…I’m proud to be say that Alliance universities always rate highly when it comes to preparing job-ready graduates. They are known for their access to practical training and for working closely with employers to develop forward thinking, problem solving and entrepreneurial graduates – the workforce of today and tomorrow.” Reacting to the Government’s ‘triple lock’ promise for England and Northern Ireland, Vanessa Wilson said: “The late hour of this…
…hrough court Portsmouth University Student led health clinics for the homeless community Oxford Brookes Physical exercise to support Parkinson’s patients Nottingham Trent University Creation of 3-D printed synthetic organs to train surgeons Manchester Metropolitan University Arts for Heath- Using the arts to transform health and wellbeing University of Huddersfield Using gaming to tackle abuse against women Kingston University Collaborative drama…
…hat a large and varied group of people from across our member universities understood that distinctiveness as clearly as their directors of teaching and learning and PVCs. Any big organisation would be delighted to see such deeply rooted commitment to shared values. Their responses all clustered round things already identified as important for the TEA – collaborating with students and employers in designing our courses; real world, engaging learni…
…t, Vice-Chancellor of UWE Bristol and former UA Chair, will be awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “We are very pleased that Steve’s long and distinguished record of service in higher education has been recognised with this honour. He has been a proactive and tireless advocate for the sector, dedicated to improving employment prospects for graduates and raising…
…ring to help participants ‘apprentice with the problem’ and gain a greater understanding of the issues. Through embracing social innovation in addition to social entrepreneurship there is now the opportunity for interdisciplinary team working and collaborative problem solving as a result of a new £5000 award sponsored through Santander. Additionally this year projects based outside the UK can now be considered, which makes the programme attractive…
…s stay in the cities and regions in which they have studied, helping their communities to thrive and grow. “This is why we call on government to maintain Student Opportunity Funding. It is the only funding awarded to universities based on the genuine added costs of recruiting and retaining widening participation students. It has proven to be crucial not just in improving social mobility and ensuring cities and regions have access to wider, more di…
…r social and economic benefits. Tools developed to improve procurement processes and help calculate the wider social and economic value of projects have played a key role in the development of the North West Construction Hub, which has delivered over 140 projects to 53 clients with a value of £800m. Construction represents seven per cent of GDP or £110bn per annum of expenditure – some 40 per cent of this is in the public sector with central gover…
…rld, there are graduates of my University and others like it managing businesses and developing their professions as only graduates can. Whether they’ve studied the arts or business, humanities or sciences, graduates enter the professional world with the healthy scepticism and flexibility of thought that we hone through a university education. Universities are not simply an economic generator of wealth, or a cog in the governmental growth machine,…
…ortunity to pause and reflect. For University Alliance 2012 has been our busiest and most active year yet, helping our universities to steer their way through a changing landscape and supporting their ambitions for the future. With new members joining us, our aim continues to be a constructive and positive voice within the sector to promote, safeguard and sustain the public benefit delivered by universities. We do this by developing solutions and…
…postgraduate (5) and professional education with up to 75 per cent of courses professionally accredited. (6) “Alliance universities are a popular student choice (7) attracting focussed, determined and innovative students and achieving very high levels of student satisfaction (8). Nevertheless, we recognise the need to further improve information, advice and guidance to applicants and students. Many of our universities are already working to develo…