Beth joined University Alliance in July 2019 as Head of Communications and Public Affairs. Prior to joining UA, Beth was campaign manager at Universities UK, developing and leading the successful MadeAtUni campaign. Before this, she led on political and public affairs at Universities Wales. Her career began in the student movement where she held various elected roles including president of the National Union of Students in Wales, and representati…
…arity, will be an affiliate member of the What Works Network – a government-led initiative to improve the way public sector organisations create, share and use high quality evidence for decision making. Professor Edward Peck, Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, said: “It is a privilege for NTU and our partners to be selected to establish this important national centre which will help improve the ways in which higher education providers…
…dards. “We have made constructive proposals so the TEF is not a costly tick-box exercise but actually strengthens teaching and learning. We need to stop TEF suffering mission creep by constantly trying to be all things, to all people. “We urge ministers to pause and review the introduction of the subject-level TEF, not ploughing on regardless. It would be wise to fix the current flaws before extending it to tens of thousands of courses nationally….
…sponsible for academic staff working in the OU’s 13 Regional Centres. She then had a spell at the AUA as Executive Director, before joining Salford University as the Director of a brand new department, Student Life. Liz is Deputy Chair of the Mulberry Multi Academy Trust, and works as a non-executive director on a number of Boards, including AHUA and Common Purpose. She also served for a number of years as a Justice of the Peace. She has four chil…
…of Glamorgan in 2010, where she previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Prior to joining the university she was Assistant Vice-Chancellor at UWE Bristol with oversight for academic quality, student services, academic secretariat and timetabling and Associate Dean of the Business School at the University of Wolverhampton. With a strong personal interest in standards and quality in higher education, she was previously an auditor for…
…Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University Professor Alistair Fitt is the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University. Alistair was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor at Oxford Brookes and had a remit that covered all research and knowledge exchange at the University. Alistair joined Oxford Brookes in March 2011 from the University of Southampton where he worked for 22 years, latterly as the Head of the School of Mathematics and then Pro Vice-Chancellor…
…launch an outreach campaign to raise awareness about degree apprenticeship opportunities in the NHS. In doing so, it is hoped they will attract a diverse pool of candidates, including those who might not have otherwise studied at university. “As UA, we are committed to social mobility and creating social capital for individuals as well as delivering the country’s future healthcare workforce. The new Healthcare Education Consortium, which will form…
…s a trend to watch. These students may be particularly affected by the cost-of-living crisis, and we urge the government to increase student maintenance support as a matter of urgency to ensure we can continue to attract the NHS workforce of the future. There needs to be a concerted cross-government effort, working with both NHS England and training providers, like the universities in University Alliance, to grow both student interest and training…
…category. There are two judges for each award, and every judge is someone completely independent of University Alliance, working at a senior level within the university sector – you can see a full list of this year’s fantastic judges below. The judges work independently of each other initially – each separately scoring every nomination in their category from 0-10 across three areas: How closely do the strengths demonstrated by the nominee(s) al…
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