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Can HE solve edtech?

What’s really holding back technology adoption in higher education? Charges are normally levelled at technophobia or cost but, as Paddy Smith discovers at Bett 2019, it might just be lack of content

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Monitoring energy use

SPONSORED: An accurate current meter in every bedroom and hot water tank

Students

From campus to community

Discover why Manchester Student Homes feels it offers a unique approach to supporting students off campus

Technology

From university to the workplace: assistive technology for all stages of life

SPONSORED: Nicole Reid, Higher Education Manager at Texthelp, talks about continuity of support from education to the workplace

Facilities Sponsored

SSI Schaefer storage facility holds 150 years of history

SPONSORED: High-tech book storage facility at Cambridge University

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Blogs

Isolated British Isles or a new global Britain?

Miranda Thomas, assistant director external affairs, Universities UK International, discusses the International Higher Education Forum, taking place on the heels of Brexit

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Epsom and St Helier Library and Information Services

SPONSORED: A technology review could bring long-term benefits to your service delivery, explains James Breakell, UK MD of D-Tech International.

Innovative partnerships – a strategic imperative

Join us at Swansea University’s beachfront Bay Campus this July for the CUBO Summer Conference!

Fit, healthy and sustainable

Cycling is a silver bullet for sustainability but needs aggressive promotion, says Steve Edgell

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Catering & hospitality

Promoting a sense of community through good food

Positive hospitality experiences increase student wellbeing, says new TUCO research ‘Hospitable Campus’

JUMP to help save the planet

JUMP, a new programme that raises awareness around environmental challenges, has been launched at the University of Reading’s Green Festival.

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Hospitality plays a principal role in student wellbeing

SPONSORED: By Matthew White, chair of the University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) and director of Catering, Hotel and Conferencing at the University of Reading

New online courses in hospitality management

Specialist in the sector, the Glion Institute of Higher Education, has teamed up with FutureLearn to offer the new qualification 

Estates

New landmark building at the University of Gloucestershire

The £16m project houses the business school and growth hub

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Student-driven engagement via the digital campus

As part of a strategy to connect the University of Cumbria's campus environments together and deliver a truly digital offering to its students, it implemented Collabco’s myday digital campus

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When Was Your Partitioning Wall Last Serviced?

The lifespan of a moveable wall can be dramatically extended with routine servicing and timely repairs

Yoko Ono show opens new facility at Leeds Arts University

The exhibition in Blenheim Walk Gallery is the artist’s first at the university for more than half a century

Events

Can HE solve edtech?

What’s really holding back technology adoption in higher education? Charges are normally levelled at technophobia or cost but, as Paddy Smith discovers at Bett 2019, it might just be lack of content

Webinar: Drive value from your data

Join the Capita UNIT-e panel as they discuss how FE providers can harness the data at their finger-tips

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Steering in the right direction

Directing your students to graduate outcomes is key to achieving better retention

Academic Venue Showcase opens for registration

Learning sessions, seminars and representatives from a fleet of academic venues are all set to feature at the March event

Facilities

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When Was Your Partitioning Wall Last Serviced?

The lifespan of a moveable wall can be dramatically extended with routine servicing and timely repairs

Yoko Ono show opens new facility at Leeds Arts University

The exhibition in Blenheim Walk Gallery is the artist’s first at the university for more than half a century

Last chance to register: revolutionise your sports facilities before the summer

FREE webinar: Does your institution need a new pitch? Your how-to guide for synthetic pitches

£5m ‘real-life’ medic training facility opens

University of Sunderland transforms office block to train future nurses, paramedics, psychologists and doctors

Finance, legal, HR

1 in 5 parents subsidise children at university by over £400 a month

A survey conducted by the Scholarship Hub found that a similar proportion of grandparents are also contributing financially

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Making your equipment needs a reality

Ensuring that the next generation of graduates are fully equipped to thrive in a constantly evolving world starts with a promise.

Northumbria University gets down to business with Government funding award

£44,000 will help fund a project designed to help small businesses make better use of technology and modern management practices

ULaw announces 2019 solicitor apprenticeship partners

The BBC, Fieldfisher, and Mills & Reeve are among the organisations enrolling apprentices this academic year

International

The China opportunity

UK universities are uniquely placed to recruit Chinese students deterred from US study by souring geopolitical relations. But are they doing enough?

Partnership helps protect Irish education institutions against cyber threat

The collaboration, between Dublin’s HEANet and UK-based Jisc, is designed to offer protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks

BGU student to represent GB at World University Winter Games 2019

Ice hockey ace, Adam Long, also represented his country at the 2017 event

GISMA relocates to the heart of Berlin

The business school is moving to a multi-functional campus to welcome growing numbers of students and enhance its education model

People

Promoting a sense of community through good food

Positive hospitality experiences increase student wellbeing, says new TUCO research ‘Hospitable Campus’

Anonymous online counselling for students at Leeds

Kooth Student, an anonymous online counselling service, is offered to students at Leeds Beckett University

Over 200,000 sign petition to update health and safety legislation

Education leaders have joined calls for government to protect mental health in the workplace

GSA Launches Global Student Wellbeing Framework

30,000 students to be offered access to initiative in 2019

Research

Bricklayer turned academic lands fourth professorship

David J Edwards, Professor of Plant and Machinery Management at Birmingham City University, has been awarded his fourth professorship by Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.

Office for Students applauds ‘pay restraint’ by universities

First annual pay report from OfS found ‘variation between providers’. By Kevin O’Malley

Office for Students applauds ‘pay restraint’ by universities

First annual pay report from OfS also found 'variation between providers'

RVC appoints Oxford professor as part of a new partnership

Professor Oliver Pybus, an expert in virus evolution in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, has been appointed by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Sports & leisure

Poor white students overlooked by majority of universities – report

England admissions data suggests fewer than 5% of intake fits demographic profile, says study

NUS: Universities ‘have a role to play’ in improving student living standards

Research suggests 40% of students who rent privately live in ‘hazardous’ properties

Promoting a sense of community through good food

Positive hospitality experiences increase student wellbeing, says new TUCO research ‘Hospitable Campus’

Apprentice and graduate jobs rise by nearly a third…

… but employers have Brexit-related concerns over filling technical roles, finds a survey by the Institute of Student Employers

Students

BGU student to represent GB at World University Winter Games 2019

Ice hockey ace, Adam Long, also represented his country at the 2017 event

Last chance to register: revolutionise your sports facilities before the summer

FREE webinar: Does your institution need a new pitch? Your how-to guide for synthetic pitches

FREE webinar: does your institution need a new pitch?

Industry experts Joe Shaw, sales manager, Paul Barker, estimating director and Luke Edwards, technical director discuss the full service process of getting a new or upgraded synthetic pitch for your institution

Manchester Met helps Japan’s Olympic rugby sevens teams go for gold

The university's Stephanie Sturges has been advising the country’s men’s and women’s squads on leadership and strategy

Sustainability

Are unconditional offers a step too far?

The Report: UCAS’s latest report on unconditional offers reveals some worrying insight into this fast-growing trend

UK state school students offered places at top US universities

Forty-seven school students from across the country have won places at 33 different institutions, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia through the Sutton Trust US Programme.

Unconditional offers rise by more than 3,900% in five years

New research conducted by the Office for Students highlights concerns over the increasing trend for unconditional offers, with 111,700 offered in 2018 compared to just 3,000 in 2013.

1 in 5 parents subsidise children at university by over £400 a month

A survey conducted by the Scholarship Hub found that a similar proportion of grandparents are also contributing financially

Technology

State-of-the-art canopies added to bus hub

The development, at Bournemouth University, utilises photovoltaic glass technology to provide renewable energy generation

And the winners of the Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland are…

Cathy Parnham takes a trip to York to celebrate the best sustainability initiatives of 2018

And the winners of the Green Gown Awards UK & Ireland are…

Cathy Parnham takes a trip to York to celebrate the best sustainability initiatives of 2018

“Huge success” for university’s sustainable coffee mugs

The new drinking vessels at Bishop Grosseteste University are made from recycled rice husks

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