Events

Our events seek to inform and improve public and political debate relating to higher education. We work with a range of partners and stakeholders to promote, safeguard and sustain the public benefit delivered by universities.

Details of our upcoming and past events can be found on these pages. If you’d like to find out how to get involved with our future events or would like to run an event with us, please contact Sam Jones or Andrew Henry to discuss your proposal.

Our celebration by the Thames

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The sun shone over the Thames as the great and good of student and graduate enterprise gathered at the Terrace Pavilion in Parliament for the launch of Start-up: a story. The room quickly filled, there was wine and cake, much … Continue reading

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Competition and diversity in UK Higher Education – HE in FE, alternative providers and online learning models

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Thursday, 11th July 2013 Central London This event is CPD certified Guests of Honour: Gordon McKenzie, Deputy Director, Higher Education Structure and Shape, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ; Professor Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor, Open University and Dr Stephen Jackson, … Continue reading

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Guardian Future of Higher Education Summit

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The Guardian’s Future of Higher Education Summit returned to London in February with a world class programme focused on bringing together UK HE leaders to explore the themes of competition, collaboration and communicating value in the sector. The summit is … Continue reading

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Our event at Going Global, 2013

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University Alliance will be running an event at the British Council Going Global 2013 conference in Dubai looking at how UK universities are equipping global graduates and the future of HE – full details below. 5 March 2013 in Dubai.  … Continue reading

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150 years with Plymouth University

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Plymouth University are celebrating their 150 anniversary of its Victoria-era founding as a School of Navigation. The institution, which was granted university status in the government’s reforms to the sector in 1992, can trace its lineage back to 1862 when … Continue reading

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Party Conferences 2012

L-R: Professor Steve West; David Willetts MP; Lucy Lee, Policy Exchange; Professor David Green, Vice-Chancellor Worcester University; Liam Burns, NUS President.

We have just returned from a busy three weeks of Party Conferences. We ran a series of fringe events on ‘the future of higher education’ and held a number of meetings with parliamentarians from all three parties. Our fringe events … Continue reading

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The Guardian University Awards

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Entries are now welcome for the Guardian’s inaugural University Awards, celebrating excellence and innovation within the higher education sector. The Guardian University Awards recognise best practice, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. There are nine categories to choose … Continue reading

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Graduate Employability: Where next?

Stephen Uden, Microsoft; Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor Oxford Brookes University; Shabana Mahmood MP; Libby Hackett, University Alliance

A seminar to discuss findings of the University Alliance report The Way We’ll work with Shabana Mahmood MP Tuesday 17 July | Listen to the seminar  University Alliance hosting this event, in partnership with Microsoft UK, with Shabana Mahmood MP, Shadow … Continue reading

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Universities at the heart of growth

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Apeldoorn Conference: From Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 March 2012, one hundred delegates from the UK and the Netherlands came together in Manchester to share ideas on how higher education institutions can work better with business and government to promote … Continue reading

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Universities Week

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Universities Week 2012 has taken place across the UK showcasing the higher education sector and celebrating the role that universities are playing in the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and the sports industry as a whole. The week was led … Continue reading

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