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  1. DTA Summer School 2022 begins this week, with an emphasis on community

      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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  2. Alliance Awards winners announced during ceremony hosted at Kingston University Town House

    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. […]

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  3. Alliance universities ‘taking great strides forwards’ with world-leading research output

    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 […]

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  4. Robert Gordon University joins the University Alliance

    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 […]

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  5. Shortlisted nominees announced for the Alliance Awards 2022

      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 […]

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  6. Personal Assistant to CEO

    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 […]

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  7. University Alliance announces support for Elsevier open access agreement

    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, […]

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  8. University Alliance responds to OfS consultations on TEF, student outcomes and the construction of indicators

    Government proposals on quality in higher education could ‘wreak havoc on the levelling up agenda’: University Alliance responds to Office for Students consultations University Alliance [UA] has today [Wednesday 16 March 2022] responded to three consultations launched by the Office for Students [OfS] on 20 January 2022. The consultations sought views on a range of […]

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  9. University Alliance responds to Horizon Europe funding extension

    Responding to the announcement today from BEIS that Horizon Europe applicants will receive a funding extension guarantee, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We warmly welcome the announcement extending the UK government funding guarantee for successful UK applicants to Horizon Europe until December 2022. Alliance institutions have been successful recipients of EU programme funding for […]

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