…Leach, founder, Editor in Chief and Director, Wonkhe, on how to get the most out of Twitter. One-to-one and group session. Teaching and Learning PVC Network Communications Network International PVC Network This conference is closed to staff at Alliance universities. Click here to register your place and read the full programme….
…A recent blog by Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, calling on politicians to pledge to re-introduce the two-year post-study work visa allowing qualified international graduates to stay in the UK to work for a limited time, has featured in Business Leader. Read the story here….
…discussions and challenges facing the sector including funding, student recruitment and marketing and globalisation. The Show includes: A conference programme bringing together leaders in the sector. Breakout workshop sessions in five dedicated seminar theatres. Meet new and existing suppliers. Confirmed Speakers: Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Principal and Vice-Chancellor and Chair, University of Aberdeen and Universities UK Group on Efficiency Paul…
…Design Week which also highlighted how “Earlier this year, University Alliance called for a ‘revolution’ in design education to ‘embed creativity and problem-solving into the National Curriculum’.” You can find out about our Design& project we recently ran with the Intellectual Property Office here….
…nderpinning a successful approach to fair access. It is a key theme in the national strategy for access and student success and OFFA encourages higher education providers to take this approach in the access agreements they draw up with us. Many already do: Nottingham Trent University’s 2014-15 access agreement, for example, takes a clear whole-lifecycle approach that starts with outreach to raise aspirations and attainment in potential students of…
…lliance to become a trusted, influential body. We have always taken a constructive, solution-based approach across Government and have been rewarded for doing so. University Alliance is in a position to build on its successes, particularly in developing a stronger national and global market profile for an outstanding group of universities. “I am delighted to be joining Perrett Laver as their Global Higher Education business goes from strength to s…
…015. After much debate, they have adopted a more welcoming regime for international students. Australia even has a parallel loan scheme for postgraduates from which we could learn. “There are some issues that neither country has fully resolved – such as how to recoup loans from graduates who have moved abroad. But people working on higher education policy in Australia typically watch England more closely than we watch them. That needs to change be…
…ity Alliance team will judge the competition and decide on the winner. The runners up will be posted on our website along with the winning image. The winning image will become property of University Alliance. Covers will be judged on their design as well as how well they fit the ‘Global’ brief. The winner will be published on our website on Thursday 28 November. The winner will also be contacted directly to arrange receipt of their prize. Question…
…s pleased to support Make Your Future Happen: Discover Higher Education, a national week-long campaign – running 12 – 18 October – to promote the benefits of higher education and encourage people of all ages to consider applying to higher education. This is important because: More jobs than ever before now require a higher education qualification while the number of jobs for non-graduates is rapidly declining. Graduates have been shown to live lon…
…graduates to be allowed to stay in the UK to work after warning that international students receive a “warmer welcome” in rival nations such as the US and Australia. However, Steve West, vice-chancellor of the University of th e West of England and chair of the University Alliance, queried whether more “ifs and buts” about exceptions to existing post-study rules could “do more harm” than good. He said that rather than “half-hearted” attempts to e…
