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Welcome to our new site

Published on May 11, 2011
Our new website has been in development for a few months and I’m delighted that we can now share it with you. Our new online home is brighter and more spacious and will help you connect with University Alliance and our universities in new and interesting ways. Today is also exciting as we launch a project telling the story of students in Alliance universities. More than just a degree: stories of empowered students is about the endless opportuniti... Read more »

Enterprise Stars: Meet the student entrepreneurs – part 2

Published on May 17, 2018
Welcome back to part two of our series looking at the student entrepreneurs taking part in this year’s Enterprise Stars at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus on 14 June. 13 entrants from our universities will be pitching their innovative ideas to a panel of investors. They will be competing for a share of £5,000. We will announce the winners live on Twitter – follow us on @unialliance and join in the conversation at #EnterpriseStars. ... Read more »

Our New Chief Executive Vanessa Wilson

Published on March 25, 2019
We are delighted Vanessa Wilson has started as the new CEO of University Alliance. Vanessa joins us from her previous role as Director of Commercial and Communications at UK Sport, the government’s lead agency for delivering elite sporting success and major sporting event hosting in the UK. Her role included championing the significance of public funding and National Lottery investment across 55 Olympic and Paralympic sports and around 1100 Olymp... Read more »

Teesside University hailed for ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship provision

Published on March 6, 2019
Teesside University is setting the quality benchmark for apprenticeships having been among the first higher education institutions in the country to have its provision subject to full inspection by Ofsted. The education watchdog examined the University’s Higher Apprenticeship provision across five categories, rating every area as outstanding, from leadership and management, to learner outcomes. Teesside is one of the first universities to receive... Read more »

Coventry University leads £20m global research hub aiming to harness benefits of South-South migration

Published on January 22, 2019
Coventry University will lead a £20 million global research hub announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) today as part an ambitious new approach – funded through UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) – to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.   The UKRI GCRF South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub will see the university’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) join forces with universities... Read more »

Exciting new opportunity at University Alliance

Published on January 21, 2019
... We have a fantastic new position available in our Communications & Membership team.   University Alliance is looking for a Communications & Engagement Officer to join our experienced team, based at our London office.   To find out more about this exciting new position click here.   Applications close: 8th February. ... Read more »

UA Head of Policy Graeme Wise speaks to Wonkhe podcast

Published on January 14, 2019
... This week’s Wonkhe podcast covered a range topics including grammar schools, the value of different course and regulation and featured University Alliance’s Head of Policy Graeme Wise. Other guests included Shakespeare Martineau partner Smita Jamdar and Wonkhe’s founder and CEO, Mark Leach. To read more and listen in click here. ... Read more »

DTA Autumn School

Published on November 5, 2018
PhD student Sam Capp reflects on his experience of University Alliance’s DTA Programme ahead of the Autumn School this week. The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) is a programme designed to enable the UK to compete as a knowledge economy in the 21st Century. In order to achieve this a strong research and innovation ecosystem is fundamental. The aim is to respond to industry needs by producing independent, highly-employable researchers with experti... Read more »

Enterprise Stars 2018 – the winners

Published on June 15, 2018
Enterprise Stars winners 2018 – Matthew Domville, Sophia Bannert and Andrew Dunn (image credit: University of Salford) On a fine, if blustery, day in Salford Media City, students from Alliance universities across the country were arriving in town yesterday wondering which way the wind was going to blow. The final for Enterprise Stars 2018 was finally here and the investors, Peter Down from Cariocca Enterprises, Tom Howsam from Paid and Tim Foster... Read more »