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  1. University Alliance responds to Sir Adrian Smith Review call for evidence

    …s for any new funding arrangements: Funding arrangements should mirror the main features of the agreement on the Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ Programmes in order to ensure high-quality pan-European collaboration and a commitment to funding excellence wherever it is found. Funding and the number of calls should be increased to support collaboration with the countries identified in the Fund for International Collaboration (FIC) and directed to better…

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  2. Enterprise education

    …or unleash entrepreneurial ambitions, resulting in business start-ups, its main aim is to develop skills that cannot be acquired through conventional learning. Now, more than ever, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, creativity, collaboration and project management are essential attributes for a successful career, and a confident and fulfilling life for our graduates. For those first-generation university students who may lack social…

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  3. UCLan joins University Alliance

    …n the UK. Professor John Latham, Chair of University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, said: “It is great news that University of Central Lancashire is joining University Alliance and we warmly welcome them. “At a time when the higher education sector faces huge challenges – but also great opportunities – coming together, collaborating and working collectively gives our members a stronger voice and supports us to innovate. “The…

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  4. Research Fortnight: All assessment systems come at a price

    …s research-intensive institutions could not develop their competitiveness. Maintaining selective staff assessment would do most to promote excellence through competition. The higher education and research bill that is before the UK parliament reiterates the commitment to this dual support system and seeks to give it statutory protection. The plan to create Research England—a separate entity within the proposed umbrella body UK Research and Innovat…

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  5. Universities: the hub and spoke in UK innovation

    …e are maintained with particular emphasis on SME growth and productivity excellence in research and innovation is rewarded wherever it is found direct grant funding is maintained for talent-related programmes and SMEs. Notes for Editors The report is the third in a series of University Alliance publications this year, focusing on the leadership role of universities as anchor institutions in cities and regions, working within wider ecosystems and r…

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  6. University Alliance: Higher Education Green Paper response

    …for TEF measures to be properly benchmarked and contextualised. “While the main focus of this report is teaching excellence, Ministers must ensure the large-scale changes envisaged in the way research and innovation are funded do not have unintended adverse consequences. Quality-related research funding is essential for ensuring a truly dynamic and competitive system and must be retained. At the same time Innovate UK should be developed as a busin…

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  7. University Alliance messages to Government 2015-2020

    …fund will boost both social mobility and the supply of skills. Teaching excellence. The new Teaching Excellence Framework must recognise differences between higher education providers, encourage innovation and incentivise universities to share good practice. It should be introduced in phases and recognise institutions with the most diverse intakes. Flexible learning. The funding system should incentivise – not stifle – universities, colleges and…

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  8. CSR: Skills for new growth

    …fund will boost both social mobility and the supply of skills. Teaching excellence. The new Teaching Excellence Framework must recognise differences between higher education providers, encourage innovation and incentivise universities to share good practice. It should be introduced in phases and recognise institutions with the most diverse intakes. Flexible learning. The funding system should incentivise – not stifle – universities, colleges and…

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  9. University Alliance responds to the Emergency Budget

    …emoval of the student numbers cap. While we would have preferred increased maintenance grants, we recognise that the government’s commitment to reducing the deficit means that hard choices have to be made. Although the devil will be in the detail, a bigger maintenance loan that provides financial support to the most disadvantaged students is better than a grant that does not. “In the same spirit, we recognise that freezing the repayment threshold…

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  10. HELP UK: Background evidence report

    …free at the point of use is an essential feature of our system that must remain so as not to deter these students. Maintenance: Alongside considerable change to the tuition fee system since 1990, there has been relatively little attention on maintenance loans. Support has become increasingly confusing as well as inadequate over time and should be looked at to ensure higher education remains affordable for all. Forgotten students: The lack of acces…

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