“On the 11th of March 2025, I was fortunate to be invited to represent both the University Alliance’s (UA) Doctoral Training Alliance Programme (DTA) and Teesside University at a parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster. Vice Chancellors of multiple UA universities were in attendance, alongside Members of Parliament, the Shadow Cabinet and even the […]
Head of Policy Susanna Kalitowski takes a deep-dive into regulatory burden in higher education. Originally published on the Higher Education Policy Institute’s blog The Prime Minister recently declared that Britain has ‘too much regulation and too many regulators’ before the shock announcement to abolish the world’s biggest quango, NHS England. Since December, the Government has been […]
Today (Monday 24 March), the University of Derby and University Alliance hosted a roundtable of national health and education leaders, with the aim of identifying ways to ensure the goals originally set out in the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan (2023) can be met. With over 100,000 vacancies in the NHS in England overall (including 27,452 […]
On 11 March 2025, University Alliance hosted a parliamentary event showcasing the role of UA’s leading professional and technical universities across four themes: opportunity, community and civic impact, innovation and growth and skills. The event, which was partly intended as an introduction to UA for new parliamentarians following the 2024 general election, was attended by MPs […]
University Alliance have submitted their response to the Office for Students strategy consultation for the years 2025 – 2030. Find the full submission here. Overview of the response Whilst University Alliance supports many of the priorities set out in the proposed strategy, wewere dismayed to see a lack of focus on cutting the cost and […]
The Alliance Awards are our chance to celebrate the hard work and dedication of individuals and teams from across our membership. As always, we’ll be recognising people or teams for their outstanding contributions to professional and technical education – but this year things look a little different. We’re introducing brand new awards categories. Still sticking […]
Alliance universities are some of the foremost providers of degree apprenticeships, with apprentices studying everything from Nursing, to Quantity Surveying, to Automotive Engineering all the way to Digital Design. This National Apprenticeships Week we’re showcasing some inspiring degree apprentices from across our membership, highlighting how their courses have shaped their learning and future careers. Abigail, […]
A new report has identified several significant barriers to the expansion of degree apprenticeship routes to deliver the workforce targets as set out in the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan. To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby has today (Monday 10 February) published a comprehensive report that explores the […]
Professor John Latham CBE, a board member at University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University is set to advise the government on business and trade. Professor Latham has been named as a non-executive board member at the Department for Business and Trade. Vanessa Wilson, CEO of University Alliance said: “We are incredibly proud that Professor […]
“As the end of another busy year approaches, the time is right to take stock and reflect on the last 12 months. A lot has changed: this time last December, we had a different government, different tuition and maintenance loan levels and a slightly different set of challenges. Whilst the challenges we face have evolved […]
