Although great progress in the management and treatment of cancer has been made, the need for better approaches for the early diagnosis and better treatment of this terrible disease remains. We also need to better understand disease in individual patients, so that therapies can be tailored and more effective – so-called precision medicine. The John […]
Four. That is my personal number. The number of people that influenced my life in various ways and have been diagnosed with the dreaded C word: cancer. Some are still here fearlessly fighting it; some lost the battle and remain a bittersweet memory for me and everyone that loved them. But for the rest of […]
We submitted our response to the House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships and skills training. You can download by clicking on this link or on the image opposite.
Debra Humphris, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton, features in the Guardian HE Network’s latest ‘2 VCs on‘ blog. She highlights the work of our Teaching Excellence Alliance, which we set up last year to share best practice on teaching. You can find out more about the TEA here.
Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was featured in coverage of the new report from the Social Market Foundation with University Alliance and Pearson, Vocation, Vocation, Vocation. The report calls for greater recognition of the ‘important contributions’ of vocational entry routes to higher education (HE). Maddalaine Ansell said there had to be support for vocational alternatives to A-levels as a […]
This report comes at an opportune moment. Not just educational policy, but the future of the country’s economy, is at a crossroads. The Government has just published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy white paper, setting out bold ambitions to “ensure that everyone can improve their skills throughout their lives” and putting the development of people at […]
Vocation, Vocation, Vocation – a new report from the Social Market Foundation with University Alliance and Pearson – calls for greater recognition of the ‘important contributions’ of vocational entry routes to higher education (HE). The report includes a foreword from Professor Edward Peck, University Alliance Treasurer and Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.
A new report from the Social Market Foundation with University Alliance and Pearson, calls for greater recognition of the ‘important contributions’ of vocational entry routes to higher education (HE). The report, Vocation, Vocation, Vocation, includes a foreword from Professor Edward Peck, University Alliance Treasurer and Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University. Commenting, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell […]
Gabriel Huntley, Head of Communications and External Relations for University Alliance, has written a blog for Wonkhe on the need for universities to ensure students can succeed regardless of the qualifications they come with. He also calls for greater recognition of the vital progression role vocational qualifications, particularly over the last decade, have provided for […]
University Alliance has written to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in response to its call for evidence on ‘international students: economic and social impacts’. In a letter to Professor Alan Manning, chair of the MAC, we supported Universities UK’s (UUK) submission to the Inquiry which highlighted the importance of the international market to UK higher […]
