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Cabinet reshuffle: continuity at a time of great change

Published on September 6, 2012
...t they deserve. Keeping universities at the heart of growth The other good news from the the reshuffle was that the university brief was to stay in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Universities belong in BIS, at the heart of the government department charged with driving growth in the UK. Universities play a crucial role in the economic and social wellbeing of the country through securing our economic future and transformi... Read more »

2021 at University Alliance: the year in review

Published on December 21, 2021
...ector showcasing session with DfE officials on the role of universities in running Multi-Academy Trusts. We didn’t pull punches in our response to the ITT market review, and subsequently campaigned for the government to halt its implementation. This is an issue we continue to engage on. In much sadder news, we lost a dear and well-respected colleague this Summer: Professor Jane Turner, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Teesside University, who made such a hu... Read more »

Keeping it local in Blaenau Gwent

Published on December 10, 2012
...ersity’s strength in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, it also runs a series of services and projects in the communities of the Heads of the Valleys region. One of these, launched in January is Three Valleys Television, or 3VTV, a Hyper-local Internet based TV Channel for the people of the County Borough of Blaenau Gwent. With financial support from the Welsh Government, 3VTV is designed to extract the economic and social potential of... Read more »

Our celebration by the Thames

Published on April 17, 2013
...the future in his remarks. He said that the event was highlighting a ‘good news story’. We can not only celebrate that spring appears to have (finally) arrived but, as the stories of our graduates show, we can celebrate new business growth as graduates are starting and growing their businesses across the UK. He urged all those listening in (MPs, business leaders, university leaders, entrepreneurs, other interested individuals and now you) to do wh... Read more »

Let’s give the creative industries the respect they deserve

Published on January 28, 2014
.... Over the same period, the UK as a whole increased by 11.5 per cent. This news, although welcome, comes as no surprise to students and faculty at Alliance Universities, who have long been championing the importance of harnessing the UK’s creativity to promote economic growth. For over 150 years they have been leading in creative industries education and research and are at the forefront of innovation and growth in this area. The University of Sal... Read more »

Continued decline in languages threatens our economic competitiveness

Published on February 12, 2013
...could have had serious implications for the UK. However, this very welcome news contrasts with a disheartening drop, up to 6.7%, in applications to study modern language courses, continuing a long-term decline in language study in the UK, and its growing concentration among higher socio-economic groups. This decline is taking place despite widespread acknowledgement by key stakeholders, such as the CBI and the British Chambers of Commerce, and a h... Read more »

A socially mobile society is essential for a dynamic UK

Published on May 16, 2014
...ocial mobility’ is about groups and individuals moving within the social structures that exist. In the UK, and indeed in most of the western world, significantly more space has been created in the middle classes since 1900. Since the turn of the twentieth century the working class decreased from about 75% of the population to about 25% of the population by the 1990s(1). Alongside the dramatic change in the class structure we have also seen the ris... Read more »

David Docherty writes about bridging the gap between education and employment

Published on July 9, 2014
...key role in their plans for recovery and growth are a common sight in the news and students taking part in NCUB’s Student Employability Index report were overwhelmingly optimistic about their own employment prospects. However, it is clear from ‘Job Ready: universities, employers and students creating success’ as well as NCUB’s own ‘Career Portfolios and the Labour Market for Graduates and Postgraduates’ report, and others, that there is still roo... Read more »

A new manifesto for UK research

Published on March 18, 2015
...ds all of this to succeed. We argue that there are four elements that are crucial to a healthy ecosystem for UK research and innovation ecosystem. It needs to be selective. By which we mean the best research, identified through open competition, is funded. Decision-makers throughout the system will always be tempted to give themselves the power to allocate funds based on prejudice, patronage or politics. Or even administrative ease. But we would b... Read more »

Welcome to our new site

Published on May 11, 2011
...s to the many policy challenges faced by University Alliance institutions. News & Media will highlight our appearances in the press and let you keep track of what University Alliance is saying in the media. About the Alliance tells the story of who we are, where we came from and the universities we represent. Our Vision- The Alliance Approach sets out what we do and you can also read here about our areas of work. For everything else, there’s Twitt... Read more »