…eated in collaboration with vice-chancellors, academics, think tanks and business leaders. The scenarios are credible and challenging, yet extreme portraits of the future: hypothetical possibilities, based on robust qualitative research, to challenge orthodox assumptions about the future. Join the debate We would love to hear your views. university_vision is about getting input from as many people as possible. We want to build a picture of the fut…
…omy, far beyond the existing level of traditional full-time undergraduate places. This report reinforces our call for a fundamental redesign of the funding and regulatory system based on the next 10 to 20 years, not a series of short-term fixes.” Notes for editor Press contact: Andrew Henry | 0207 839 2757. Ref 1. University Alliance report – ‘The way we’ll work’ University Alliance is a non-partisan, non-political organisation working to promote,…
…can increase at a level necessary to ensure the future economic competitiveness of the UK.” Ends Media contacts, including enquiries about speaking to Libby Hackett Andrew Henry, Communications Manager | 07833 236 629. Notes to editor University Alliance website: www.unialliance.ac.uk Embargoed copy of the report can be obtained by contacting Liz McCarty (tel 0117 931 7431) or Philip Walker (tel 0117 931 7363) at HEFCE. University Alliance is a n…
…conomic regeneration. For a start, we produce the skilled graduates that business needs and wants. Our figures for graduate employability or further study after six months are consistently excellent – the latest Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) figure is 94.9 per cent and HESA’s statistics have placed us at sixth in the entire UK sector. “The combination of great teaching and research excellence is the catalyst which enables a uni…
…– many on outstanding courses attracting high grade students – a more representative advisory panel would enable the A-level process to benefit from expertise from right across the university sector. “This approach was not consulted on and we would be very interested to see the evidence base behind this decision. “The UK higher education sector has a well-deserved reputation for delivering high quality degrees and we all share a vested interest i…
…ty professional programmes, such as here in Newport working closely with businesses and the community on promoting entrepreneurship. In South East Wales, we have remained committed to developing a vibrant City-Region with students having access to incubator centres. We see the Entrepreneurial University as a more strategic, holistic framework for this development which is complementary and supportive to our Mission rather than divergent. We need t…
…ansforming the lives of those that interact with them. Improving competitiveness, high-level skills and thinking of new and creative approaches have always been crucial to business success and growth – and is central to the BIS portfolio. Higher education institutions are key to unlocking this hidden potential and BIS is best placed to help support and strengthen the collaborations that already exist between universities and business. Of course, a…
…ng issue to all of this is the need to look at ways of increasing student places at university. We will see again this summer thousands of people not able to go to university because of the limit on places. With unemployment at an all-time high, widening access to the opportunities created by going to university is of critical importance to the health of our society. “Alongside this, there is the economic imperative to harness the talents of all,…
…ically graduate attributes. “Our report shows that the UK economy is not presenting any of the four labour market signals we considered in this report that might suggest there are too many graduates in the economy. Graduate vacancies continue to grow. Jobs in ‘graduate dense’ occupations are an increasing proportion of the total workforce. Graduate employment rates have been maintained despite the rapid expansion in the number of graduates. Added…
…rk with universities to lever a wealth of knowledge and resources that are essential within an innovation-based economy and competitive global environment. Our five proposals are below. The full supporting evidence backing these up can be found here. The right talent to build a stronger economy Proposal one Current economic indicators suggest that there is an undersupply of graduates in the UK labour market. However, current Government policy has…
