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  1. How do we ensure quality in an expanding system?

    March 31, 2014

    …have a strong and an intelligent system, but it is coming under intense scrutiny. From the Office of Fair Trading (closing today) to the Quality Assurance Agency, from Higher Education Funding Council for England to the Higher Education Policy Institute – so many viewpoints, so many interests. There is, of course, a particular interest from the Treasury, reflected in the 2014 grant letter from BIS which specifically asked HEFCE “to develop mechan…

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  2. Web economy to double by 2016; meanwhile we’re choking off knowledge economy

    January 27, 2012

    …developing and emerging countries. The report says that nearly half of the world’s population will be online by 2016, with access to the internet becoming less of a luxury, limited to users in the developed world and more of an everyday reality in emerging economies. The challenges and opportunities this creates for the UK are huge. Traditional business models and ways of working need to quickly adapt and respond to both technological advances and…

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  3. University Alliance report shows that selectivity, not concentration, has driven excellence in UK research

    December 16, 2009

    …ce, however, remains very clear: selectivity not concentration has driven excellence in UK research; excellence is not determined by volume alone; and it is the peaks of world-leading research excellence that determine the position of the UK as a world leader. Read the full article….

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  5. A socially mobile society is essential for a dynamic UK

    May 16, 2014

    …ocial mobility’ is about groups and individuals moving within the social structures that exist. In the UK, and indeed in most of the western world, significantly more space has been created in the middle classes since 1900. Since the turn of the twentieth century the working class decreased from about 75% of the population to about 25% of the population by the 1990s(1). Alongside the dramatic change in the class structure we have also seen the ris…

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  6. University Alliance board takes on new leadership

    September 1, 2022

    …new leadership team for the University Alliance board take up their roles today, following their election earlier this year. They will guide the Alliance group as they develop and carry out a new strategic vision over the next three years. Due to the restrictions of the pandemic on her role, having only been elected a few months before lockdown, Professor Debra Humphris, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton has been re-elected as Chair….

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  7. University of Derby joins the University Alliance

    January 13, 2022

    University Alliance (UA) has today (13 January 2022) announced that the University of Derby has officially joined the mission group as its fourteenth member. University Alliance represents universities who are leaders in technical and professional education across the UK. Alliance universities are known for their close links with industry, professions and employers, and for their delivery of public sector workforce skills and training. Professor…

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  8. University Alliance responds to DfE announcement on levelling up plans for universities

    November 24, 2021

    …Education, and a number have established partnerships with multi-academy trusts (MATs). Many Alliance university students are the first in their family to go on to higher education, and on average a quarter of our students in England are eligible for Free School Meals – almost twice the national average. As institutions with diverse student bodies, we have an important role to play in expanding the diversity of Research & Development (R&D) talent…

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  9. Anglia Ruskin University joins the University Alliance

    July 2, 2020

    University Alliance (UA) has today (2 July 2020) announced that Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has officially joined the mission group. UA represents 12 of the country’s best large to mid-sized universities who are leaders in technical and professional education. Alliance universities are known for their close links with industry, professions and employers, and for their delivery of public sector workforce skills and training. ARU’s membership wi…

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  10. Alliance Universities Working to Tackle the HE ‘Care Leaver Crisis’

    May 22, 2019

    …ort. This scheme, funded by the UPP foundation and in partnership with The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL), hopes to confront this issue head on. The pilot will see eight universities, including Kingston and Oxford Brookes, develop and test a new quality framework to help them recruit and retain more student care leavers and ensure that they are fully supported, both personally and financially, during their time at unive…

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