Liz Shutt, Head of Policy for University Alliance, said in response to the IPPR report – Reaching higher: 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 […]
Our announcement on the appointment of Maddalaine Ansell as our new chief executive has been featured in THE. We revealed who would be taking up the post yesterday. Maddalaine joins University Alliance on 12 January 2015. See our full statement here.
After a far-ranging search, University Alliance is delighted to announce that the Board of Directors has appointed Maddalaine Ansell as its new Chief Executive Officer. She will take up the role on 12 January 2015. She joins University Alliance from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) where she is currently Deputy Director, International […]
The Guardian university awards showcase best practice, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. Honouring excellence in everything from teaching practice to inspiring facilities, the awards act as a sector benchmark and offer universities a seal of approval for their most outstanding work. All shortlisted entries will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in central […]
Alan Milburn, the social mobility tsar, gave us a stark warning this morning as he launched his Commission’s latest State of the Nation report, that the UK risks becoming a ‘permanently’ divided society unless ‘radical new’ approaches are taken by the next government. In the second annual report, the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission […]
In response to a major new report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on what schools can do to improve social mobility, University Alliance agrees that schools cannot do this alone. Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, welcomed the report, adding: “Higher education is a critical engine of social mobility. The added […]
For the past couple of weeks politicians on both sides of the House have been gathering for their annual party conferences with their eye on the prize – the national election next May. The conferences provided University Alliance with an opportunity to set out what we think politicians and their advisers should keep firmly in mind over […]
Over the past five years, since we established ourselves as a group, University Alliance has gone from strength to strength. It has united diverse and excellent universities, providing them with a collective voice and gaining a reputation as a powerful, constructive and positive group in the UK and abroad, not only for our universities but […]
University Alliance welcomes the report by Universities UK, International Students in higher education: the UK and its competition. Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “In addition to removing international students from the net migration target, the government needs to reintroduce the two year post-study work visas for all graduates from UK universities. It […]
The UK’s rich and diverse ecosystem of world-leading research and innovation is a key driver of growth and productivity. At the heart of this, and underpinning the Industrial Strategy, sits a world class research base. University Alliance has collaborated with the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) and Innovate UK on a joint booklet […]
