December

Young people gather for School Games Maker Conference
Over 130 young people from across the county gathered at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV to develop their leadership skills and learn about volunteering and gaining a sports officiating qualification.

Carols by Candlelight raises funds for charity
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Community Carols by Candlelight service helped to raise more than £2,700 for human-aid charities.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV praised for REF 2014 results
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV today received further good news about its submissions to REF 2014, the system used to assess the quality and impact of research conducted by all UK universities.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV recognised for its world leading research
Research carried out by the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV to improve the lives of the elderly and tackle inequalities in organ donation and chronic diseases such as Sickle Cell has been recognised by REF (Research Excellence Framework), as world leading.

Book provides social workers with a "tool box" to manage stress
A book to help social workers enhance their resilience to help them survive in an increasingly stressful profession has just been published by world-leading experts at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV.

Live TV show put on by students
Final-year Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Television Production students used the wealth of their three years at the institution to put on a live show in front of a real studio audience.

Free business course opens to students, staff and general public
A free course for budding student and staff entrepreneurs from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV, as well as the general public, is to start after Christmas.

Role in Ed Miliband's office for graduate
A Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Master’s graduate has landed a paid-internship role in the office of the Labour leader, Ed Miliband.

Google the latest big-hitter to involve Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV BCS
A talk by a Google employee is the latest involvement by an industry big-hitter in the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV’s BCS (The Chartered Institute for Information Technology) Student Chapter.

Five more projects given the green light by the Steps fund
Five projects battling for a total of £55k from the Vice Chancellor’s Steps fund got the green light at this week’s Dragons’ Den event (8 December).

Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska documentary to premiere in Poland
A film produced by the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV’s Reader in Film Practice and Theory is to premiere on Polish television this week.

"One in a million" graduate wins at Social Worker of the Year Awards
A “one in a million” Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV graduate has won the Practice Teacher of the Year category in the 2014 Social Worker of the Year Awards.