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…not instead of, young people going to university. “Employer engagement is crucial to the success of this programme. Every effort should be made to involve them early in the design of the programmes, particularly through existing representative bodies, to ensure the skills Degree Apprenticeship lead to are highly-transferable and high-value, not just for employers but for the young people who choose to apply for them. “Alliance universities are wel…

…ey should be applauded for that. “However, it’s disappointing to learn this long-awaited strategy, which should be setting out the future of the next 10 years of UK science and innovation, has kicked back much of the crucial decision-making until after the election next May, and in some cases, following further reviews.” Read our full statement responding to the Science and Innovation Strategy which was published today here….

…Reforming student loans to broaden access to postgraduate study published today. “We agree that we need a smarter loan design to sort out the post-graduate and part-time funding vacuum and deliver a more sustainable loan system that will enable us to develop and grow global talent – the key to the future success of the UK. “Half of postgraduate students cannot access loans, there has been a major decline in part-time study and the public subsidy…

…m 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-end opportunities has been shrinking (for example, training contracts with City firms).’ We at University Alliance agree wholeheartedly that this has to ch…

University Alliance has commented today on the Guardian Higher Education Network Blog about creating a sustainable future for Higher Education. The blog has launched a poll following comments by David Willetts, the former universities and science minister, that universities should be given the opportunity to buy their own student loans. In response, Professor Steve West, chair of University Alliance, has outlined our concerns with David Willetts’…

…isk of group think. We need to form a long-term commitment, not just to recruit a diverse pool of employees, but to help them get to the top. For example, at Deloitte we are currently working really hard to increase the female representation at the top of our organisation and to recruit and retain a wider pool of talent from a wider range of schools, colleges and universities. We must also be mindful that millennials have different expectations to…

…ks might be, for example: collaborative arrangements, changing corporate structures, HND/ HNC provision in providers with a relatively short track-record in working within the UK HE quality assurance system; and respond accordingly. Although the Government expects to provide £900m in student support to alternative (private) providers next year (2014-15), there is almost no comparable information about these providers’ satisfaction, retention or em…

…d out of the 1970s”. That is the argument set out by the University Alliance, a mission group of 22 universities, in a report published today under the title “Closing the gap: unlocking opportunity through higher education”. The report criticises the rhetoric of the Sutton Trust, which has published reports about the “Missing 3,000” young people with high A-level grades who do not go on to “leading universities”. And the Alliance also describes th…

…which is “often ahead” of England’s, Libby Hackett and Nick Hillman argue today. This is to launch a joint University Alliance and HEPI report, ‘HELP from Down Under? – ‘It’s not only on the cricket pitch that we can learn from Australia’’ University Alliance chief executive Libby Hackett, who has written a longer analysis to accompany Mr Hillman’s, said Fee-Help should be seen as a “proof of concept” that a cost neutral loan scheme was possible….

University Alliance today responds to HEPI’s report on the impact on demand of the Government’s reforms of higher education. Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “This most recent report from HEPI confirms the fact that demand for full-time higher education continues to grow, in line with growing demand from the economy(1). Graduate employment rates remain high and the number of graduate jobs continues to grow despite the…