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OU awarded £1m research funding
The Open University has been awarded a major grant from The Leverhulme Trust to enable 18 new PhD scholarships. The Leverhulme Trust has awarded
Bucks New University secures funding
Buckinghamshire New University has secured two years of funding in partnership with Oxford Brookes University, the University of Oxford and the University of Reading to support the development of a local network to help more young people into higher education. The funding is part of a new £22m
programme, known as the National Networks for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO) scheme, which is set to deliver a nationally coordinated approach to working with schools, universities and colleges to encourage greater numbers of students into higher education. Over 200 higher education institutions
will be involved, reaching 4,300 secondary schools and colleges through the work. The local network, led by Oxford
Brookes University and supported by Buckinghamshire New University, the
University of Oxford and the University of Reading, will deliver its programme under the existing Study Higher partnership name. It will be one of 35 local networks covering England, and will be funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and managed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Greg Clark, Minister for Universities
andScience, said: “Higher education is a transformational experience and the future of the UK economy depends on having highly trained graduates, so it is vital that young people have the right information about progressing into higher education. This programme will ensure that schools and colleges across England can help their students learn about higher education in the classroom, online and through local outreach activity.”
Newcastle banks on future talent
Newcastle Business School Entrepreneurial Business Management students have teamed up with Yorkshire Bank’s Talent Academy. Students of the new
Entrepreneurial Business Management degree programme at Newcastle Business School teamed up with Yorkshire Bank’s Talent Academy to spend a day together exchanging business advice and personal development support. The new degree programme is aimed at
aspiring entrepreneurs and sees students set up and run their own businesses – ‘learning by doing’. Yorkshire Bank’s Talent Academy, a group identified as
the future senior managers of the organisation, provided mentoring for Entrepreneurial Business Management students including a review of business plans. Students and individuals from the Talent Academy
then teamed up for 1-2-1 briefing sessions, resulting in all round
complimentary feedback for the scholars’ business ideas. Lucy Hat, Entrepreneurial Business
Management programme leader, said of the session: “The Entrepreneurial Business Management programme adopts a fresh approach to business education, designed to accelerate students’ development
of entrepreneurial and business management competence through a work- based approach to learning. The Talent Academy perfectly complements our approach and our students are now taking the advice given of ‘just do it’.” Recruitment to Yorkshire Bank’s Talent
Academy is aimed at high performers within the bank and provides a unique opportunity for self-development. The bank is offering students on the
Entrepreneurial Business Management programme free banking, including free access to business online facilities as well as their full range of business support tools, training and guides, introductions to some of their other customers and access to internal sector specialists.
a grant of £1,050,000 to The Open University's (OU) Institute of Educational Technology (IET) and Faculty of Education and Language Studies (FELS) to fund 15 full-time, three- year doctoral scholarships over the next five years. In addition to this, the OU will fund a further three scholars from low- and middle-income economies. Managed by the Centre for Research
in Education and Educational Technology (CREET), the scholarships will explore the factors that support or impede inclusive approaches to learning, for example around the use of new communication methods such as social networking and devices including mobile phones and tablets.
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