…r regional distribution of research funding. The greatest hope for driving regional regeneration through research and development is via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is intended to replace EU structural funding, but we urgently need answers on how it will work. Vanessa Wilson Chief executive, University Alliance This letter first appeared in the Times, on 13 July 2021….
In response to the announcement that University Alliance board member and Vice Chancellor of UWE Bristol Professor Steve West has been elected as the new President of Universities UK, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “We are thrilled that UWE Bristol’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve West has been announced as the new President of Universities UK. Professor West is an active and invaluable member of University Alliance having also pre…
…perity We have to hope the government deliver on their promises on FE; to truly deliver choice and opportunity for learners As we look beyond the pandemic, universities are critical drivers to their places, and can help with Levelling-up As well as supporting individual skilling-up, levelling-up is about transforming communities into places where everyone wants to live and to put down roots. Universities can help by attracting industry into cold…
In his first budget speech, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced £22 billion of investment into research and development. The full detailed breakdown of this investment will follow, but he did announce that £400 million of the money would go to Universities across the UK, outside London and the South East, the so-called ‘Golden Triangle’. Responding to this announcement, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson Said “Alliance universities work at t…
This week, Professor Jane Harrington took up her post as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich. Professor Harrington joins Greenwich from another Alliance University, UWE Bristol, where she spent five years as Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Her specific interests include widening participation in Higher Education, enhancing teaching excellence and the student experience, and working closely with business. On her new position, and relati…
Portsmouth University and Birmingham City University were among the winners at last night’s Times Higher Education Awards Ceremony hosted in London. Birmingham City University won Research Project of the Year in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for their project led by Dr Islam Issa on the contribution of Muslim soldiers fighting for the Allies in the First World War. Dr Islam’s extensive research led to an exhibition for the British Muslim H…
University Alliance is pleased to welcome Dr Isabel Spence who will take up the new role of Network Lead. She will be managing and reinvigorating the Alliance networks, which bring together senior staff from across the membership to share ideas and tackle common issues together. Isabel has worked in the education sector for over ten years, within parliament, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Microbiology Society and…
Yesterday, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, it was announced that Coventry University, alongside partners from The University of Warwick and West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), was awarded £6.8 million by the Government to tackle poor mental health in the workplace. A sixth of England’s working age (16-64) population suffers from a mental health problem at any one time. As well as improving the health and wellbeing of these employees…
My Clearing success story at Brighton My account as a student who went through the Clearing process and successfully got onto the course of my dreams! My Personal Clearing Experience My university Clearing journey was a rollercoaster of unexpected decisions and opportunities that led me to study my dream course at the University of Brighton. I hadn’t planned to go to university that year, but I spontaneously decided to call the Clearing team t…
Six key questions students in Clearing should ask this year Coventry University Provost Ian Dunn The countdown to the biggest day of thousands of students’ lives so far has begun. A-level results day is on August 15 and while so many students already have what happens next planned out, things can change once results are known. Some may not have got the grades they needed, while others will have done better than expected and there will be those wh…
