Partnerships – schools and universities
Partnerships between schools and universities in the UK are in a state of flux with relationships that are influenced by the needs of the school. Whilst the government has enforced…
Read moreVirtual lab – highly commended
The QMUL virtual lab has been highly commended for the academic non-commercial engagement and enterprise award. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2017/se/qmul-virtual-lab-project-wins-prestigious-higher-education-award.html
Read moreTEF – is it our fault?
The higher education Green Paper was published on 6 November 2015. According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the proposals are designed to: introduce a Teaching Excellence Framework…
Read moreIOB launch at QMUL
The Institute of Bioengineering (IOB) launched an exciting, cross-disciplinary event at Queen Mary University of London. The event brought together scientists, engineers and clinicians from the Faculty of Science and…
Read moreThe amniotic membrane…
We have exciting work by David Barrett (PhD student funded by the RoseTrees Trust) who has been working in my lab on preterm labour. Any guesses to what the colours…
Read moreIOB photo competition
Well done to David Barrett for making it to the finals for the photo competition at the IOB launch event at QMUL. His photo shows an SEM image of the…
Read moreLetter from the House of Commons
TEF is coming…
Jo Johnson, the new minister for higher education, is making plans to introduce a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) that will monitor and assess the quality of teaching at British universities.…
Read moreExperience the Centre of the Cell
The Centre of the Cell is the world’s first science education centre that allows children to visit real labs at Queen Mary University of London. We walked into a giant…
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