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…ve engaged with over the past year. Participants will need to provide a 50 word summary of how their design fits this theme. Closing date: We’ve extended the deadline for this competition to midday on Tuesday 2 December 2014. Submission: Send your image to info@www.unialliance.ac.uk with the subject line ‘Christmas Card Competition’. Please include your name, course/occupation and the name of the university you attend. Competition rules: This cont…

…t they deserve. Keeping universities at the heart of growth The other good news from the the reshuffle was that the university brief was to stay in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Universities belong in BIS, at the heart of the government department charged with driving growth in the UK. Universities play a crucial role in the economic and social wellbeing of the country through securing our economic future and transformi…

…our international competitors, this is a sentiment frequently captured in newspaper headlines and widely held by many in the UK. But is it true? And if so, does it matter? On Tuesday 27 March, together with The Work Foundation, we held a roundtable event to launch our report ‘The way we’ll work: labour market trends and preparing for the hourglass’. The event was also an opportunity to discuss policy issues and recommendations on how the UK can r…

…profile speakers, in Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London today will showcase examples of best practice in research-led teaching and help the sector develop a better understanding of its extent and value. Alongside the workshop, UA and the HEA are today publishing a collection of case studies highlighting examples of research-informed teaching from across Alliance universities, covering a broad range of existing practice. Commenti…

…global higher education and enhance the UK’s higher education offer. These international students would fill crucial skills gaps and help our economy to grow. And once they return home, they help build vital global links for the future. What Mrs May seems to overlook – which Mr Osborne, former Universities and Science Minister David Willetts and many others have grasped – is that higher education is now a global industry, and one that currently th…

…average, Alliance universities understand the significant benefits that an international student population brings to the learning experience of all our students. With international competitors ready to benefit from our mistakes and a global brand to protect, we cannot afford to get this wrong.” Signatories to the letter from Alliance institutions include director of Liberty, Ms Shami Chakrabarti, Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University; Dr Sheila…

…urse of 17 minutes, the viewer is exposed to the individual confidence and mutual bonds that emerge as the project comes to fruition. Research and cinema go back a long way – to at least the turn of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth century, with films like Nanook of the North capturing the popular imagination. The partnership of film and research reflects film’s immensely inquisitive nature. And connected to that, the chemistry th…

…estions of personal and political identity”. The news that the prestigious international award would go to Professor Lubaina Himid MBE, based in Preston, was announced live on the BBC on Tuesday 5 December. Her work has been on display at the Ferens Art Gallery, in Hull, since September as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations. Turner exhibit curator with art critics The award cements an exciting year for Lubaina who is also a PhD supervisor…

…from households with a mean average income of £15,000 or less. We also recruit a proportion of BME students which is well above the sector average. There is significant crossover here. For example, those students who come from families without a history of higher education are more likely to have studied for at least one BTEC. These qualifications have become a significant route to social mobility in recent years. We must not undermine their appe…