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  1. Comment on the latest UCAS application figures

    …Contrary to a report published last week by the Association of Graduate Recruiters, the June statistics from High Fliers showed an 18% increase in graduate job opportunities. With 80% of newly created jobs requiring graduate-level skills it is right that the ambitions of young people would direct them to university for greater opportunities. “What is disappointing, however, is the restriction of places for well qualified students that will leave m…

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  2. Comment for the Times Higher Education on VAT incentives for shared services

    …oney. At a time when the sector is experiencing financial pressures it is crucial that barriers such as this are removed sooner rather than later. Opportunities for greater efficiencies should be encouraged not hindered.” ENDS Notes to Editors University Alliance represents 23 major, dynamic, business-like universities at the heart of the sector that deliver world-leading research with impact and are actively business focussed. Through evidence-ba…

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  3. Comment to the Times Higher Education following Vince Cable’s comments on development in education

    …ynamic, business-like universities at the heart of the sector that deliver world-leading research with impact and are actively business-focussed. Alliance universities educate 27% 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. Alliance universities: Aberystwy…

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  4. Efficiency, leadership and partnership: an approach that delivers shared economic priorities

    …killed workforce; driving innovation through partnership with business and world-leading research; providing real-time business solutions through shared expertise; providing entrepreneurial leadership in areas such as regeneration and sustainability; and fostering social mobility and inclusion. The question is how to achieve these shared priorities and how to maintain the UK’s position as a high-quality, leading university sector in a climate that…

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  5. 21st Century universities: engines of an innovation-driven economy

    …being asked across the UK as we face the biggest deficit since the end of World War II. The question was recently summed up by Vince Cable in his Denning Lecture; “can we reduce the deficit while still investing in helping the economy?” While government has recognised the important role of universities as part of this critical question, the full role of these institutions within our economy has often been overshadowed in the UK. Indeed, despite s…

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  6. University Alliance response to cuts in higher education funding

    …ynamic, business-like universities at the heart of the sector that deliver world-leading research with impact and are actively business-focussed. Through evidence-based policy and research, the Alliance aims to improve policymaking in higher education to the benefit of the UK economy and society. Alliance universities educate 27% of all UK students and achieve some of the highest graduate-level employment rates. These universities offer a research…

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  7. University Alliance propose a Graduate Contribution Scheme that would allow more students to go to university

    …h the sale of bonds. The proposals are based on a successful model already running in Hungary. It would simplify the current financial scheme of grants and maintenance loans into one system. Graduates would be able to secure funding for fees and living costs from a new Graduate Contribution Service that would replace the Student Loans Company. The funding for these would not come from Government but be backed by private investment through the sale…

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  8. University Alliance welcomes HEFCE’s ‘sensible proposals’ but warns of consequences for those 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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