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  1. Business leaders tell Chancellor: Keep graduate visa to protect UK’s research and innovation

    May 12, 2024

    17 leaders from Chambers of Commerce and business networks from across the UK have collectively written to the Chancellor to warn against watering down or scrapping the graduate visa route. The letter, which was coordinated by the University Alliance group of universities, has also been signed by leaders from the Russell Group and Universities UK. The letter has been sent ahead of the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the graduate visa rou…

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  2. The University of Hertfordshire’s holistic approach to research-led innovation and entrepreneurship

    April 12, 2024

    In our latest ‘Innovators’ blog, Yanina Aubrey-Gimenez writes about how the University of Hertfordshire is providing dedicated (and multi-faceted) support to businesses and entrepreneurs. “Starting and scaling up innovation can be an uphill battle for entrepreneurs. The journey is fraught with challenges – particularly in the beginning – and statistically, the odds are against even the most promising start-ups. Entrepreneurs face a daunting array…

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  3. Case studies: innovation and growth

    Alliance universities support employers to innovate and grow through access to facilities, work space, mentorship, peer learning, workshops and training, and new research. Here are just some of the stories from across the Alliance. UWE Bristol launch free support for SMEs to enhance digital capabilities Posted on April 8, 2021 UWE Bristol have launched Digital Skills: Workforce for the Future, offering free support to SMEs looking to improve busi…

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  4. Case studies: skills and development

    Alliance universities support employers with training, collaborative course design and access to skilled graduates. Here are just some of the stories from across the Alliance. UWE Bristol and Weston College pilot an innovative technical skills solution for Bristol Posted on July 16, 2021 The white paper sets out a vision for the future of skills across England. The resources both physical and human needed to deliver and respond to this challenge …

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  5. Work with an Alliance university

    Alliance universities specialise in working with industry and employers. They support businesses to thrive and grow through access to facilities, expertise and innovation. Their teaching empowers students with career-ready skills by working with employers on the design and delivery of courses. How can we help? Skills Alliance universities specialise in working with employers to meet skills needs. 1/3 of our courses are professionally accredited, …

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  7. How Coventry University Group are driving ‘challenge-led innovation’

    February 23, 2024

    Alliance universities are defined by their ethos of continuous innovation and collaboration. In the latest instalment of UA’s ‘Innovators’ blog, Paul Fairburn explains how Coventry University are delivering ‘challenge-led innovation’, supporting businesses and commercialising research to benefit regional economic growth “The pace of technological change and the disruptive nature of technology is continuing to transform our world. There is no hidi…

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  8. In conversation with business leaders: here’s what SMEs like mine need from the Chancellor

    March 13, 2023

    Tell us about your business, and how you began developing it. After 20 years working in executive search and interim management in London and Asia, I’d reached a stage where I needed a new challenge. Setting up my own firm was the logical next step. Chater Smart is an executive recruitment firm partnering with clients across the private sector, supplying them with interim executives, transformation directors and female leaders. We’re doing our bi…

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  9. University-business coalition calls on Chancellor to invest in Innovation for Growth

    October 26, 2022

    Today, a group of Universities and Industry Partners have sent an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, calling on the Government to recommit to investing in Innovation for Growth. The open letter, coordinated and led by University Alliance, has been signed by business leaders from the likes of Siemens, Gatwick Airport, BusinessWest and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, as well as Vice-Chancellors and academic…

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  10. University Alliance responds to the BEIS ‘Plan B’ announcement, on an alternative to Horizon Europe

    July 21, 2022

    Responding to the BEIS announcement yesterday on a ‘Plan B’ alternative to Horizon Europe, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “University Alliance welcomes yesterday’s announcement from government which provides some assurance that plans are finally forming to ensure that researchers and universities alike are not facing a possible funding cliff edge at the end of the summer. However, research funding, and the Horizon programme, are com…

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