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  1. University Alliance responds to the Autumn Statement

    …ties “We are delighted to hear the Chancellor so vocally champion the UK’s world leading universities. The diverse strength of our higher education system is one of our country’s greatest assets, and if we want to increase investment from overseas, we should be highlighting that wherever we can.” On student maintenance support “There was a notable absence of support for students in today’s budget. Current student maintenance support is inadequate…

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  2. ‘Delivering the Healthcare Workforce of the Future’: University Alliance publishes proposals to help tackle the NHS workforce crisis

    …ns on workforce planning is also crucial to growing the domestic workforce. “There is huge potential for the higher education sector to scale up its nursing training provision, and, in doing so, alleviate the strain on NHS trusts and other clinical placement providers. University Alliance members stand ready to work with the NHS and the Government to help provide solutions to longstanding issues and to deliver a workforce fit for the future.”…

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  3. University Alliance media coverage `

    …ticle-9467119/Covid-lockdown-UK-university-students-allowed-campus-17.html BBC News – 13/04/21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-56731330 LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari – 14/04/21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsY2kSNpSI The Telegraph – 14/04/21 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/13/students-hopes-early-return-campus-dashed/ Research Professional – 18/04/21 https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-views-2021-4-no-going-back/ Researc…

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  4. Media training sessions for UA academics

    …information, or would like to arrange one to one practice interviews for academics who would benefit from individual coaching.   This online session is led by Adam Batstone, a former BBC journalist who has worked in newspapers, radio, TV and the BBC News website. Adam specializes in helping academics to get the most out of media interviews and has worked with Royal Holloway University, The University of Portsmouth, The Courtauld Institute of Art a…

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  5. Coventry University expert helps devise rapid test to assess thousands of PPE masks

    …w supplies. The low availability of fluid resistance surgical masks on the market made the need to use the stockpiled masks urgent, but their certification status was uncertain. Dr Nwabueze Emekwuru, from Coventry University’s Institute of Future Transport & Cities, and two colleagues from the University of Brighton and the University of Manchester responded to the council’s dilemma by devising a rapid test that helped to evaluate the efficacy of…

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  6. Measuring the success of the KU Big Read

    …ubsequently identified. How we planned to monitor the impact of The KU Big Read Take-up of books by staff Students were sent or given a copy. Stock was made available to staff in libraries and via reception desks across the institution. We monitored the response, as evinced by stock level, date and campus. We hoped that requiring staff to collect a title, rather than simply receive one, would promote greater involvement. In fact, as fast as we put…

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  7. University of South Wales students work on top BBC Drama

    …raduate from across the University of South Wales, have worked on flagship BBC drama his Dark Materials. They worked across the full range of creative disciplines on this flagship drama, made by Welsh Company Bad Wolf; from production and post-production management to computer animation and set design. Through their not-for-profit educational initiative Screen Alliance Wales (SAW), Bad Wolf continues to develop relationships with local schools, co…

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  8. Web economy to double by 2016; meanwhile we’re choking off knowledge economy

    …developing and emerging countries. The report says that nearly half of the world’s population will be online by 2016, with access to the internet becoming less of a luxury, limited to users in the developed world and more of an everyday reality in emerging economies. The challenges and opportunities this creates for the UK are huge. Traditional business models and ways of working need to quickly adapt and respond to both technological advances and…

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