The DTA on Screen
University Alliance launches a film about its flagship programme the Doctoral Training Alliance.
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UA Chair Professor John Latham is Honoured with a CBE
Read more of: UA Chair Professor John Latham is Honoured with a CBEProfessor John Latham, University Alliance Chair and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, has been awarded a CBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Professor John Latham has been recognised for his services to Higher Education in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He has been Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Coventry University since 2014, during which […]
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UA’s Chair Responds to the Augar Review
Read more of: UA’s Chair Responds to the Augar ReviewIn response to the Augar Review released today, Professor John Latham, Chair of University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University said: “This is a quietly damning critique of the existing system – and a decade of bad policy decisions. Augar is right to argue the current model is unfair, inefficient and incoherent. There are good […]
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AUGAR: Our CEO Vanessa Wilson Sets Out Her Initial Thoughts
Read more of: AUGAR: Our CEO Vanessa Wilson Sets Out Her Initial ThoughtsSo it’s finally landed. And landed very heavily at 200-plus pages and 50 recommendations. Philip Augar and his panel has done exactly what ministers asked for – a serious, detailed and comprehensive assessment of the current system: what works; what doesn’t; and options on how to fix it. There are areas of concern, particularly on […]
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In Short: Our Initial Reaction to the Augar Report
Read more of: In Short: Our Initial Reaction to the Augar ReportFollowing the launch this morning of the post-18 review, we give our initial thoughts. In advance of our full statement, University Alliance CEO, Vanessa Wilson said: “This is a serious, detailed report but we have real doubts that the money, legislative space or political impetus is there. Theresa May’s review risks being dead on arrival. “We […]
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UA CEO Vanessa Wilson speaks to the BBC on University Funding
Read more of: UA CEO Vanessa Wilson speaks to the BBC on University FundingUniversity Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson spoke to the BBC on Saturday 25th May about the anticipated publication of the ‘Post-18 Review’. She warned that “We need to move quickly to end the uncertainty, confusion and damage to colleges and universities’ finances.” To find out more, read the full article here.
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Alliance Universities Working to Tackle the HE ‘Care Leaver Crisis’
Read more of: Alliance Universities Working to Tackle the HE ‘Care Leaver Crisis’Alliance members Kingston and Oxford Brookes are two of the eight universities piloting a new project announced today to improve the support received by care leavers in higher education. Currently only 12% of care leavers progress to higher education and these students are twice as likely to drop out than their contemporaries. The government has […]
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Coventry University Launches Major New Mental Health Pilot
Read more of: Coventry University Launches Major New Mental Health PilotYesterday, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, it was announced that Coventry University, alongside partners from The University of Warwick and West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), was awarded £6.8 million by the Government to tackle poor mental health in the workplace. A sixth of England’s working age (16-64) population suffers from a mental health […]
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Made At Uni- The Nation’s Lifesavers
Read more of: Made At Uni- The Nation’s LifesaversToday, Universities UK launches its second phase of the successful ‘Made at Uni’ campaign. The University Alliance is once again incredibly proud to support this initiative. The focus of this campaign is on the ‘Nation’s Lifesavers’, the people and projects within universities across the country whose work is helping to improve all of our health […]
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Bringing Researchers Together: The DTA Spring School
Read more of: Bringing Researchers Together: The DTA Spring SchoolThe UA Communications Officer reflects on the first ever DTA Spring School.
