…g these additional student places are funded in a sustainable way is crucial for students, universities and the UK — a degree is still by far the best route for most individuals. Libby Hackett University Alliance…
…b-readiness of our graduates, Alliance universities are competing with the best in the world. “There is also an urgent need to examine how to put the higher education sector funding system as a whole on a sustainable footing, as demonstrated by the recent coverage of a possible U-turn by the Business Secretary Vince Cable on selling off the student loan book and the BIS Select Committee’s report earlier in the week. The proceeds of this sale were…
…to protect the interests of students. Fair admissions needs protecting – no-one wants to see students coming in who are unable to benefit from HE – but we need to avoid blunt policy responses. We do not support the introduction of centrally-imposed minimum entry requirements. There is a need for creative thinking around further ways to support retention. When data allows, the funding system should be adjusted to provide further incentives. Finally…
…ce between welcoming legitimate international students and blocking the not-so-legitimate ones? In two new reports out today, the Higher Education Policy Institute puts the Australian higher education system under the microscope and then compares it to the English one. Both reports conclude that England could learn lessons from the Australian system, particularly on the support offered to students other than first-degree students. It is very hard…
…lore how universities can support growth. The UK has a world-leading but nonetheless complex eco-system supporting innovation and growth. Despite this, Witty is largely successful in drawing a thread through this landscape to identify some genuine points of action. 1. It is clear that Universities are central to growth and equally that growth should be a core mission within universities. As anchor institutions, Universities play an essential conne…
…er of other projects. Streetscape, the award winning social enterprise I Co-Founded, is going from strength to strength. In 2012-13 Streetscape’s turnover increased 94% on the previous year as we expanded from one to two landscape teams, and from two to four apprentices. Our next challenge is to raise more charitable funds so that we can we can help more unemployed young people into work through an apprenticeship. We’re also working towards making…
…y’s opening statement she said: “It used to be that investment in infrastructure and physical capital (big machinery) was the best way to drive economic growth. We are now living a world where human capital is the primary indicator of economic growth. In the words of President Obama: ‘those who out-educate us today will out-perform us tomorrow’. Despite all the rhetoric in the UK about too many graduates, too many universities, needing more appren…
…Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, spoke to BBC Breakfast about the rise in students studying locally and living at home. The BBC’s Sophie Van Brugen has been to meet some A-Level students who say that staying at home is the best option for them. Libby Hackett said, “As the quality of our universities improves, this is not about limiting choice. It could be a good decision to study within your city.” Watch the clip here….
…ss to university fair for all. Of course, this is essential for economic efficiency and social justice. But increasingly evidence shows that simply getting into university does not ensure graduate success: the ‘best’ graduate jobs remain closely linked to the socio-economic and education status of ones parents’ and skewed according to ethnicity, gender and type of schooling.’ Read the full article here….
…cross the UK. Over the next few years we also will expand the export side of the business with distribution already lined up for Japan. In addition to this, depending on the scale of success of the first *TeaShed pop-up, we would roll out a nationwide pop-up *TeaShed plan, with a *TeaShed in every major city by 2018. Move over coffee houses, it’s time for Tea Sheds!” Read Jules’ full story here and visit The *TeaShed….
