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  1. Future arrangements for quality assurance in England and Northern Ireland

    …namic, business-like universities at the heart of the sector which deliver world-leading research with impact and are actively business-focussed. These universities educate 26% of all UK students and offer a research-informed, academic learning environment and a culture of entrepreneurialism, equipping graduates for the 21st century. This response follows discussion amongst our Pro Vice-Chancellors with responsibility for teaching, learning and qu…

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  2. University Alliance warns of consequences of cuts for students who won’t get a place at university

    …leaders need sufficient freedom within a framework if they are to deliver crucial benefits to the UK economy and society. “Universities have striven to diversify their sources of funding and have continued a pattern of reducing dependency on public funding. Alliance universities obtain less than 50% of their income from core public funding. Private income should supplement, however, not replace essential public investment in higher education. “Inv…

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  3. The Independent: ‘Northumbria University heads South to get the London look’

    …students, hopes to take the capital by storm with its new base round the corner from the Business Design Centre. “Our fashion school has a great reputation but it remains the case in fashion that it is key to have a presence in one of the world’s fashion cities,” says the vice-chancellor Professor Andrew Wathey. “For a while we had had our annual fashion show in London as well as the North-east but this will give us a footprint near the centre of…

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  4. Review of Postgraduate Education, DBIS

    …namic, business-like universities at the heart of the sector which deliver world-leading research with impact and are actively business-focussed. Alliance universities educate 26% of all UK students and achieve some of the highest graduate-level employment rates. These universities offer a research- informed, academic learning environment and a culture of entrepreneurialism, equipping graduates for the 21st century. [Download consultation response…

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  5. THE: Embrace, don't shun, ethos of business

    …ue-added economy, dynamic and agile enough to compete with the best in the world. The demands upon higher education are becoming so diverse that it is time to acknowledge reality – differentiation in our sector. There is a compelling case for a new generation of universities, focused on and expert in working with business – business-facing universities engaging and collaborating with business, the professions and the public sector. Of course, all…

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  6. Hattie’s story – University of Brighton

    My Clearing success story at Brighton My account as a student who went through the Clearing process and successfully got onto the course of my dreams! My Personal Clearing Experience  My university Clearing journey was a rollercoaster of unexpected decisions and opportunities that led me to study my dream course at the University of Brighton.   I hadn’t planned to go to university that year, but I spontaneously decided to call the Clearing team t…

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  7. Coventry University says…

    Six key questions students in Clearing should ask this year Coventry University Provost Ian Dunn The countdown to the biggest day of thousands of students’ lives so far has begun. A-level results day is on August 15 and while so many students already have what happens next planned out, things can change once results are known. Some may not have got the grades they needed, while others will have done better than expected and there will be those wh…

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  8. University Alliance responds to DfE’s Advanced British Standard consultation

    University Alliance have published their response to the Department for Education’s Advanced British Standard consultation. Summary University Alliance is broadly supportive of the aims of the Advanced British Standard (ABS). As professional and technical universities, we see equal value in both academic and vocational subjects and do not believe students should be forced down one route or another. We also agree that all students need good litera…

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  9. University Alliance writes to Chancellor with cost-neutral recommendations to safeguard technical education   

    Ahead of the Autumn statement, University Alliance has warned the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt of ‘serious financial challenges’ that present a significant risk of ‘a two-tier university system emerging’. Vanessa Wilson, CEO of University Alliance wrote to the Chancellor suggesting several low-cost or cost-neutral policies to ensure professional and technical universities can continue to excel in high-quality skills provision. Vanessa Wilson said: “The…

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  10. University Alliance responds to the publication of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan

    In response to the publication of NHS England’s Long-Term Workforce Plan, the CEO of University Alliance Vanessa Wilson said: “We are pleased and relieved that this plan has now been published. This will allow universities to commit to more long-term planning and expand their teaching offer. There are challenges that must be overcome to really scale up healthcare education, but we believe our universities have the solutions. We want to work as cl…

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