Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director January was a tough month. The festive season felt like an age ago, and more eye-watering energy bills landed on household doormats. Personally, it was particularly heart-breaking to watch a recent ITN report about elderly residents in Newcastle who were living in freezing conditions, and not switching on their …
Yorkshire Universities (YU) has been awarded £20,000 funding by the UPP Foundation to pilot a regional sustainability service-learning project. Ours is one of the eight pilot initiatives the UPP Foundation invested over £160,000 in. Funding was awarded to schemes which support student and graduate success for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups, and for initiatives which support …
UPP Foundation awards over £160k in funding to outstanding pilot initiatives UPP Press release as published on 23 January 2023. The UPP Foundation, the registered charity founded by student accommodation and infrastructure business UPP, has invested over £160,000 in grant funding for eight innovative pilot projects with charities and universities. The projects were selected by …
Experts, regional leaders and representatives from Councils, Mayoral Combined Authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), and Government Departments and Agencies, will meet today to consider the growing impact of the cost-of-living crisis, and how best increase prosperity in Yorkshire and the Humber. The inaugural Yorkshire and Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network (Y-PERN) conference takes place …
The UK higher education sector is one of our country’s greatest assets. It is as diverseas it is prestigious and, in each region of the UK, universities and HEIs of all sizes andspecialisms are working hard to provide their local economies with the skills andinnovations to promote growth and productivity. The recent Universities UK report …
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See the original job advert as posted on the jobs.leeds.ac.uk website. Do you thrive on working in a complex environment, using your ability to navigate organisational issues, as well as your skills in project delivery? Can you provide leadership and project management skills to facilitate and drive a multi-stakeholder project team? Background Funded by the …
Yorkshire Universities is recruiting a new Communications and Projects Officer to join its Executive Team. The successful applicant will help to provide a strong voice for higher education in Yorkshire and the Humber, and support universities and higher education institutions to contribute towards the long-term and sustainable growth and development of the region. Find out …
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Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director Y-PERN: A Regional Research and Policy Engagement Network It has been a tumultuous period, by recent standards in modern British history, with the dynamics of domestic policy decisions, governance and global market forces intersecting in ways that have produced profound implications for communities, households, and individuals, up and down …
