…ated over £2 million of research projects, retained over 1,000 jobs in the UK and led to a further expansion of Siemens’ business in the UK. Alliance Universities have a proud history. But now, more than ever, is our time. All the major parties, and just about everyone else, recognizes that the UK’s best chance of success in the 21st century is as a knowledge economy with growth balanced across sectors and regions. Alliance universities’ research…
…, said: “UK universities get up to 20 percent of their external research income from the EU. So a hit to the Horizon 2020 budget will have a significant negative impact on our research base. “Investment in science and research leverages private investment and leads to deep and long-lasting social and economic benefits, including job creation and growth. Many Horizon 2020 funding streams are directed towards those parts of the economy with the grea…
…80,000 students on postgraduate taught caught courses – 18 per cent of the UK total. In areas such as Architecture, Allied medicine and computer science our share is even higher with 29%, 26% and 23% respectively. “As significant players in postgraduate delivery, we look forward to working with government to develop the detail of this funding scheme.” Sustainable funding for higher education Professor West added: “But we still need the government…
…ible educational experience for students to providing jobs for their local communities, from leading the way in supporting employers and industries to nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs – Alliance universities are generating much-needed economic growth and attracting investment, especially in parts of the country which need it most. “As major anchor institutions in their cities and regions they have an outstanding record for research,…
…ties have an impact of £10 billion. The UK ranks as the 3rd most innovative country in the world and 2nd for Business-University collaboration. £376 million generated from graduate start-ups. Alliance universities generated 44% of this. University Alliance, NCUB and Innovate UK share a commitment to ensuring that the research base continues to contribute to economic growth by driving profits, attracting inward investment and creating jobs across t…
…w University Alliance’s HELP proposals – which offer clear thinking and simple steps to enabling universal access to student loans for the future time while bring down the massive cost of the current loan system – were recognised by Mr Byrne in his publication. Mr Byrne praises the “compelling” model of a £10,000 loan for taught master’s students set out by the IPPR, as well as the “important alternative” of a lifetime loan allowance set out by th…
…oversial findings of a new report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, Elitist Britain? The report found that the UK is “deeply elitist” according to an analysis of the backgrounds of more than 4,000 business, political, media and public sector leaders. In the BBC News report, Prof West urged a “major rethink of what success looks like in the 21st Century”. “There is a massive breadth of routes to success and huge diversity of oppo…
…s a thriving higher education system to drive it and that investing in the UK’s knowledge economy is the only way to promote sustainable growth and prosperity. “As Robbins Rebooted recognises, access is not just about getting young people into elite universities. There is so much more positive work that is going on right across the higher education sector, especially by Alliance universities, and it is essential that this work is supported if we a…
…from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission which found that the UK is deeply elitist, Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, welcomed this illuminating research. He said: “We totally agree that a lack of diversity in key professions such as politics, media and the judiciary inhibits understanding of the issues facing people from different backgrounds. They are unrepresentative of the public they are supposed to be serving. “Univ…
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