‘This offers some relief for Alliance universities’: University Alliance comments on changes to the SCAPE discount rate
UA has responded to the announcement by Torsten Bell, Minister for Pensions, on the SCAPE discount rate.
UA has responded to the announcement by Torsten Bell, Minister for Pensions, on the SCAPE discount rate.
UA CEO Vanessa Wilson has commented in response to the Education Committee’s report ‘Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students’.
University Alliance has published its response to the DfE’s call for views on the technical detail of the International Student Levy.
University Alliance has responded to the Office for Students’ consultation on the future approach to quality regulation.
Read Vanessa Wilson’s response to the Post-16 Education and Skills white paper.
University Alliance have made their submission to the Autumn budget, which will be announced in November this year.
New public polling on UK higher education, commissioned by University Alliance and conducted by YouGov, has revealed that the public back increased financial support for students training to enter vital professions, including the NHS, teaching, social work and policing.
Responding to the 3.9% increase in registration fees from the Office for Students, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “Increased fees from the Office for Students smacks of a regulator living in a parallel universe to that of the sector it is regulating. At a time when everyone else is focused on tightening their belts, […]
In response to the Department for Education’s announcements on a ‘radical skills revolution’, University Alliance have commented on the limitations placed on Level 7 apprenticeships. University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “Limiting funding for the highest level of apprenticeships to 16–21-year-olds, an age group that only rarely has enough experience to be eligible for them […]
University Alliance have joined a coalition coordinated by TenU, urging government to expand a national fund that supports proof-of-concept (PoC) funding. The aim is to bridge the gap between research and commercialisation, and support academics to get their innovations ready for investment. The coalition of organisations includes Knowledge Exchange UK, the Russell Group and University […]