…hat the UK is below average in its investment in HE compared with our OECD competitors. When it comes to the long-term sustainability of our position as global leaders in higher education this is clearly an area that the Government is going to need to address. Overall, we are extremely pleased with our events at all three party conferences. We are already starting to look towards next year’s Party Conferences where we hope to work alongside a larg…
…al change. How, for example, will we secure the health and security of our communities and citizens in an uncertain world? How can we keep pace with a globalising and digitising economy with innovations that will unlock new possibilities? There are never easy answers to such questions: tackling them requires research strengths that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. This is a strength of Alliance universities; their breadth of expertise an…
…ain how reducing university places, and ultimately the number of graduates coming out of our higher education system, fits within this economic vision. Our global competitors are increasing the number of graduates in the workforce to grow their capacity for economic growth. Emerging economies get this; India, for example, wants to more than double the size of its university system to become a “knowledge powerhouse”, increasing the country’s studen…
…force for local, national, and international industries. The University is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can flourish. They are a University of Sanctuary, recognising their commitment to creating a welcoming culture for people seeking sanctuary within, and beyond, their campuses. USW has three main campuses in Cardiff, Newport, and Pontypridd. The University works closely with their partner colleges, an…
…nationally recognised”) research. Ms Hackett said she strongly backed focusing funding on excellence but said that the report proved that this was not the same as concentrating it on large departments: “We would like the government to reiterate that funding on the basis of excellence alone is the best way to strengthen the UK research base.” paul.jump@tsleducation.com. …
…fund a healthy and excellent research base, universities will struggle to compete in an increasingly well-funded global sector. Alliance institutions also drive innovation because we know that research that creates real social and economic impact is critical to growth in local communities as well as regional and national economies As the higher education market at home diversifies, students are likely to recognise the value of joining universitie…
…offering”2. The higher education sector is, however, much broader and more complicated than this would suggest. Universities operate in a long-established, complex, semi- regulated market that not only pre-dates the introduction of fees for home, undergraduate students but was only marginally affected by their introduction. As largely autonomous institutions in receipt of public funding, universities operate within an eco-system of regulation, fun…
…be the same as others’. Professor Andrew Wathey, for University Alliance, comments: “It is the principle of funding excellence in research that has driven up the quality of the UK research base since the introduction of the RAE. This principle is not a luxury but an essential if we are to continue to maintain the breadth and depth of the UK research base. In a tight fiscal environment this principle becomes more important, not less.” The UK opera…
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A company founded by a Coventry University professor which has been supporting people with long- term health problems during the COVID-19 outbreak is foremost among the university’s mental health outreach programmes. One of its projects is the Hope Programme, which helps people living with a long-term condition, including those living with cancer, to cope with anxiety and depression through a six-week course, offered face-to-face and online. Howe…
