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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 responds to OfS consultation on the future approach to quality regulation

    December 11, 2025

    University Alliance has responded to the Office for Students’ consultation on the future approach to quality regulation. UA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on the future approach to quality regulation. As teaching-intensive institutions, Alliance universities are proud of their long history of teaching excellence. They are committed to delivering high quality, inclusive, and professionally oriente…

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  3. UA’s submission to the 10-Year Workforce Plan call for evidence

    November 13, 2025

    University Alliance has submitted its response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for evidence on the 10-Year Workforce Plan. Read our submission here As a mission group representing professional and technical universities with strong links to health and social care provision, our members play a critical role in training the future workforce and addressing skills shortages across the NHS and allied sectors. Our response draws on e…

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  4. University Alliance responds to the Post-16 Education and Skills white paper

    October 21, 2025

    Responding to the Post-16 Education and Skills white paper, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “Having long called for a joined-up vision and strategy for the future of post-16 education and skills, we welcome the government’s white paper. It sets a helpful trajectory for further and higher education, with a much-needed focus on the value of high-level skills.  Whilst there are many policies in the paper which will empower universities …

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  5. University Alliance’s submission to the Autumn budget 2025

    October 16, 2025

    University Alliance have made their submission to the Autumn budget, which will be announced in November this year. Read UA’s full submission The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are a crucial component of the education skills system and have a vital role to play in kickstarting economic growth and other key government priorities. To enable universities to achieve their full potential in contributing to the UK’s c…

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  6. UA’s submission to the OfS’ call for evidence on regional access partnerships

    July 21, 2025

    University Alliance has submitted its response to the Office for Students’ (OfS) call for evidence on regional access partnerships. Read our submission here As a mission group representing professional and technical universities with deep roots in their local communities, our members are committed to widening access to higher education and addressing regional disparities in educational opportunity. Our response draws on extensive consultation wit…

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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