…en maintenance services. Our team is getting stronger and challenges are becoming easier to face. We are becoming a genuine social enterprise. With all our successes, the highlight for me is still the graduation ceremonies for our apprentices. The next one is today (Friday 4th October) at our base in Myatt’s Fields Park. David, Alan and Troy will be rewarded for all their hard-work and efforts over the last year and we will celebrate all they have…
…industry and university representatives. The Venture Matrix Programme at Sheffield Hallam University is a unique work-based learning scheme that brings together students and external organisations to tackle real life challenges and gain practical work experience. In 2012-13 the scheme involved 1,800 students and 60 organisations and has helped students to secure work placements, full-time employment and set up their own businesses. Read more at UK…
…nment has “the flexibility to apply student number controls less rigidly in 2013-14”. Libby Hackett, chief executive of the University Alliance, said she was “really pleased with the emphasis on both stability and flexibility, flexibility in particular”. Ms Hackett said that BBB might be the “next step down the ladder”, or there “might be other ways” of relaxing student number controls for institutions with higher demand. Ideas were being discusse…
…on the impact that increased fees will have on university applications for 2012-13. University Alliance believes that no one should be put off from going to university because of financial concerns or the myth that demand for graduates will dry up. We strongly believe that the value of a degree is worth the investment for individuals and society, raising hopes and prospects for the future, and the economy, as graduates continue to drive growth. T…
…thcare, technology and social justice. What I see across the Alliance is a community of people who are committed to working in partnership with employers, industry and the public and charity sectors to make a difference not only to their students but also to the wider community. That is the very essence of our group of universities: employer partnerships and public service. University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: The Alliance Awards have once…
…growing faster than the UK economy since 2011 with large increases seen in 2015 and 2019.[1] The GVA of creative industries has increased 5.6% between 2018 and 2019 and by 43.6% between 2010 and 2019 in real terms. The creative industries delivered £115.9bn of Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2019, 5.9% of UK GVA. Frontier Economics reported that “…firms with greater connections to the [creative industries] are more likely to produce product innovation…
…are unemployed and for the refugee and migrant community to help support them back towards the labour market through various training courses, helping them to build their skills and develop their CV, which in turn can help their chances of finding employment. As part of our commitment to the community, we recognise the need for everyone to live more sustainable lives, and striving to achieve that goal along with local people from a range of backgr…
…rking with the school more closely, providing them with a comfortable environment to learn in and develop their skills, whilst showcasing the wide range of career opportunities available at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays after graduation. “We look forward to seeing the classrooms in action and welcoming many more Leeds Beckett University students in the future.”…
…s, but also in the current and proposed Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF). These are arguably set to become more influential in the future, particularly if OfS goes ahead with plans to impose absolute minimum baselines in the B3 conditions – which are opposed by University Alliance and many others in the sector, from Universities UK to the British Academy. Alliance universities are justifiably proud of their students’ outcom…
…ive and Neil Davies, Chief Executive Coast To Capital Jonathan Sharrock Chief Executive Wakefield Council, Clare Elliott, Service Director, Economic Growth and Skills Harrogate Borough Council, Councillor Graham Swift, Cabinet Member Resources, Enterprise and Economic Development West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Sandy Needham, CEO South East London Chamber of Commerce, Helen McIntosh, President Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Jo James…
