Business Talks: National results demonstrate University’s economic and societal impact
The KEF, published by Research England, demonstrates the range of activities English universities conduct with external partners locally, nationally, and internationally, evaluating performance across seven areas of knowledge exchange activity (called KEF Perspectives). Each perspective’s performance is scored in quintiles from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high), with all universities compared with each other.
Nationally, Portsmouth is rated 4 out of 5 (High Engagement) in Research Partnerships, Working with Business, Local Growth and Regeneration, Working with the Public and Third Sector, and continuous professional development (CPD) and Graduate Start-ups.
No overall ranking is provided. Instead, universities are grouped into clusters and compared against similar institutions. Portsmouth is in the biggest cluster - Cluster E - comprising large universities with broad discipline portfolios generating excellent research across all disciplines. In this, Portsmouth exceeds the average score for our cluster overall.
Professor Jeremy Howells, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and External Relations at the University of Portsmouth, said: “Knowledge exchange is becoming ever increasingly important for universities to ensure research and innovation activities maximise their benefit to society, our economy and the planet. These KEF results demonstrate the achievements of our staff across the full range of knowledge exchange activities benchmarked against other UK universities.
“These results and other recent performance assessments demonstrate progress towards our long-term ambition to be the top modern UK university and in the top 100 young universities in the world by the end of the decade.”
Get access to free and confidential legal advice
If you live or work in the Portsmouth area, you can get free and confidential legal advice from our General Legal Advice Clinic.
Our law students, guided by qualified solicitors and an experienced tutor, can advise you on most civil law subjects including; consumer problems, landlord and tenant problems, employment and welfare issues, contact with children, power of attorney and guardianship issues, and family law.
We’ll help you with general information or advice if we can. If you have a complex issue and we need to undertake more legal research before providing advice, we'll set up a later appointment or send you a letter, whichever you prefer.
We can't give advice on issues to do with criminal law or criminal proceedings. We also can't give advice where a conflict of interest may arise – but if we can't help, we'll put you in touch with someone who can.
A new Access to Justice immigration advice service provides completely free legal advice and casework on immigration law for people in the Portsmouth area, with a particular focus on human rights-related cases.
Gemma Hargrave, Director of Clinical Legal Education at the University of Portsmouth, said: “Law in Practice is part of our innovative Clinical Legal Education (CLE) provision; a well-established programme where students have the opportunity to further their academic learning, and acquire practical legal skills by participating in a range of real life legal situations.
“We currently have students in places such as Citizens Advice, Advice Portsmouth, Hampshire Fire and Rescue and Wiltshire Law. In addition, we run outreach events with local schools and colleges across the academic year, including our very popular sixth form work experience scheme each summer.”
Appointments are available from October to July on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Find out more at https://www.port.ac.uk/legal-clinic or to book an appointment, email [email protected] or telephone 07711 389 522 or 02392 844 114.
Referrals to the Access to Justice immigration advice service are currently going through Citizens Advice Portsmouth. If you have any questions about Access to Justice you can email [email protected].
Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace
Join us for a free online event that celebrates and explores the importance of embracing neurodiversity in the workplace. This event will take place on Thursday 7 December at 12 noon.
Neurodiversity refers to the idea that neurological differences, such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and others, are natural variations of the human brain rather than deficits. At this event, we will delve into the advantages of diverse thinking and how it can foster innovation, creativity, and productivity in the workplace.
During the event, you will have the opportunity to hear success stories from organisations that have implemented inclusive practices, creating supportive environments for neurodiverse individuals.
Whether you are an employer, employee, or simply interested in promoting inclusivity, this event is for you. Come and learn how to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their unique talents.