BBC News online: Money is the key to being a top university, says study
Published on September 15, 2014
University Alliance features in a story by BBC News Online about the 2014 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education magazine – and their new “formula” for top universities. University Alliance responded to say that using the rankings as a “roadmap” risked missing “the breadth of routes to delivering world-class research and graduates”.
“The obsession with this idea of a ‘world-class university’ is a distraction from the tried and tested approach in the UK and elsewhere around the world, which is to identify and reward excellence wherever it exists,” said a spokesman.
“We are all for celebrating excellence and success – let’s just not get distracted by such a narrow and limited view of where it exists.”
University Alliance have made their submission to the Autumn budget, which will be announced in November this year. The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are a crucial component…
Posted on By Dr Alison Halford and Dr Jonathan Nixon
“Winning the Global Impact Award at this year’s Alliance Awards for our Solar Energy Transitions (SET): Inclusive e-cooking in sub-Saharan Africa project was a genuine privilege, not least because of…
The winners of the Alliance Awards 2025 were announced this evening at a ceremony hosted by the University of Hertfordshire. University Alliance is a group of 17 professional and technical…
