Explainer: international students at Alliance universities
This briefing examines the drivers behind growth in the number of international students studying at Alliance universities in recent years, and the decline we have seen in 2024.
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Universities, the NHS, and health workforce transformation
Read more of: Universities, the NHS, and health workforce transformationThis article was originally published in Wonkhe. Working alongside the NHS requires universities to constantly be adapting. The relationship between universities and the health and social care sector can be described as evolutionary. For decades, nurses were trained directly on wards, with schools of nursing traditionally hosted by individual hospitals. Training began to move towards […]
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Unpacking the TEF narratives: what does teaching excellence at an Alliance university look like?
Read more of: Unpacking the TEF narratives: what does teaching excellence at an Alliance university look like?The 2023 TEF submissions have been published but, as Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan observed on WonkHE, “there’s no way any human is going to read all of them”. I have however read the institutional narratives from the 14 English members of University Alliance (16 of the UK’s leading professional and technical universities) and have […]
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2023 in review
Read more of: 2023 in reviewIt’s been another whirlwind year for the higher education sector – and a successful one for the Alliance. These are my reflections on a few of the stand-out moments from 2023. 1. ‘Must do better’: the House of Lord’s Industry and Regulators Committee reviews the OfS We kicked off the year by working with our […]
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‘What now?’: how adaptations to assessment during COVID-19 can improve inclusivity
Read more of: ‘What now?’: how adaptations to assessment during COVID-19 can improve inclusivityPandemic learnings As the public Covid-19 inquiry grinds painfully on, it is appropriate for us in the Higher Education sector to conduct a little reflection of our own. There is much about lockdown life we all want to forget: the grim headlines, the concern for our loved ones and ourselves, the questionable Netflix binges and […]
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Placed-based innovation at RGU Orkney
Read more of: Placed-based innovation at RGU Orkney“Orkney is a unique archipelago of islands, regularly ranked as one of the best places to live in the UK. But its appeal is much greater than this. Orkney has an entrepreneurial and innovative culture which lends itself to testing new and varied ideas. As an island group, it offers variety through its mix of […]
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How Professional Doctorates are empowering nurses and midwives to lead
Read more of: How Professional Doctorates are empowering nurses and midwives to leadIn our latest ‘Innovators’ blog, Dr Helen Aveyard writes about how Oxford Brookes University are empowering nurses and midwives to become researchers. “In 2021, The Chief Nursing Officer for England, Ruth May, published the Strategic Plan for Research which outlines the intention to ‘create a research environment that empowers nurses to lead, participate in and […]
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How Anglia Ruskin University’s Live Brief modules are enhancing graduate employability
Read more of: How Anglia Ruskin University’s Live Brief modules are enhancing graduate employabilityEmployability is an individual matter. It requires each student to embrace their professional development and to access the support and opportunities our universities provide. Unfortunately, many students leave it too late, assuming employability is a set of skills they can acquire at some point before they graduate. However, academics and other staff responsible for employability […]
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Let’s get strategic
Read more of: Let’s get strategicIf you ask any UK Vice Chancellor what’s keeping them awake at night, it’s highly likely to be the financial sustainability of their institution and the wider sector. Years of frozen funding coupled with rising costs are inevitably taking their toll across all four nations. University leaders are also increasingly worried about the impact the cost-of-living crisis […]
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Digital transformation is key to boosting student experience
Read more of: Digital transformation is key to boosting student experienceUniversities are faced with rising costs and shrinking margins, and the challenges are many. Student attraction and retention remains a priority, amid an everchanging mix of domestic and international students. There is no doubt the competition for international and other highly sought-after students has been heightened by COVID, and the ability to manage profitability through […]
