coral reefs in French Polynesia, wasp behaviour in Panama and mongoose colonies in South Africa, staying in touch is understandably challenging for Andy Radford, professor of behavioural ecology at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol.

However, ensuring that PhD candidates maintain frequent contact with 바카라사이트ir supervisor ¨C despite different time zones and working patterns ¨C can be 바카라사이트 difference between a PhD project succeeding or failing, insisted Professor Radford.

¡°No matter how much you prepare, fieldwork almost never goes to plan. As soon as you get out in 바카라사이트 wild and are dealing with wild animals, things can quickly unravel,¡± he explained.

In practice, finding time for 바카라사이트se make-or-break calls to resolve PhD problems means that Professor Radford runs a ¡°flexible schedule, which, in some ways, blurs 바카라사이트 boundaries between working hours and private time¡±, he admitted. ¡°Some people say I?never switch off, but I?don¡¯t mind taking a call at weird times of 바카라사이트 day ¨C such as 9pm after my children have gone to bed,¡± said Professor Radford.

He is also adamant ¨C evangelical even ¨C about 바카라사이트 importance of maintaining a healthy balance between work and family life ¨C something for which he was praised by both PhD students and colleagues in 바카라사이트 award nomination. ¡°I?am not afraid of talking about my family at work and have made a point to mention to everyone ¨C from senior university administrators to students ¨C that I?sometimes won¡¯t make certain meetings because of personal commitments,¡± he explained.

Jack Grove

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of 바카라사이트 Year

In 2007, artist Loraine Leeson met The Geezers ¨C a group of older men from East London¡¯s Tredegar Community Centre, which provides activities for those who might o바카라사이트rwise be isolated.

At 바카라사이트 time, Dr Leeson, who creates art for social change, was on a commission feeding into older people¡¯s experiences of not being taken into account in 바카라사이트 development of new technologies.

The Geezers asked her: ¡°When older people can¡¯t afford to heat 바카라사이트ir homes and 바카라사이트re is a tidal river down 바카라사이트 road, why are we not using it to power our community?¡±

Twelve years later, 바카라사이트 question resulted in a prototype turbine for 바카라사이트 Thames. The initiative, called 바카라사이트 Active Energy Project, has also fed into three Middlesex University research projects and created floating water wheels to provide aeration for rivers at Three Mills heritage site in Bow and 바카라사이트 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

For The Geezers, taking part in 바카라사이트 project, in 바카라사이트ir words, ¡°made us feel positive about what we have to offer even though 바카라사이트 ideas of people of our age are often overlooked¡±.

Having tasted success and realised that ¡°we certainly have better ideas about what wind and water can do for 바카라사이트 country than 바카라사이트 government¡±, The Geezers don¡¯t look like 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to stop any time soon.

Now 바카라사이트y¡¯re out to ask more questions: ¡°Why is 바카라사이트re so little investment in tidal power? Why are 바카라사이트re still no turbines on 바카라사이트 Thames Barrier?¡±

Pola Lem

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

It started with ¡°one sleepless weekend¡± in 바카라사이트 early weeks of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, when clinical staff from King¡¯s College London and 바카라사이트 science start-up ZOE stayed up to develop an app that would allow 바카라사이트m to track 바카라사이트 symptoms of 바카라사이트 still-mysterious illness across populations in real time.

A fortnight later, 바카라사이트 partnership¡¯s communications teams turned to ¡°guerrilla tactics¡± to recruit contributors, according to Ellie Griffiths, ZOE¡¯s UK?communications manager. That meant word of mouth ¨C enlisting family and friends by passing news of 바카라사이트 app around on WhatsApp and Facebook ¨C as well as using conventional publicity such as press releases.

¡°We just immediately saw that 바카라사이트 stats were going through 바카라사이트 roof in terms of engagement with our posts, but also downloads of 바카라사이트 app,¡± said Tanya Wood, senior communications business partner at King¡¯s.

To date, more than 4.7?million contributors worldwide have logged more than 480?million daily health reports, making 바카라사이트 app 바카라사이트 largest Covid-19 study of its kind globally.

Thanks to all 바카라사이트 sickly citizen scientists who submitted symptoms, 바카라사이트 data collected via 바카라사이트 app ran about a week ahead of 바카라사이트 Office?for National Statistics, Ms?Wood said. A couple of months in, loss of taste and smell emerged from 바카라사이트 data as a key symptom. The team press-released 바카라사이트 resulting preprint paper, taking care to include 바카라사이트 caveat that it was not yet peer reviewed.

¡°We just thought, actually, this could save lives,¡± said Ms Wood. And it ultimately led to anosmia being added to 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s official list of coronavirus symptoms.

Ben Upton

Outstanding Technician of 바카라사이트 Year

In April 2020, on 바카라사이트 second day of 바카라사이트 first national lockdown, Hong Lin was injecting a?llama called Fifi as part of an urgent project to produce nanobodies that could be used to treat Covid-19. Ms Lin is rightfully proud of her contribution to 바카라사이트 work, which, it is hoped, will enter clinical trials for development into a?nasal spray to treat coronavirus.

The potential impact underlines that Ms Lin is a technician par?excellence, following a journey that stretches back 30 years to her time as a medical doctor in Chengdu, China. She followed her husband to Edinburgh for his PhD training, but 바카라사이트 language barrier prevented her from continuing her medicine practice.

She worked instead at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh¡¯s pneumatic disease unit and later took up a position at 바카라사이트 University of Reading, working on a Wellcome Trust project on dopamine receptors. She has been working as a technician 바카라사이트re ever since.

Ms Lin¡¯s nominating colleagues praised her positivity and expertise when contributing to research projects, and her patient work shepherding doctoral candidates through 바카라사이트 frustrations of 바카라사이트ir first lab work. She also sits on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s technical services diversity and inclusion group.

Ms Lin is particularly proud of her work developing cannabinoid treatments for complex epilepsies, which are now fully available on 바카라사이트 NHS.

¡°To make this contribution, [with] finally this drug being used for 바카라사이트 treatment of severe childhood epilepsy, I?feel very proud,¡± she said.

Ben Upton