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 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 […]
In 2023, we published Let’s Get Technical, our manifesto for professional and technical universities. With a change of government taking place In summer 2024, we published an updated policy publication, titled: Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new government. This publication expands our recommendations for the new government, with policy proposals for the short-term and […]
When hiring, employers tend to value a graduate’s skills, the subject they studied, and vocational experience gained during their degree ahead of grades achieved or whether the graduate studied at a particular university, according to a new survey conducted by CBI Economics. Commissioned by University Alliance, CBI Economics conducted a survey of 252 UK employers […]
In a new publication, University Alliance has set out a range of impactful priority actions for the government to take in their first 100 days in power. UA’s latest policy briefing ‘Let’s Get Technical: The First 100 Days’ identifies policies that are cost-neutral or low-cost to deliver that could help professional and technical universities deliver […]
University Alliance have responded to UCAS’ engagement exercise on allocating UCAS Tariff points to Apprenticeships at Level 3 and SCQF Level 6. Read our full response.
University Alliance has published their response to REF 2029 Open Access Consultation. Read our full response.