…ducation: Despite the 2011 White Paper’s intention, reforms to date have struggled to put students at the heart of the system within a constrained market. Reforms to the loan and regulatory system alongside the removal of the Student Numbers Cap could help to revive this intention. Room to grow: To date, there has been a lack of space for new and private providers in the system without taking numbers away from established providers. Reforms should…
…ncellors and many others who have enabled University Alliance to become a trusted, influential body. We have always taken a constructive, solution-based approach across Government and have been rewarded for doing so. University Alliance is in a position to build on its successes, particularly in developing a stronger national and global market profile for an outstanding group of universities. “I am delighted to be joining Perrett Laver as their Gl…
…d of the fantastic and innovative teaching at Alliance universities, which today’s published Teaching Excellence Framework results attest to. Currently, over a third (36%) of all Alliance universities in England are ranked gold for teaching quality, with 57% scoring gold for student experience. That makes Alliance universities the most likely university group to score gold for teaching excellence, and the national leaders for student experience. T…
…ment. The campaign will be launched at an online event taking place at 2pm today, 27th April, where a panel of speakers will address the importance of media diversity and how the higher education sector can take collective action to ensure greater representation in the academic voices within the media. Speaking at the event will be campaign champions, Professor Vini Lander – Professor of Race and Education, and Director of the Centre for Race, Edu…
…ure generations of nurses and NHS staff, but currently, institutions are struggling to recruit students across the sector as cuts to the Continuing Professional Development fund have restricted numbers of clinical placements. “We’re extremely pleased to see today’s announcement of £150m funding to replenish the NHS CPD fund. This will go some way to meet the challenges in recruitment and retention of NHS staff. “However it is important the governm…
…eir roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England. Responding to the news that all students on practical and practice-based courses can return from 8 March 2021, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “A significant proportion of courses delivered by Alliance universities are practical and practice-based, and so we welcome today’s announcement that students studying these subjects can resume face-to-face teaching from 8th March. Our me…
…the Covid-19 pandemic, via extended clinical placement. Responding to the news, Professor Debra Humphris, University of Brighton Vice Chancellor and Chair of University Alliance said: “Alliance universities have played a vital role in supporting the local and national response to the pandemic; including through supporting the voluntary deployment of tens of thousands staff and students to support the frontline . Where local capacity is once again…
…mercial flights involving 15,000 aircraft and more than 230 major airlines worldwide. International rules stipulate that all aircraft over 27 tonnes must undertake flight data monitoring while UK law requires each plane to carry a flight data recorder (FDR). These recorders collect raw data from sensors for analysis. In the UK, this must be analysed annually to detect flight errors happening outside accepted safety parameters. However, manual anal…
…links between all the different agents across the ecosystem, bringing the world’s knowledge to the UK and the UK’s expertise to the world. But global competition is fierce, from both developed and emerging research systems. That is why the first and most important recommendation in University Alliance’s report Evolve. Connect. Succeed – Funding a healthy research and innovation ecosystem is that we need continued investment in world leading and i…
…ning the University Alliance team as we begin our next chapter, with the development and delivery of our latest strategy. Annie brings with her a wealth of experience working in higher education and skills in marketing communications which will be invaluable as we continue to beat the drum for Alliance universities and the powerful role they play for students, employers, communities and UK Plc.” …
