This op-ed was originally published online by the Yorkshire Post on 27 April 2024. Every year, our region welcomes thousands of international students to universities across Yorkshire. At a time when international student applications are declining as a result of changes to visa policies, it is important that we remind ourselves of how international students are …
Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director Last Wednesday’s Autumn Statement saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, and the Treasury, publish a raft of documents that introduced new interventions designed to boost growth, or to report on complex policy challenges where the Government had commissioned research to investigate or had sought external advice. One …
Tinnitus is a complex condition caused by damage in the ear which results in random and spontaneous signals being sent to the brain. Tinnitus can be difficult to live with and currently there is no cure. The current prognosis through the primary care pathway focuses on hearing loss with limited emotional support and management of …
Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) is a medical condition caused by the lack of saliva to keep the mouth wet, making it difficult to chew, swallow or speak. Saliva, produced by the salivary glands, is important for a healthy mouth as it moistens and breaks down food, washes away food particles from the teeth and gums, and …
Paxman Coolers Ltd produces a system to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, and has been working with the University of Huddersfield for 8 years on this project. This was originally funded through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership from UKRI with further funding from the Technology Strategy Board and the Collaborative Venture’s Fund. Watch a short presentation …
Effervescent tablets are especially unstable during production and storage due to its chemical composition, requiring both considerable energy during manufacturing to manage temperature and humidity, and a large volume of plastic waste during storage. Professor Anant Paradkar, with the support of the Healthcare Innovations Group and UKRI (UK Research and Innovation), aimed to solve this …
Launched in March 2022, Leeds Beckett University Obesity Institute (LBUOI) builds on decades of research into applied obesity research and aims to improve the lives of those living with obesity. Using an inclusive approach with a multi-disciplinary team, the Institute is working on ground-breaking disruptive research to tackle the complexity of obesity at a systems …
Converge is a partnership between York St John University and local NHS mental health services offering education for adults with lived experience of mental ill-health, and provides an excellent working model for education and healthcare working together. Watch a short presentation about Converge by: Read / download the case study:
As Chief Policy Fellow, Andy is part of the Y-PERN directorate providing overall strategic leadership of the programme, working closely with the Senior Programme Manager, Kayleigh Renberg-Fawcett. Andy leads on the coordination of the team of Y-PERN policy fellows across the region, and the delivery and evaluation of the four programme Work Packages. He has responsibility for delivering Work Package 3 which focuses on policy engagement training, dissemination, and community engagement. Andy is the key contact point for engagement and networking with academic and policy communities across Yorkshire and the UK more widely, and dissemination of Y-PERN outputs.
New job! I’m now a Y-PERN fellow, officially based in the Management School at Sheffield University, but mostly working with the South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority (SYMCA, pronounced by folk who work there as ‘sim-ka’). Y-PERN (“Yorkshire & Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network”) is a pretty unique project – Research England funded it specifically to strengthen the glue between Yorkshire and Humber’s universities and its local and mayoral authorities, building on a memorandum of understanding between them. The project itself doesn’t have traditional academic research questions or output requirements; the glue-strengthening is the whole point.
