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  1. ‘Delivering the Healthcare Workforce of the Future’: University Alliance publishes proposals to help tackle the NHS workforce crisis

    January 31, 2023

    University Alliance, an association of universities which collectively trains 30% of nurses in England, has today (31 January) published a briefing on ‘Delivering the Healthcare Workforce of the Future’. It comes at a time when the NHS is facing a workforce crisis, with over 130,000 vacancies in England and over 46,000 vacant nursing posts – a record high. A key challenge is the need to train more nurses more quickly to the same very high standar…

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  2. University Alliance respond to OfS strategy consultation for 2025-2030

    February 21, 2025

    University Alliance have submitted their response to the Office for Students strategy consultation for the years 2025 – 2030. Find the full submission here. Overview of the response Whilst University Alliance supports many of the priorities set out in the proposed strategy, we were dismayed to see a lack of focus on cutting the cost and burden of higher education regulation. In fact, many of the proposals seek to expand the OfS’s regulatory remit…

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  3. University Alliance’s submission to the Spending Review

    February 11, 2025

    University Alliance has made its submission to the Treasury ahead of this year’s Spending Review. Read UA’s full submission The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are critical to delivering the government’s decade of renewal, and focuses on three of the government’s missions: kickstarting economic growth, building an NHS fit for the future and breaking down the barriers to opportunity. Mindful of the extremely tight…

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  4. University Alliance publish Invest 2035 consultation response

    December 2, 2024

    Our consultation response focuses on how professional and technical universities contribute to many of the cross-cutting enablers of a pro-business environment identified in the green paper and how these can be optimised through government policy. Growth driving sectors We argue the government should seize the opportunity to utilise the whole higher education sector to deliver the Industrial Strategy, Sector Plans and its wider growth mission and…

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  5. Creative Education Coalition’s submission to the Curriculum Review Call for Evidence 2024

    November 25, 2024

    The Creative Education Coalition have submitted to the Curriculum Review Call for Evidence. See the full submission here. The Creative Education Coalition are made up of the following organisations: University Alliance London Higher GuildHE Drama and Theatre Education Alliance Association for Art History University College London (UCL) Royal College of Art (RCA) University of the Arts London (UAL) National Saturday Club Heritage Crafts Crafts Cou…

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  6. Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the government

    August 28, 2024

    Let’s get technical: Priorities for the new government Let’s get technical: Priorities for the new government Enter keywords Download Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the Government as a PDF In 2023, we published Let’s Get Technical, our manifesto for professional and technical universities. With a change of government taking place In summer 2024, we published an updated policy publication, titled: Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new g…

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  7. University Alliance release ‘Let’s Get Technical: The First 100 Days’ 

    July 26, 2024

    In a new publication, University Alliance has set out a range of impactful priority actions for the government to take in their first 100 days in power. UA’s latest policy briefing ‘Let’s Get Technical: The First 100 Days’ identifies policies that are cost-neutral or low-cost to deliver that could help professional and technical universities deliver the government’s agenda. In partnership with government and industry, University Alliance argue th…

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    'Let's Get Technical: The First 100 Days'

  9. University Alliance responds to OfS consultation on proposed regulatory advice

    May 28, 2024

    University Alliance has published their response to the Office for Students’ consultation on proposed regulatory advice and other matters relating to freedom of speech. Summary We welcome the principle of OfS developing guidance on freedom of speech with practical examples. However, UA members have not found the draft guidance as helpful as it could be. The examples given seem manufactured and simplistic, lacking nuance. More importantly, they do…

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  10. UA’s asks ahead of the Spring Budget

    February 27, 2024

    Addressing the immediate challenges facing our universities and their students UK universities now incur losses of £6bn annually on their core activities of research and teaching for UK home students. Our members are making significant changes to adjust to financial pressures, including major restructuring and transformation programmes. Recent analysis by PwC demonstrates that all universities remain extremely vulnerable to scenarios that are not…

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