Following the results of the government’s ‘rapid review’ of level 3 qualifications, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “The Protect Student Choice campaign have again succeeded in championing the importance of BTECs: 13 of the AGQs they identified as essential have been saved from defunding in the rapid review of level 3 qualifications. We are […]
A coalition of employers and apprentices spanning sectors including healthcare, science, construction, manufacturing, creative, business and local government have written to the Chancellor to express deep concern over the planned defunding of level 7 apprenticeships Over 600 signatories have backed the letter, including representatives from over 60 NHS Trusts, 29 local authorities and sector representative […]
University Alliance has made a submission to the ‘Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future’ consultation, as part of a national conversation to develop the 10 Year Health Plan for England. UA’s policy proposals include: Read UA’s full submission here.
Our consultation response focuses on how professional and technical universities contributeto many of the cross-cutting enablers of a pro-business environment identified in the greenpaper and how these can be optimised through government policy. Growth driving sectorsWe argue the government should seize the opportunity to utilise the whole higher educationsector to deliver the Industrial Strategy, Sector […]
University Alliance has made a submission to the DfE’s call for evidence on improving the curriculum and assessment system, ahead of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. Read UA’s submission here.
The Creative Education Coalition have submitted to the Curriculum Review Call for Evidence. See the full submission here. The Creative Education Coalition are made up of the following organisations: University Alliance London Higher GuildHEDrama and Theatre Education AllianceAssociation for Art History University College London (UCL)Royal College of Art (RCA)University of the Arts London (UAL)National Saturday […]
University Alliance has responded to the Secretary of State for Education’s announcement today (4 November) that tuition fees and the amount of student maintenance loan available would be increased in line with inflation. Vanessa Wilson, CEO of University Alliance, said: “As University Alliance, representing professional and technical universities, we welcome this commitment to the financial […]
“University Alliance made its submission to the Treasury on Tuesday 10 September for the Budget which will take place on 30th October. The submission reflected what we and our members, as large professional and technical universities located in major conurbations across the UK, believe would make the biggest material impact for our students, our universities […]
University Alliance has published their budget submission to the Treasury, which was submitted on Tuesday 10 September, outlining their asks for the October 2024 Budget and 2025/26 Departmental Expenditure Limits. Three asks have been highlighted as part of the submission, with each ask accompanied by a policy recommendations and an explanation of the rationale and […]
The Office for Students (OfS) has allocated over £3.3million to develop healthcare degree apprenticeships, as a result of a successful joint bid led by Middlesex University and supported by University Alliance (UA). The funding, worth £3,381,000, will allow a number of UA members to form the Healthcare Education Consortium. Collectively, they will coordinate the delivery […]