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  1. University Alliance responds to IPPR report on postgraduate student loans proposal

    …system that could result in cuts to student places or underinvestment in high quality programmes. “This is why we developed our Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) proposals earlier this year to facilitate universal loans for the first time, including postgraduate students. It maintains a £21,000 earning threshold to protect low earners but would change the repayment rate once over the threshold. By improving the way loans are repaid it is pos…

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  2. What kind of place do we want to live in, really…?

    …eport’s own words… ‘Our analysis of top banks and consultancies shows they mainly recruit from highly selective UK universities which themselves recruit from a narrow pool of talent. We have heard evidence of some organisations recruiting through the “old boys’ network”, where recently recruited graduates are asked to “tap up talent” through their personal networks in their alma mater. In addition, in some sectors like law, the number of very high…

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  3. Shaping the future of higher education and research

    …ised for delivering world-leading applied research with impact; offering excellent employment prospects to students through close links with employers and leading courses which are highly relevant to the demands of living and working in a modern, global economy; and for our massive economic and social contributions within our cities and regions. The capacity of these universities to adapt to – often drive – major change whilst staying true to thei…

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  4. Science and Innovation: future-proofing the ecosystem

    …nsuming) interactions with larger numbers of SME partners. Fund research excellence, wherever it is found Key to all of this is British science – a national success story. We want it to continue to drive innovation through the knowledge economy. We need to maintain its position as a world leader in research, attracting inward investment by its quality. To do this, we need to recognise strengths across the system by continuing to seek and fund rese…

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  5. Launch of Forging Futures report on university and business collaboration – Wed 17 September 2014

    …akers and panellists Professor John Coyne, UKCES Commissioner and Vice Chancellor, University of Derby (Chair) Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Universities and Science Minister (TBC) Malcolm Skingle, Director, Academic Liaison, GSK Amy Smith, Head of Recruitment, Framestore Michael Davis, Chief Executive, UKCES Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive, UUK The Forging Futures report puts the spotlight on the ways in which employers and universities are working col…

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  6. Effective employer collaboration supports disadvantaged students

    …ges and backgrounds. Of course, for effective partnerships to be built and maintained, businesses must buy into the idea as well as universities, so I am very pleased to see individual employers and the CBI expressing such enthusiastic support in the University Alliance report. Scope for more partnership I am already aware, from previous access agreements and from my visits to universities all over England, of the amount of collaboration between u…

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  7. Why we wanted to contribute to the debate

    …l economy. The current student loan system is far too limiting by focusing mainly on young undergraduates studying their first degree. We want to see a lifetime loan allocation brought in that would make it possible for people to re-train and up-skill throughout their career. Secondly, we know that the projected public subsidy on existing student loans is too high – 45% and growing. If these projections are right, it means that for every £1 the go…

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  8. THE – Private providers ‘need closer monitoring’, says Alliance report

    …ty assurance in higher education, University Alliance, which represents 22 mainly post-1992 universities, said more checks were needed on alternative providers, which are set to receive about £900 million in student support this year – a nine-fold increase on 2011-12.” University Alliance’s report, How do we ensure quality in an expanding higher education system? has been featured in an article for the Times Higher Education. The report, published…

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  9. Why more shouldn’t mean worse

    …one HE quality system. One sector-owned UK Quality Code. One commitment to maintaining and enhancing the reputation of UK HE. But how far is that system able to cope with diversity? And how will it cope when student number controls come off for all but the highest risk providers in 2015-16? We need a quality assurance system that can balance two risks: the risk of stifling innovation vs. the risk of the growth of poor quality provision Innovation…

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