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“Oven-Ready Graduate”' Issue 160 | August 2021 | ISSN 1756-0225 | £3.99 where sold UB w: universitybusiness.co.uk t: @UB_UK For leaders in higher education EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT What does it mean PLUS and why does it matter? + LABORATORY TEACHING ONLINE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & + TECH: WHY INCLUSION IT PAYS TO REDUCE, 9 priorities REFURBISH, for the new RECYCLE academic year + LATEST ESTATES NEWS ‘The worst phrase in the world? “Oven-ready graduate”’ What does University of Derby vice-chancellor Kathryn Mitchell think about lifelong learning, university autonomy and leadership? welcomexxxxx Publisher Dougal Templeton [email protected] Managing editor Anna Britten [email protected] Reporter James Higgins [email protected] Sub-editor Peter Stillman Contributors Julian Owen, Cathy Parnham, Ledetta Asfa-Wossen, Cris Warren, Rachel Martins, Rosie Bennett Senior designer Kirsty Dearman Key account director Gordon Wilson [email protected] Key account director Jessica Speirs [email protected] Managing director Craig Daykin [email protected] Marketing manager Rising to the challenge Damien Burnett [email protected] t the start of the pandemic there was a lot of talk about how the environment was nally getting a break from harmful human demands. 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Wagner Cover image © The University of Derby of Queen Mary, University of London 31 40 PLACES & SPACES 16 We round up signifi cant new developments on UK HE estates 46 A DAY IN THE LIFE 42 A glimpse into the working life of Lisa Stansbie of Leeds School of Arts FEATURES 24 SETTING THE EDI AGENDA What policies do thought leaders in the EDI world think universities need to prioritise in the new academic year? 30 TEACHING TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD Why integrating sustainability across the curriculum is about more than “a few ‘green careers’” 35 TECHNOLOGY: REPLACE, REFURBISH 37 OR RECYCLE? Our expert panel discusses benefi cial new ways to deal with old hardware 38 BLAST FROM THE PAST How the University of Exeter coped with an unexploded World War II bomb OPINION 42 THE PROBLEM WITH PERFECTION The University of Leeds’ Rachel Martins on the need for randomness in online lab teaching 54 45 HOW A REVOLUTIONARY SPINOUT REWARDS ITS UNIVERSITY FOUNDERS The relationship between the University of Southampton and rising regenerative medicine company Renovos @UB_UK | www.universitybusiness.co.uk | 05 promotion THE GUTBRAIN CONNECTION By Charlotte Harbour, BANT registered nutritional therapist, BSc (Hons) CNHC id you know that you have more work? Whilst we’re still researching the exact bacterial cells in your body than mechanisms, it is thought to be through D you do human cells? There are two key mechanisms: neurotransmitters around 30 trillion human cells that make and the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is a up ‘you’ and approximately 100 trillion long, tree-like nerve that starts at the brain bacterial cells than inhabit your gut, skin, stem and travels all the way down the body lungs, urinogenital tract and maybe even to the large intestine. Neurotransmitters your brain – collectively, these are known are chemical messengers and up to 90% as the human microbiome and it’s of the body’s serotonin, which regulates composition is as unique as your mood, is found in gut cells and is able to ngerprint. travel to the brain via vagus nerve signals. The importance of the bacteria in So, what does this mean for our students? the gut, known as the gut microbiome, There are some exciting possibilities ahead has been prevalent in the media for to potentially enhance learning, attention a couple of years now. You may have and memory through gut health. We noticed some interesting additions to the know that a high bre, nutrient-rich diet supermarket shelves, such as kombucha, is key for a healthy gut microbiome. The ke r and fresh sauerkraut that support and improved cognition. It may seem Mediterranean Diet continues to prove itself bene cial bacteria in our guts too. counter-intuitive to think that what’s in as an excellent, simple to follow lifestyle. Attention has turned towards how our belly impacts our brain – however, We also recommend enjoying food and else the human microbiome impacts our those of us who’ve enjoyed an alcoholic drink such as green tea, berries, walnuts, health and wellbeing. One particular drink will have had rst-hand experience omega-3 rich sh and eggs plus wholegrains. area of research is how the bacteria in of these direct e ects. 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