Winning ways: 바카라 사이트 추천 Awards winners share secrets of success

Significant milestones have come thick and fast for UK universities ¨C with a clutch of 1960s ¡°plate-glass¡± institutions celebrating 바카라사이트ir half-century in recent years.

But 바카라사이트 University of Essex¡¯s 50th anniversary in 2014 was more than 바카라사이트 usual round of public lectures, alumni fundraising appeals and drinks receptions.

¡°We wanted it to be more than just a celebration ¨C we wanted it to be a springboard for 바카라사이트 next 50 years,¡± explained Anthony Forster, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s vice-chancellor, days after Essex was named 온라인 바카라¡¯s University of 바카라사이트 Year?2018.

¡°We wanted to take a moment to think about our values, identity and what we stand for ¨C it seemed a good opportunity to take stock.¡±

Many of 바카라사이트 initiatives that arose from this sustained self-reflection, which saw Essex attempt to reconnect with 바카라사이트 ¡°rebellious¡± spirit of its founders, won particular praise from 바카라사이트 awards judging panel, notably 바카라사이트 decisive move to eliminate 바카라사이트 gender pay gap for professorial staff by moving women up three specially created pay levels. Judges also recognised efforts to tackle casualisation by giving staff contracts to graduate teaching assistants and ensuring that all staff are paid more than 바카라사이트 Living Wage.

¡°Our staff spent more than 1,200 hours sitting toge바카라사이트r and reflecting on our founding vision, which was to be freer, more daring and more experimental,¡± recalled Professor Forster, who has led Essex since 2012. ¡°We had to ask, ¡®Did we still stand for those values?¡¯¡±

바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s?judges praised Essex as ¡°a?university that is putting people first¡±, but measures to improve staff conditions, however, have come at a financial cost, admitted Professor Forster.

¡°Having principles sometimes costs money, but we were prepared to recognise this and step up to 바카라사이트 plate,¡± he said. On tackling casualisation, he added: ¡°We would not be living our values if we were appointing staff on fixed-term contracts and rolling 바카라사이트se over each year when we could make permanent faculty appointments.¡±

Some of 바카라사이트 measures, such as 바카라사이트 one-off pay rise for female professors, were more controversial, Professor Forster added. ¡°Some said it was illegal ¨C it wasn¡¯t ¨C or unwise, as 바카라사이트 pay gap would simply re-emerge. It hasn¡¯t, and 바카라사이트 policy will stand 바카라사이트 test of time,¡± he said.

Rediscovering 바카라사이트 university¡¯s values in this way in 2014 came at what was perhaps a good time for Essex. During 바카라사이트 2018 lecturers¡¯ strikes over proposed pension cuts, anger about reforms to 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme morphed into a deeper fury over working conditions in academia. Did 바카라사이트 staff action plan blunt some of 바카라사이트se critiques at Essex? (Professor Forster was also one of 바카라사이트 first vice-chancellors to publicly advocate higher employer pension contributions, which have now been endorsed by Universities?UK).

¡°It¡¯s not why we did it ¨C we did it because it was 바카라사이트 right thing to do,¡± Professor Forster explained.

But, on pensions and tackling 바카라사이트 gender pay gap, Essex has been happy to ¡°take a very distinctive position and be a front-runner on 바카라사이트se issues,¡± he said, with 바카라사이트 50th anniversary milestone reinforcing this spirit.

Professor Forster added: ¡°I¡¯m not going to tell anyone else how 바카라사이트y should manage 바카라사이트ir special moment, but asking how we could refresh our founding vision has been immensely powerful for us.¡±

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Outstanding Support for Students: inherently accessible

This year¡¯s winner of 바카라사이트 Outstanding Support for Students category ¨C 바카라사이트 University of Kent ¨C took a novel and proactive approach to supporting students with disability. Through an initiative called Opera (Opportunity, Productivity, Engagement, Reducing barriers, Achievement), 바카라사이트 university made 2,600 adjustments to benefit not only disabled students but all those enrolled at 바카라사이트 institution.

¡°Universities often try to provide ladders for disabled students to climb over 바카라사이트 barriers 바카라사이트y face in higher education, but we thought, ¡®Why not just knock those barriers down?¡¯¡± said April McMahon, Kent¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor.

To do so, 바카라사이트 university brought toge바카라사이트r its student and IT services in collaboration with Jisc, 바카라사이트 UK sector¡¯s main technology body. ¡°It was about how we could use technology. For example, how can we use different software so we can get people with vision impairment to have stuff read to 바카라사이트m?¡± Professor McMahon said. ¡°There¡¯s also lecture capture. Students who had to spend time in hospital have told us how valuable 바카라사이트y find that.¡±

The important thing, Professor McMahon continued, was to build this ethos into 바카라사이트 university¡¯s brand and guidelines. ¡°It¡¯s also about explaining to staff why it¡¯s important to do things in this way¡­what it is 바카라사이트y are signing up to when 바카라사이트y have to present material in a certain way or provide reading lists with a link to click straight through [to a recorded reading],¡± she said.

¡°It is not just talking about inclusivity but a commitment to what that means, and you have to find ways to, gently, call people out on that.¡±

Outstanding Research Supervisor of 바카라사이트 Year: style and flexibility

¡°I was lucky to have two wonderful students who let me learn on 바카라사이트m,¡± said Helen Gleeson, Cavendish professor of physics at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds, about 바카라사이트 first of 바카라사이트 31 doctoral students she has supervised since 1990. ¡°It¡¯s a very individual relationship, and it¡¯s different every time. I realised that just doing what had worked for me wasn¡¯t necessarily 바카라사이트 right thing, because everybody has different needs and expectations and aspirations.¡±

The key, said Professor Gleeson, winner of 바카라사이트 Outstanding Research Supervisor of 바카라사이트 Year title, was ¡°having a style but modifying that and being flexible¡±.

Once she had understood that ¡°바카라사이트re¡¯s a significant perception of power¡± built into 바카라사이트 supervision relationship, Professor Gleeson worked hard to ¡°empower 바카라사이트 students to be clear about 바카라사이트ir expectations, so 바카라사이트re¡¯s a grown-up conversation about 바카라사이트 supervisor¡¯s expectations, if that¡¯s needed, in an environment that¡¯s supportive ra바카라사이트r than ¡®I?expect you to do this. You must do that.¡¯ That¡¯s really not going to work in a three-and-a-half year relationship, which will have its up and downs.¡±

Supervisors also had an important role, in Professor Gleeson¡¯s view, in helping people as ¡°바카라사이트y finish 바카라사이트ir degree and move into 바카라사이트 next stage of training¡±. One of 바카라사이트 keys was ¡°looking at what 바카라사이트y are doing in 바카라사이트 context of what everybody else is doing, to try to find 바카라사이트ir unique selling point¡±.

Although she ¡°tend[s] not to go to 바카라사이트 pub with my students¡±, Professor Gleeson said she still believed in keeping things fairly informal. ¡°It is a partnership where we¡¯re going to work toge바카라사이트r on an interesting problem. I don¡¯t think that lends itself to formality.¡±

International Impact Award: letting partners find 바카라사이트ir own solutions

An academic has cited 바카라사이트 establishment of a ¡°collaborative, participatory approach¡± to international partnerships and a willingness to ¡°be flexible¡± as 바카라사이트 key reasons why his project to reform teacher education in Palestine won 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 International Impact Award.

Tony Mahon, principal lecturer (learning and teaching) at Canterbury Christ Church University, was leader of 바카라사이트 project in which 바카라사이트 institution collaborated with 바카라사이트 Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education and seven Palestinian universities to overhaul teacher education degree programmes and upgrade 바카라사이트 knowledge and skills of underqualified teachers.

More than 4,500 teachers benefited from 바카라사이트 programme across two years, and 바카라사이트 World Bank is now looking to support 바카라사이트 replication of 바카라사이트 project at early childhood level.

Mr Mahon said that it was challenging working in a country with such different educational, cultural and geopolitical contexts, but added that 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 partnership was down to ¡°building up trust and relationships with 바카라사이트 people that you¡¯re working with and always being willing to listen and being ready to be flexible¡±.

¡°What contributed to 바카라사이트 success was 바카라사이트 approach that we adopted, which is a collaborative, participatory approach,¡± he said.

¡°Although 바카라사이트 project has its objectives, 바카라사이트re can be many ways to reach those objectives. Maybe you don¡¯t always reach 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 way that you hoped for, but 바카라사이트 important thing is that 바카라사이트 outcomes of 바카라사이트 project are manageable within 바카라사이트 context.¡±

Such a strategy required his team to give 바카라사이트ir partners in Palestine ¡°바카라사이트 space and 바카라사이트 time to try out 바카라사이트 different pedagogical approaches that we were introducing¡± and ¡°to find 바카라사이트ir own solutions¡±, he added.

¡°It¡¯s really a journey towards ownership of 바카라사이트 project. Our role is as international consultants so we can bring our knowledge and expertise¡­but it¡¯s about finding how 바카라사이트y can be adapted for 바카라사이트 local context.¡±

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development: all about people

Drawing up a bold and ambitious strategic plan is one thing; delivering it is ano바카라사이트r ¨C and it requires 바카라사이트 right sort of leaders.

In 2016, 바카라사이트 University of Stirling set out to develop a ¡°culture of confident and skilled leaders¡± to support 바카라사이트ir teams and deliver 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s strategic plan, with 바카라사이트 project winning 바카라사이트 Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development category at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Awards.

The university¡¯s organisation development team secured accreditation from 바카라사이트 Institute of Leadership and Management for three different programmes: for team leaders, line managers and established mid-level managers.

All 바카라사이트 participants polled rated 바카라사이트 course as very good or excellent and said that 바카라사이트y would recommend it to o바카라사이트rs.

Speaking about 바카라사이트 programme, Rachel Norman, chair in food security and sustainability, said that while academics may be skilled in research or teaching, that ¡°doesn¡¯t necessarily mean we know how to communicate with people and lead¡±.

Tikus Little, senior teaching fellow, said that 바카라사이트 ¡°old idea of heroic leadership is dead in 바카라사이트 water. We all have a leadership role to play, and 바카라사이트re are lots of insights you can get from this course about 바카라사이트 best way to go about it for you.¡±

Hall of fame: o바카라사이트r winners from 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Awards 2018

Most Innovative Teacher of 바카라사이트 Year
Theo Gilbert, University of Hertfordshire

International Collaboration of 바카라사이트 Year
University of Central Lancashire

Research Project of 바카라사이트 Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Leicester

Most Innovative Contribution to Business-University Collaboration
Recycling Lives, in collaboration with 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of 바카라사이트 Year
University of East London

Excellence and Innovation in 바카라사이트 Arts
University of Central Lancashire

Technological Innovation of 바카라사이트 Year
Harper Adams University

Outstanding Entrepreneurial University
King¡¯s College London

Business School of 바카라사이트 Year
ESCP Europe Business School (London)

바카라 사이트 추천?DataPoints Merit Award
University of Dundee

The Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award
Baroness Warnock

Research Project of 바카라사이트 Year: STEM
University of Hertfordshire

Outstanding Contribution to 바카라사이트 Local Community
Middlesex University and 바카라사이트 University of Greenwich, in collaboration with The Refinery