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  1. Creative arts subjects vital for supporting UK innovation and economy

    June 9, 2021

    …k on film sets at some of the highest grossing production companies in the world. https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2021/03/30/jobs-at-hbo-and-netflix-with-university-of-south-wales/ In order to help support long-term economic growth, productivity and job creation, Birmingham City University’s STEAMhouse encourages co-working, collaboration and knowledge exchange between the arts, science, technology, engineering and maths (STEAM) sectors. https://www…

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  2. Continuing the conversation between Emma Hardy MP and Professor Jane Harrington, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich 

    July 6, 2020

    …ed with this stark prospect universities will have a key role to play in delivering the reskilling agenda successfully. We will also need to increase part-time, flexible, and distance learning opportunities. To fulfil this role, we need to radically re-examine our education system, making it truly accessible for all learners and ensuring that it is providing students with the knowledge and skills they want and need. Second chances will be hugely i…

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  3. Universities, the NHS, and health workforce transformation

    February 5, 2024

    …ght place unless there is a joint effort to effect a change. Coordinated delivery Delivering an ambitious workforce plan in a financially challenging environment will require new creative ways of working – how can the existing workforce be reskilled, or services be reorganised? The renewed emphasis on prevention will necessitate new healthcare and non-healthcare roles. To deliver on the plan’s promise, workforce planning at every level must involv…

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  4. University Alliance’s 2022 in review

    December 23, 2022

    …with their focus on industry and on post-graduate employability, our Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) and DTA3 programmes continue to go from strength to strength. On top of that, UA can be proud of policy successes on BTECs, PQAs, degree apprenticeships and Research and Innovation funding. You can watch our full video round-up of the year below – and if you’re interested in what we have planned for the coming year(s), you can read our Strategy f…

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    Season's Greeting from everyone at University Alliance

  6. #WeAreInternational blog: Rabia Khan

    November 15, 2022

    …eted her undergraduate studies in Canada, she worked for four years as a researcher at the Neuroscience Institute in Qatar. When her husband (an A&E specialist) took up a role at the Royal Derby Hospital, the family relocated to the city, drawn by its central location and affordability. But there was much more about Derby and the course that appealed to her: “I love the campus – it’s spacious with all the facilities you need – including the gym –…

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  7. Alliance universities play key role in regeneration and investment in local communities

    August 20, 2021

    …and support our local areas to be vibrant, exciting and thriving places to live. Between 2016 and 2019, Alliance universities were awarded more than £68m to spend on regenerating their local communities, alongside our own significant investments. This has allowed members to draw on civic partnerships to support infrastructure, projects, planning and investment in the regeneration of our local towns and cities. As we begin to recover from the pande…

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  8. ‘A solution can always be found and we are on your side’ – Kingston University Clearing student turned hotline operator says

    August 10, 2021

    …om a small village called Verzuolo in Italy. When I first came to the UK I lived in West London, which was quite noisy and overwhelming. Kingston is a lot more peaceful with plenty of green space and the Thames riverside. It’s also very student-friendly, which I didn’t expect from such a family orientated borough,” she said. In her first year, Veronica has enjoyed learning about data analysis as part of the business management module. “I never tho…

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  9. Profile: Professor Debra Humphris, Chair of University Alliance

    October 11, 2019

    …ith businesses and are embedded in our communities. We really do transform lives and communities.” Although she thinks we will be in for a turbulent few years, with financial pressures increasing and the added challenge of a potential no-deal Brexit, Debra believes “we are absolutely stronger together”. Furthermore, she says “universities will be more important than ever, delivering the high-level work force, the innovation and creativity, that th…

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  10. Digital transformation is key to boosting student experience

    September 26, 2023

    …can enable universities to improve decision making, provide an exemplary student and employee experience and importantly, improve their cybersecurity credentials.   We believe that the way universities think about and implement their technological platform is due for disruption. We believe that even in the face of the challenging trends I spoke of earlier it is possible to deliver exemplary student experience with the help of a smart and efficien…

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