Congratulations to Faloshade Alloh (PhD student in Faculty of Health and Social Science), Dr. Pramod Regmi (Lecturer in International Health), Abe (Igoche) Onche (BU graduate MSc in Public Health) and Dr. Stephen Trenoweth (Principal Academic and Leaded for BU iWell Research Centre) on the timely publication of their paper on mental health in developing countries [1]. Despite… Read more »
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This part of the blog features news and information about higher education policy and how BU’s research is influencing policy.
The next six months within education, science, tech, digital and the environment
Dods (political monitoring consultants) have produced a series of short policy lookahead guides contemplating what is coming up politically in the following spheres over the next few months: Science Tech and Digital The Education Sector Environment and Rural Affairs The viewing permissions on these guides have been set to BU staff and students, please don’t… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 15th June 2018
A busy week for publications this week, while the government have been busy with Brexit votes and there is a positive story about immigration rules. The Economics of HE Commons Public Accounts Committee – The Commons public accounts committee published its report on the higher education market on Friday. After some interesting evidence sessions, Research Professional report… Read more »
What students really want (and why it matters)
BU hosted Dr Diana Beech from the Higher Education Policy Institute on Wednesday morning for a policy breakfast, part of this year’s CELebrate symposium. In a packed room and despite the early start, we had a great discussion about student perceptions, value (and value for money). Diana started with a review of the HEPI/AdvanceHE 2018… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 8th June 2018
HEPI Student Experience Survey The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Advance HE have published a joint report on student academic experience. The report was launched at the annual HEPI conference and Sam Gyimah gave the keynote address. The report includes a lot of insight and is worth looking at – there are some new questions… Read more »
Policy Update w/e 1 June 2018
Research Collaboration Research/Horizon Europe The Guardian draws on a leaked document to report that the UK will only have limited access to Horizon Europe through a costly ‘third countries’ deal, despite the PM’s intentions for full participation. Theresa May’s appeal for a special Brexit deal on science and research collaboration, worth billions to the British… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 25th May 2018
Brexit In the PM’s speech this week referred to below, she mentioned the implications of Brexit for research: …. since 2010 the number of overseas students coming to study at UK universities has increased by almost a quarter. The UK will always be open to the brightest and the best researchers to come and make… Read more »
Grand Challenges – four missions and an opportunity to input ideas – and a Brexit promise
PM’s speech This speech by the PM today was trailed in the press and here is the link to it as delivered. The Brexit bit is towards the end. [Selection of quotes below, my formatting and edited as otherwise it is a bit hard to follow, it was a long speech] Government has always had a… Read more »
Postgraduate Researcher Specialist Training- Spaces Available
Postgraduate Researchers make sure you are GDPR compliant by this Friday 25 May 2018 *Managing Research Data – Legal Compliance and Record Management – Tuesday 22 May 2018 – 14:00-16:00 Book Now Specialist Training *Introduction to NVivo – Thursday 24 May 2018 – 09:00-16:00 Book Now *Advanced NVivo – Friday 25 May 2018 – 09:00-16:00… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 18th May 2018
Summit on BME Leadership in HE This event was hosted by AdvanceHE, the new agency that was formed recently to include the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, the Higher Education Academy and the Equality Challenge Unit. Wonkhe have pointed out that: “So far only 45 out of 167 higher education institutions have signed the Advance… Read more »
Government areas of research interest
Did you know that government departments publish their areas of research interest? This is a guide to where research funds might go, and is useful if you are thinking about policy impact. The collection is here, and four new ones have been added today: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Department for Education Department… Read more »
Policy impact – it’s about the what and the who – the how comes later
I presented a session today on engaging with policy makers, part of a regular series of workshops that we run at BU for academic and professional support staff. As it isn’t always easy for staff to find time to attend these sessions, here are some of the key points. It is easy to start a… Read more »
Dr John Oliver joins Ofcom Expert Group
Dr John Oliver, from the Advances in Media Management (AiMM) research cluster has been invited to join one of Ofcom’s Expert Groups. In 2017 Ofcom became the BBC’s first external regulator and have set the regulatory conditions required for the BBC to fulfil its Mission and promote the Public Purposes. Dr Oliver will contribute to… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 11th May 2018
Fees and funding Loans and parental contributions – The implication of the means-tested maintenance loan is that parents will make up the difference for those not receiving the full loan (ie if parental income is over £25,000)– parents are not always expecting or planning for this and sometimes parents are unable in practice to make up… Read more »
Political Updates
A smorgasbord of content for you this week – rifle through to find the topics most of interest to you. We’ve got: pollinators, research integrity, mental health, nursing news, plastic waste, several new funded competitions from the Government, praise for the arts and creative sectors, smart energy systems, immersive technologies, the Industrial Strategy’s Grand Challenges,… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 4th May 2018
A bumper policy update for you packed full of political changes and arguments, and BU gets a mention in the House of Commons. Enjoy the sunny bank holiday weekend! Political News Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday. Replacing her are Penny Mordaunt and Sajid Javid. Penny Mordaunt (Secretary of State for International Development) will replace her… Read more »
Political News (w/e 4 May 2018)
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey made an announcement on funding for microplastics research Digital media experts discuss internet regulation The Commons Select Committee have opened an inquiry into the challenges and opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Contact the Policy Team if you’d like to contribute to BU’s response to this inquiry. The Foreign Affairs Committee held an… Read more »
Political and Policy – News & Publications
Health Macmillian has published the specialist cancer adult nursing and support workforce census 2017. The Education Policy Institute has published research on vulnerable children and social care in England. On Tuesday there is a Westminster Hall debate on safeguarding children and young people in sport, and a Health and Social Care Select Committee examining childhood… Read more »
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