…Commenting on a story by the BBC on graduate skills, Libby Hackett, “called for universities to make the case for more higher education places as, despite the recession, the number of graduate vacancies continues to grow as a proportion of the total workforce.” Check out the full story here….
…still a significant graduate premium. “Universities need to continue to make every effort, in partnership with business and the professions, to secure employment for recent graduates during the recession but the overall picture remains clear and demand for going to university is high. Applying market logic would see the total number of university places increased. Instead they have been quietly cut by around 24,000 places compared with last yea…
…versity, Bournemouth, to give a lecture on what we can do, as a sector, to make the reality live up to the rhetoric of the White Paper in order to put students more profoundly at the heart of the system. “If we are serious about putting students at the heart of the system we would need to look beyond this consumerist approach.” The Coalition Government’s complete overhaul of the student finance system is, after all, not only based on our diminishe…
…ailable will have a direct impact on youth unemployment whilst increasing the UK’s capacity for economic growth. No-one is suggesting these are easy decisions to make but for the individuals involved and for the future prosperity of the UK, they are critical….
…urn for the investment in universities and universities haven’t always been good at explaining or demonstrating this. This is partly because the very aspects that are so valuable and unique about universities, that make the investment so worthwhile, can often seem intangible. Here at University Alliance, we wanted to find a better way of describing it; so we asked the students. Find out more on our Student Stories….
…cess bursaries will suffer, writes Simon Baker – full report here. Libby Hackett, director of the University Alliance group of institutions, all but one of which has an average fee above £7,500, said the government’s policy “makes no sense” and would strip out the middle part of the sector. “They are forcing the polarisation of the sector and are creating a situation where nobody can operate in the market between £7,500 and £9,000,” she said. …
…the very aspects that are so valuable and unique about universities, that make the investment so worthwhile, can often seem intangible. Here at University Alliance, an organisation bringing together 23 UK universities with government and business, we wanted to find a better way of describing it; so we asked the students. Over the course of six months we interviewed students from a number of Alliance universities. We wanted to find out what made t…
…ment. Higher graduate contributions are the “only possible way forward” to make the higher education system fairer and sustainable for the future, the Business Secretary said. Mr Cable was setting out a more “progressive” system of funding that includes proposals for a so-called “graduate tax”. And he admitted that as the university sector becomes more competitive, it is inevitable that some institutions will struggle and should be left to fail. R…
…ey support students in areas such as careers guidance and work placements, the universities minister announced. Mr Willetts said it was the coalition government’s first move to help students make more informed decisions about their choice of university, and said he hoped to announce further measures in the months ahead. Read the full article. …
…to restrict PhD funding to a particular group of universities – in fact it makes only cautious recommendations in this area. As with research funding, the principle of funding excellence wherever it exists remains the best policy to ensure the future health of the UK research base and the most efficient use of public investment.” “As major providers of professional and executive postgraduate qualifications, we welcome the recognition that postgrad…