BBC coverage of Lord Stern’s independent review of the Research Excellence Framework includes our response to its findings.
One of the review’s recommendations is that all research staff should have to submit work for assessment, rather than allowing universities to put forward a small selection of their academics.
Our statement, which you can read in full here, responded that the assessment process “must not just reward universities with the highest numbers of research-active staff”.
In response to the government’s Immigration White Paper, released today (12 May 2025), University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “What the country and our economy needs at the moment is…
University Alliance has responded to the consultation on ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’. In our response we: Read UA’s response to the ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’ consultation.
During the last two years, over two hundred and thirty providers of higher education have submitted Access and Participation Plans (APP) for approval to the Office for Students (OfS). Another…
