…ime loan allocation brought in that would make it possible for people to re-train and up-skill throughout their career. Secondly, we know that the projected public subsidy on existing student loans is too high – 45% and growing. If these projections are right, it means that for every £1 the government gives out in student loans, they will only get 55p back. The growing cost of this loan subsidy is not sustainable in the medium or long term. We wer…
…and application alongside global citizenship in all of our graduates. HELP UK offers clear thinking and simple steps to enabling universal access to student loans for the first time, bringing down the massive cost of the current loans system and re-balancing the contribution between government and the individual to higher education. HELP UK has been developed with extensive economic modelling, student and parent surveys and workshops across Allia…
…join us as we showcase and discuss excellence in universities and businesses working together for the benefit of students and graduates in the UK. The event will see the launch of a new study, Job Ready, which will demonstrate the positive impact of business-university collaboration on the UK economy and wider society. The event will bring together business and university leaders, Parliamentarians and community leaders to look at how we tackle t…
…th that of Australia. While focused on what the UK can learn from Australia, the report suggests where Australia could learn from the UK. “Funding on the basis of retention also provides more options for managing rising rates of non-completion or drop out, which is something that might be more relevant to the Australian higher education sector in an era of demand-driven expansion with declining ATAR entry scores perhaps,” Ms Hackett said. Read the…
…s want to have the opportunity to undertake in-work placements and to contribute to the UK economy. Graduates should be allowed to stay long enough to put their new skills to use and give back to the UK. That can be achieved with one simple fix: reintroduce two-year post-study work visas for all graduates from trusted UK universities. This would enable the UK economy to benefit from their skills, without adding to the burden of long-term migration…
…gs like policies involving postgraduate numbers, and I also got to have one-to-ones with the majority of staff. It was particularly interesting to see how the University Alliance operates and how their projects are organised. I concluded my visit by helping out with the setup of their Design& project launch, which had a great turnout with people attending from a variety of different sectors. I felt that the staff did a great job at organising the…
…r HEPI, Andy Westwood, GuildHE’s Chief Executive, worried aloud that sector-owned ‘self-regulation’ via organisations like the QAA (which has just published a thinkpiece by Professor Roger King about regulation in a changing and uncertain HE system), UCAS, HESA – even the sector’s role in organisations like HEFCE and the OIA – is increasingly in question. Westwood warns, “we may be sleepwalking into a position where we give up sector ownership and…
…versity Alliance report – ‘The way we’ll work’ University Alliance is a non-partisan, non-political organisation working to promote, safeguard and sustain the public benefit delivered by universities together with our members. Our members are Bournemouth University, University of Bradford, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Coventry University, De Montfort University, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Greenwich, University of Hertfordshir…
…second most popular destination for international students, we welcome the commitment from Government to build on the existing strength of higher education as a key growth industry. “Research has shown that Alliance universities are the top choice for international students whose top priority is getting a good job. With outstanding graduate employment rates and over a quarter of all students in the UK, they are having a big impact on the economy a…
…ek). However, proposals to reward universities or courses that lead to high-earning careers risk reinforcing recruitment to City-based firms when we need to build a more dynamic economy such as in the creative and digital industries. A study last week found the UK digital economy was 40% bigger than estimated, with at least 270,000 digital companies. We should be looking to create a diverse university sector that provides firms with the capacity t…
