…threshold. Any future QA system should continue to separate the role of assuring quality from the role of funder and lead regulator. The principles of provider self-evaluation, peer review and quality enhancement should be embedded in any new QA and TEF framework. …
…ation. We have come a long way since Dearing raised this issue in his 1997 review and compare reasonably well with other developed higher education systems such as those of Australia and the USA. In our recent report “Mind the gap: Engaging employers to secure the future of STEM in higher education“, we found most universities in the UK do engage with employers. They provide information, advice and guidance, work placements and internships and con…
…ce and innovation. The Government’s science and innovation audits need to capture the wide range of university-business partnerships. This must include activities with small- and medium-sized enterprises. Click on the document (right) to read what we are calling on the Government to support….
…is of sporting events is enabling real time decision-making through to post-game review. So we are all back-seat coaches and pundits now. Similarly, Oxford Brookes and University of Hertfordshire are both developing robotics and Artificial Intelligence to support better research into and understanding of human behaviour. This has led Hertfordshire to develop and build a child-like robot, KASPAR, that is helping children with autism to interact and…
…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….
…versity Alliance, said: “We all need to recognise that quality costs. University Alliance urgently calls on the Government to review how we can put the funding system on a sustainable long-term footing and ensure students from non-traditional backgrounds, who require additional support, succeed through increasing Student Opportunity Funding.”…
…ommittee Report into student loans which called for Government to urgently review the student loans system. Other speakers include: Professor David Maguire, Vice‐Chancellor, University of Greenwich Michelle Morgan, Learning and Teaching Coordinator, Kingston University Professor Nicholas Barr, Professor of Public Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science Claire Crawford, Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies Andy Westwood…
…new jobs are in high-skill areas and new and growth industries take a high-tech, high-skill and innovative approach, Alliance universities are the critical force in the sector driving the UK’s economic future alongside and in partnership with businesses. University Alliance’s response highlighted the range of mechanisms that are supporting effective business-university collaboration. It also emphasised that the ability of the UK to respond to fut…
…e. Maintain funding for widening participation activity. The 2013 spending review has reduced funding for widening participation by at least £45m. This funding is crucial to the Government’s aims on aspiration and fairness. It supports the genuine added cost of recruiting and retaining widening participation students. Funding for widening participation activity must be maintained if universities are to recruit diversely and support students to suc…
…r 12 times higher than the UK Economy as a whole (8.6 per cent between 2011-12). GVA (Gross Value Added) GVA for the creative industries was £71.4bn and accounted for 5.2 per cent of the UK economy. This equates to the industry making over £8m per hour. Since 2008 the creative industries’ has grown by 15.6 per cent, compared to 5.4 per cent for the whole of the UK economy. Exports of Services In 2011 the value of services exported for the creative…
