“Coventry needs you!” – that’s the message to people of all ages and backgrounds across the city who want to get involved in the historic UK City of Culture year by signing up to be a City Host volunteer. Coventry City of Culture Trust in partnership with EnV and Coventry University Students’ Union (CUSU), have launched […]
About the project Stevenage Welfare Benefits Appeals Project, a collaboration between Citizens Advice Stevenage and Hertfordshire Law School, is launching in September 2020 for an initial 6 month pilot. This new service, funded by the Community Justice Fund and the National Lottery, will provide advice, casework and advocacy support to people wishing to appeal the […]
Initial teacher training (ITT) should and must evolve in order to maintain and sustain educational standards for current and future generations of pupils – but there have been fundamental problems with the approach taken in the government’s ITT market review so far, argues University Alliance, the voice of technical and professional universities. Responding to the […]
USW has worked with the Welsh Refugee Council to improve access to free, quality English classes for forced migrants in the area. With waiting lists that could be up to a year long, the University worked with the Welsh Refugee Council to establish a programme of classes that were delivered by students on the University’s […]
Alliance universities have a deep roots in their local communities, stretching back hundreds of years, with strong links to local industry, businesses and cultural institutions. Their anchor status in the local region provides opportunities not just for those attending the universities, but for the cities and towns in which they are situated. It’s an important […]
A new consortium partnership, the West of England Visual Arts Alliance – of which the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is a part – was awarded £1.18 million by Arts Council England to transform the future of visual arts in Bristol and the West of England. A new National Lottery development fund was […]
The University of South Wales (USW) is a member of the media.cymru Consortium, which won a £50m bid to develop a world-leading cluster for media innovation in the Cardiff Capital Region. Led by Cardiff University, media.cymru brings together 24 organisations from across the Cardiff Capital Region and includes partners working in education, broadcasting, technology, media […]
Birmingham City University plan to re-house their STEAMhouse project in a disused landmark in the city, refurbishing the building ready to be opened in 2022. THE STEAMHOUSE BUILDING Opening early 2022, at c.100,000 square feet, the STEAMhouse building boasts five storeys of state-of-the-art facilities delivering office space and business support activities to a community of […]
The University of Brighton with Brighton and Hove City Council, Coast to Capital, the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and U and I Group PLC, are currently delivering a pilot scheme for the disused Preston Barracks, named FIELD, which offers a temporary home to some of the most innovative start-ups in Brighton. Creating a Northern gateway in to the city, […]
This blog was written by: Professor Debra Humphris, Chair of University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor, University of Brighton; Dr John Smith, Chief Executive of Brighton Academies Trust; Ian Dunn, Provost, Coventry University; and Uly Lyons, Chief Executive of the Better Futures Multi Academy Trust. This article first appeared in HEPI. In a speech to the school sector in […]
