…edia contact: ahenry@university-alliance.ac.uk | 07833 236 629. The January 2012 Grant Letter to HEFCE confirmed that 10,000 modernisation fund student numbers will not be consolidated and an additional 5,000 student numbers have been removed to reduce the risk of overspend. Of the 20,000 Core and Margin numbers – the vast majority of which has come out of HE numbers – around 10,000 have been allocated to universities and around 10,000 to FE Colle…
…o serving our local community, and it made a great deal of sense for us to come together, combining resources to work more closely with, for instance, schools, hospitals and community groups,” she says. “Sport plays a really important role at the university, too. We run degree programmes in sports science, sports event management, sports marketing and sports psychology, and we train PE teachers, so there is plenty of scope here to enrich our teach…
…creation, in widening access to university study and in strengthening our communities, we are committed to powering the country’s economic, social and cultural future. As the government prepares for a Spending Review, the work of Alliance universities will be vital in delivering the government’s commitments – find out how, here. Read our publication here, and our campaign case studies below. Comprehensive Spending Review 2021 Posted on September…
…degree apprenticeships. The aim of the other report is to identify the conditions needed to deliver the targets in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to provide 22% of all training for clinical staff through apprenticeship routes by 2031/32 (16% by 2028/29) and introduce medical degree apprenticeships. You can find further details on that ITT here. Individuals and organisations are welcome to bid to deliver both reports. Read the full Invitation to…
…s such as Higher Technical Qualifications and Skills Bootcamps. We have welcomed the Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) as a transformative initiative, which has the potential to widen access to higher education and significantly upskill the UK workforce. “With the Learning and Work Institute predicting a shortage of 2.6 million high-skilled workers by 2030, we must focus not only on short-term solutions, but on developing a workforce with advanced k…
…ustrial cluster by 2040, with at least one low-carbon industrial cluster by 2030. The mission will help to place the UK at the forefront of the global shift to clean growth, by driving the technologies, services, and markets to produce low carbon industrial products. The heart of the project is aimed at achieving net zero and at the same time, reversing the decline of heavy industry and creating economic prosperity for Wales. This will be done by…
…ear with international students representing £10.8 billion in export value, 206,600 jobs and a net economic benefit of £20.3 billion. The value is also social as international students contribute to diverse campuses, aiding the preparation of home students for an international workforce, and extending the UK’s soft power abroad. In line with UUK, we believe the government should take positive policy decisions to support universities to grow their…
…th the option to commit to supporting as little as three events between May 2021 and May 2022 or the opportunity to volunteer for more if they want to. “This is a very exciting moment as we launch our recruitment for our City Hosts. We seek to engage residents in many ways – as audience members, participants, supporters and makers. Today we invite everyone in the city to play a major part in ensuring the success of City of Culture, by joining our…
…n @TU2Space UWE Bristol Tree of Wisdom Chocolates: Pedro Lafargue-Molina In 2009, Pedro planted cacao trees to reforest a plantain field in Ecuador. Four years later he realised that it would difficult to maintain the crop with the income as a small farmer – less than $1 a day. So he began to use small batches of his harvest to make artisan chocolate. He later set up a small farmers association and worked with different smallholders to directly su…
…ks with Siemens to create the first new School of Engineering in the UK for 20 years which opened in 2010. This was supported by key stakeholders such as HEFCE, the Regional Development Agency and the European Commission. Its aim was to address the urgent need to train more engineers and avoid businesses such as Siemens and their supply chains moving out of the area. Lincoln academics and Siemens training staff are co-located at the School, sharin…
