Are you a charity, social enterprise, or small business (under 250 employees), located in the London boroughs of Westminster, Brent or Camden? Would you like to reduce costs within your workplace? Are you concerned about your organisation’s carbon footprint? We can help! The Work Based and Placement Learning Project is a part of the University …
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Hello, I’m Abel Tesfai. I work in the Research Environment and Scholarly Communications team within the R&KE Office as the university’s Research Information Support Officer. With all the conversation ongoing around REF data, I wanted to take the opportunity to explain how we handle and manage research data, why we do so, and what your …
Students! Looking for paid work experience? Apply now for the Westminster Communities Consultancy Programme Work with other students on a real-life consultancy project with a UK business, charity or social enterprise, part of the University of Westminster community. APPLY HERE by Wednesday 7th December What is WCCP? The WCCP gives you the opportunity to work …
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Westminster Community Consultancy Programme (WCCP) The Westminster Community Consultancy Project (WCCP) places a diverse range of University of Westminster students into consultancy teams, working with charities and businesses. WCCP allows organisations a cost-effective way to overcome challenges whilst providing a meaningful opportunity for students to use their skills and develop their employability and confidence. We …
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University of Westminster is committed to developing, enhancing and sustaining research good practice through research that is of the highest quality and ethical standards. In other words, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of research integrity. Many of us have an understanding of research integrity but building a culture of integrity grounded in …
The results of REF 2021 will be published on 12th May. In advance of this, we caught up with two Westminster researchers who sat on REF panels this year, Roland Dannreuther and Ian Locke. Each share an interesting insight into the other side of the REF process. Roland Dannreuther is a Professor in the School …
On 4th March, 30 colleagues from across the University met to discuss the implications of UKRI’s new strategy, and to feed in to our institutional response to their call for consultation on the document. UKRI’s strategy is underpinned by their ambition to create a research and innovation system where: Everyone feels included, is heard, respected …
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From October to March, the Research and Knowledge Exchange Office ran its inaugural grant writing group programme. In collaboration with experienced researchers from across the University, five workshops were held, aimed at equipping researchers with the tools and support they need to submit a large grant to a main funder. Our aim was to enable …
The CEDARS (Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey) – What is it and why is it important? The University is running the Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research survey this April. Designed in collaboration between Vitae, researchers and researcher developers across the HE sector in the UK, CEDARS seeks to gather …
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In the last academic year, the University piloted a new initiative for early career researchers in the shape of mentoring circles. One circle per college, comprising 8-10 mentees and 2 mentors, met four times throughout the year with topics set in advance for each meeting ranging from getting work published, networking and collaborating to researching …