…engthened. Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, referred to the piece in her opening statement of the Higher Education & Research Bill Second Reading on 19 July 2016. Click on the link above or the image to read the full piece. …
…al businesses (especially micro and small firms) to innovate and scale up: knowledge, talent, access to finance and space. Click on the image to read the report. You can also read our full press release here….
Read our response to the Government’s Green Paper: Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice. (Either click on the link above or the image) We agree that excellent teaching within universities should be recognised and rewarded – and made available to everyone with the ability and aspiration to benefit from it. Our response to the Green Paper puts forward practical suggestions for how the government’s ambiti…
…The long awaited government document announces a shake up of the UK higher education system. Our response to the HE Green Paper also appeared in University Business. Read the full story here. The HE Green Paper: Fulfilling our potential: Teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice was published on Friday 6 November. You can read our response to the proposals here….
…nks at senior level – and due to the large proportion of their graduate recruits already coming from the university – Capgemini decided to team up with Aston on developing an apprenticeship-based approach that topped up level-4 Higher Apprentices to a full BSC with two stages of study. Capgemini staff are mobile, often spending significant periods of time on client sites away from their base office. A blended learning approach with the majority of…
Read University Alliance’s submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review – ‘Skills for new growth’. We have also summarised the key priorities for skills for new growth for the Government to bear in mind ahead of the CSR. They are: Numbers. More graduates are needed to keep pace with growing demand for higher skills. The cap on student numbers must remain off. Access. Student Opportunity Funding enables universities to attract and support disad…
…ersity Alliance Paul Woodgates, Partner, PA Consulting Dr Martin Rhisiart, Reader in Futures and Innovation, University of South Wales Mark Corver, Head of Analysis and Research, UCAS Mark Leach, founder, Editor in Chief and Director, Wonkhe Professor Andy Westwood, Associate Vice President Public Affairs, University of Manchester and Professor of Politics, Winchester University Professor Huw Morris, Group Director – Skills, Higher Education and L…
…Two proposals have been put forward to avert the “polarisation” of the sector as a result of the government’s student number plans in a letter from University Alliance Chair, Professor Janet Beer, to the Secretary of State, Vince Cable, and Universities Minister, David Willetts. The full article by Simon Baker can be read here. Read the full letter with our proposals here….
…can also see me talk a little bit about this in a video prepared for the project: Thanks to all the team at Pearson for putting together this pamphlet – it is a must-read for anyone interested in the ongoing debate about the future of HE. You can read it all online here….
…ies traditionally considered to be teaching-focused. Despite their often shoestring budgets, these units have shaken up the established order, reversing the trend of concentrating funding in an ever smaller number of top institutions. As a result of the wider spread of resources, the research-intensive universities have seen their share of quality-related (QR) research funding fall by about 4 per cent. But beyond the fuming of the elite and the ba…
