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  1. University Alliance respond to OfS strategy consultation for 2025-2030

    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 […]

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  2. University Alliance’s submission to the Spending Review

    University Alliance has made its submission to the Treasury ahead of this year’s Spending Review. The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are critical to delivering the government’s decade of renewal, and focuses on three of the government’s missions: kickstarting economic growth, building an NHS fit for the future and breaking down the barriers […]

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  3. New report on the barriers to expanding healthcare degree apprenticeships

    To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby have jointly published a comprehensive report that explores the current enablers of and barriers to delivering healthcare apprenticeships. Titled ‘An exploration of barriers and enablers to the expansion of healthcare degree apprenticeships’, the report focuses on expanding apprenticeship participation for Allied […]

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  4. University Alliance publish Invest 2035 consultation response

    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 […]

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  5. Creative Education Coalition’s submission to the Curriculum Review Call for Evidence 2024

    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 […]

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  6. University Alliance publish asks ahead of 2024 Autumn Budget

    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 […]

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  7. Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new government

    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 […]

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  8. To what degree: Understanding what UK businesses look for in graduates

    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 […]

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