…ll a challenge, getting the right insight to make the right strategic choices and maximise the investment in the right solutions for your institution is the key to sustainable future success. Take a whirlwind tour of pan-European HE projects and innovation at Future EdTech 2015, gain the insight you need and shape the conversation. Registration is complimentary for Universities and Higher Education Institutions – ensure you secure your place today…
…iversities are developing a new kind of excellence – based on world-class research that solves real-world problems and a student experience that produces entrepreneurial and job-ready graduates.” The list of Alliance universities winners and runner-ups is below. You can find the full list of winners and runner ups here: Business partnership Winner: Nottingham Trent University Runner up: Coventry University Employability Winner: Coventry University…
…m early in the design of the programmes, particularly through existing representative bodies, to ensure the skills Degree Apprenticeship lead to are highly-transferable and high-value, not just for employers but for the young people who choose to apply for them. “Alliance universities are well placed to help develop and implement this programme due to their strengths in subject areas closely linked to the needs of the economy such as engineering,…
…ish if we encourage the characteristics of selectivity, collaboration and responsiveness. Our report outlines how we can achieve this. The event will bring together business and university leaders, Parliamentarians and researchers to look at how we tackle the big questions facing the UK. Click here to register your place. We look forward to seeing you there. Maddalaine Ansell Chief Executive, University Alliance Julie Mercer Head of Education…
…g on a limited number of universities. There is a pervasive myth that the best research happens in traditional research-intensive universities and that critical mass is essential to effective research, and this myth seems to be influencing a lot of government policy. But a 2011 report by University Alliance demonstrated conclusively that quality is a driver of scale and not vice-versa; an analysis of RAE 2008 clearly showed that small and medium-s…
…versity research is funded is “critical” at a time when public spending is under scrutiny. “Previous funding decisions have been right to seek out and fund the teams doing leading research rather than picking winners at an institutional level,” he said. The best way to maintain the UK’s global standing as a research nation is to continue funding excellence “wherever it is found”, he argued. Read our full statement and coverage of Alliance universi…
…n highlighting feature throughout the analysis. As the various reviews get underway, there are some clear principles provided in the Strategy that should be adhered to. Ensuring that excellence is rewarded wherever it is found remains critical. “In particular we welcome the steer for Sir Paul Nurse’s review that “excellence must remain a fundamental value of UK science” and that the Research Councils should have the right “capabilities and structu…
…nsustainable funding system that could result in cuts to student places or underinvestment in high quality programmes. “This is why we developed our Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) proposals earlier this year to facilitate universal loans for the first time, including postgraduate students. It maintains a £21,000 earning threshold to protect low earners but would change the repayment rate once over the threshold. By improving the way loans…
…ghlighted how 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 s…
…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 opportunity in the global, technology-rich graduate employment market.” You can read our full statement here….