The new leadership team for the University Alliance board take up their roles today, following their election earlier this year. They will guide the Alliance group as they develop and carry out a new strategic vision over the next three years. Due to the restrictions of the pandemic on her role, having only been elected […]
Responding to the BEIS announcement yesterday on a ‘Plan B’ alternative to Horizon Europe, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “University Alliance welcomes yesterday’s announcement from government which provides some assurance that plans are finally forming to ensure that researchers and universities alike are not facing a possible funding cliff edge at the end of the […]
This week, on Wednesday 6th July, the Doctoral Training Alliance will be setting up shop at the University of Brighton for their annual Summer School event. This will be the first in-person Summer School for two years. Researchers from across the DTA’s four interdisciplinary programmes (Applied Biosciences for Health, Social Policy, Energy and Future […]
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Winners of the University Alliance’s ‘Alliance Awards’ were announced on Tuesday during a ceremony hosted by Kingston University. The awards celebrate excellence in higher education and recognise achievements across all parts of Alliance universities. The winning individuals, teams and projects were selected for their hard work, dedication and commitment to the University Alliance core values. […]
Alliance Universities are continuing to strengthen their contribution to the UK’s world-leading research, Research Excellence Framework (REF) results have shown. University Alliance members, fifteen of the UK’s leading professional and technical universities, made 175 submissions to the REF in total. 70% of their submissions were found to have included world-leading research, with 94% including world-leading […]
University Alliance (UA) has today (11 May January 2022) announced that Robert Gordon University has officially joined the mission group as its fifteenth member. University Alliance represents the country’s leading technical and professional universities. Alliance universities are known for their innovation across applied research and skills-based teaching, as well as their close ties with industry […]
The shortlisted nominees for the Alliance Awards 2022 have been announced today (11th May 2022), with 33 individuals and teams recognised for their inspiring work across 7 categories. The Alliance Awards were established to celebrate hard work, dedication and excellence across some of the UK’s leading professional and technical universities. Colleagues from across the […]
Salary: £25,000 to £28,000 per annum, pro rata for part-time FTE: 0.6FTE (working 22.5 hours per week) Duration of Contract: 12-month fixed term contract Location University Alliance operates an agile working model where staff have the option to work the majority of the week remotely with access to a ‘touchdown’ space on one of […]
Responding to the recent agreement between UK universities and research institutions, and Elsevier on open access to their research portfolio, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “University Alliance welcomes the news that UK universities and research institutions have reached an open access agreement with Elsevier following the sector’s acceptance of the latest proposal. The agreement, […]
