Following the confirmation of Professor Les Ebdon being appointed the new Director of OFFA, Professor Janet Beer, Chair of University Alliance and Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University said: “We look forward to working with Professor Les Ebdon to ensure fairness is maintained at the heart of university access. His experience within the sector and […]
In an article in the Sunday Times Libby Hackett, director of University alliance, welcomed plans to scrap UCAS tariffs for certain vocational courses as alternatives to A-levels. “[Parity of esteem] is a laudable aim, but it never did provide that equality of status because it does not compare like with like. It’s trying to put […]
Last week I went to another Alliance university, Bournemouth, to give a lecture on what we can do, as a sector, to make the reality live up to the rhetoric of the White Paper in order to put students more profoundly at the heart of the system. “If we are serious about putting students at […]
There has been a lot of noise around whether or not a university degree is a worthwhile investment. This has been largely done by looking at the annual price tag versus likely earnings premium of the individual (of course remembering that if you do not benefit financially, this will be reflected in how much you […]
In an article in Times Higher Education (THE) Libby Hackett, director of the University Alliance said the unexpected hit was bad for student choice as many of the institutions affected were performing strongly on applications. “You are looking at universities that have held up very strong demand per place or have increased applications and at […]
In the article “Pile them high”, The Economist argues that ‘Steep tuition fees are not deterring most students. But the attempt to create a market in higher education is off track.” Libby Hackett, Director of University Alliance, comments: “At a time when our global competitors are increasing the number of graduates in the workforce to […]
Professor Janet Beer speaks to Channel 4 News’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy on the latest UCAS figures on university applications.
Applications from Britons for full-time places at English universities fell back slightly from last year’s record high, providing the first evidence that higher tuition fees could be deterring some would-be students, according to new statistics released by Ucas, the universities admissions service, Chris Cook reports. Read the full article here. Libby Hacket, director of the […]
In response to today’s UCAS figures, Libby Hackett, University Alliance Director, said: “While the latest UCAS figures show a slight drop, we must not forget there will still be thousands of young people who will be unable to find a place at university this summer and will join the growing number who are unemployed. This […]
Boston Consulting Group, commissioned by Google, has today published a report, Digital Manifesto, showing the digital economy is set to double by 2016. It is further proof that the digital economy will be a major driver of growth, and in fact will continue to fundamentally change the global economy. So it is difficult to see […]
