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New application sought for £500,000 safety
scholarship scheme
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pplications are invited for the second round of workforce involvement, or costing accidents); water received a wide range of strong applications during
funding available through a £500,000 accident and leisure safety: to reduce injuries in water and the first round of funding and are looking forward to
prevention scholarship scheme. leisure activities (particularly safety in outdoor the same diversity and quality this time around.”
The RoSPA/BNFL Scholarship Scheme provides education); safety education: to enhance risk In 2009, funding went to three projects
funding for safety-related research that will produce understanding and awareness (particularly risk researching the scale and impact of child injuries in
defined, practical and influential outcomes to help awareness in preparation for work); and general Nepal (PhD student, University of the West of
save lives and prevent injuries. safety: to increase public awareness of safety and England), the threat posed by cold water immersion
Grants of up to £20,000 per project per year are accident prevention (particularly safety and risk literacy (University of Portsmouth) and the effectiveness of a
available. The closing date for applications for the among key decision makers and communicators). learner-driver coaching programme (Staffordshire
2010 round of funding is April 2. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents County Council and Keele University).
Applications are invited for projects addressing any established the scholarship scheme after BNFL The RoSPA/BNFL Scholarship Scheme is believed
of the following themes: road safety: to improve (British Nuclear Fuels) donated £500,000 to fund to be one of the biggest accident-prevention
standards of driving behaviour (particularly young research that would have a significant impact on scholarships ever funded. It is envisaged that it will
drivers, older drivers, speeding, fatigue-related improving safety in the UK and around the world. run for 10 years, with up to three projects awarded
accidents, or motorcycle safety); home safety: to Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA chief executive, said: grants annually. The researcher who produces the
reduce home accidents (particularly data “Accidents remain a huge problem, not just in the UK best work each year will receive a further cash prize
collection/analysis, poverty and deprivation, or child but also overseas, devastating lives and costing as an added incentive for excellence.
safety); work safety: to raise standards of health and everyone. We are therefore privileged to run a
safety management (particularly in relation to small scholarship scheme to fund pioneering research which trianglertrbibbings@rospa.com
firms, accident investigation, director leadership, will translate into lives saved and injuries reduced. We trianglert0121 248 2095
‘Genius’ financial solution addresses
Tories to exempt
HE funding delays
physics teachers from
student tax
H
igher Education and university students can Aston University’s Ash Talwar, Manager of
now benefit from a new and unique internet Student Support, is one of the team spearheading
based financial funding application form which is the development of fafgenius: “This is a unique M
ichael Gove, the shadow education
secretary, has announced that a Tory
not only revolutionizing access to Government product which is revolutionizing applications and administration would exempt highly-qualified
student hardship funding, but is helping overcome enhancing the service we can offer to students, graduates in physics, among other science subjects
delays with student loans. fafgenius offers making fafgenius a very welcome development for and maths, from student loan repayments.
considerable benefits to both students and HE students and HE institutions alike. It has allowed In response to the announcement, Charles
institutions with its tailored, intelligent and Aston to be pro-active and well prepared in order to Tracy, head of education pre-19 at the Institute of
bespoke funding solution.fafgenius, which has assist students, given the ongoing issues with the Physics, said, “This is a policy which seeks to
been developed by the Student Support student loan process, and is now also doing the address the most serious problem in physics
department at Aston University, in the heart of same for other HE institutions. Christina Walker, classrooms around the country – the lack of
Birmingham and Modus Creative, a marketing one of my team here at Aston had the idea and the teachers with knowledge and enthusiasm to
company based in Worcester, securely calculates know how to develop this product, and working engage and inspire our next generation of
ALF (Access to Learning Funds) easily and together with Modus, we have been able to create scientists.
intuitively. something which is a real asset to British “Children in approximately 1000 secondary
Additionally, fafgenius can be tailored to suit Universities, developed by a British University,” Mr schools across the country are never taught
specific student needs, giving 24 hour access to the Talwar said. physics by a physics specialist.
form from anywhere in the world, and in plain Modus Creative’s Roger Marshall adds: “This “This means too many students being taught
English. It can be saved at any point so the student product was originally developed for Aston physics by teachers who may not even have taken
can return to it at times to suit them. Additional University students, but we saw huge potential in the subject at A-level. How can students be
key enhancement features with the fafgenius the concept and all became enthused by the scope inspired by teachers who themselves have no solid
software include student section notes, progress of fafgenius. This product is already really making grasp of the subject?
bar, real time validation and reminders. its mark with British Universities; not only does it “We know that we need a scientifically literate
And for HE institutions, fafgenius takes away the have the benefit of ease of use and time saving for workforce if the UK is to see its way through the
administrative nightmare caused by paper forms, the student, but it is intuitive to anticipate what the most pressing challenges our society faces – from
assisting with regulatory know-how and the varying students and universities need, in order to give a slumping economy to the threat of climate
assessment processes on different funds, whilst better and better student support.” change – and it is heartening that a senior
providing a reporting system which meets the audit politician has listened to organisations like ours
requirements stipulated by the Higher Education trianglertwww.fafgenius.com and made a sensible proposal which could have a
Funding Council for England. trianglert01905 731529 profound and lasting effect.”
December 2009
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Grand Hall Olympia, 13-16 January 2010
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