Bringing Researchers Together: The DTA Spring School
The UA Communications Officer reflects on the first ever DTA Spring School.
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Stronger Together: Building A University Alliance For The Future
Read more of: Stronger Together: Building A University Alliance For The FutureWriting for wonkhe.com, our CEO Vanessa Wilson outlines how universities must stand together to respond to the challenges facing the higher education sector – and what this means for University Alliance I have spent my first few weeks at the helm of University Alliance travelling across the UK to meet our members. I have loved […]
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We’re failing students unless closing the attainment gap is a priority
Read more of: We’re failing students unless closing the attainment gap is a priorityToday sees the publication of a joint report by Universities UK and the National Union of Students into a critical issue affecting the higher education sector – the attainment gap between Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and white students. It shouldn’t need stating, but it is simply unacceptable that race and ethnicity should have […]
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TEF Submission- Public Statement
Read more of: TEF Submission- Public StatementUniversity Alliance has published its full response to the Independent Review of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) calls for views – which closed in February. The Review, commissioned by the government and led by Dame Shirley Pearce, is due to report in the summer. Read the full terms of reference here. University Alliance […]
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Our New Chief Executive Vanessa Wilson
Read more of: Our New Chief Executive Vanessa WilsonWe are delighted Vanessa Wilson has started as the new CEO of University Alliance. Vanessa joins us from her previous role as Director of Commercial and Communications at UK Sport, the government’s lead agency for delivering elite sporting success and major sporting event hosting in the UK. Her role included championing the significance of public […]
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Teesside University hailed for ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship provision
Read more of: Teesside University hailed for ‘outstanding’ apprenticeship provisionTeesside University is setting the quality benchmark for apprenticeships having been among the first higher education institutions in the country to have its provision subject to full inspection by Ofsted. The education watchdog examined the University’s Higher Apprenticeship provision across five categories, rating every area as outstanding, from leadership and management, to learner outcomes. Teesside […]
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The Teaching Excellence Alliance – Strategic Overview
Read more of: The Teaching Excellence Alliance – Strategic OverviewThe UK is well placed to benefit from the new industrial revolution – and universities that focus on professional and technical skills are crucial to delivering the skills employers need (Industrial Strategy) Equally, if our students are to succeed in a world shaped by next generation technology, we need to equip them not only with […]
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What is the Teaching Excellence Alliance?
Read more of: What is the Teaching Excellence Alliance?Alliance universities have developed areas of collective distinctiveness in learning and teaching which focuses on sustained student success in professional and technical education. The Teaching Excellence Alliance (TEA) seeks to enhance and promote this approach, at a time when scrutiny of teaching performance, value for money and skills gaps and productivity are high on the […]
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For Students: What is the Teaching Excellence Alliance?
Read more of: For Students: What is the Teaching Excellence Alliance?The Teaching Excellence Alliance (TEA) has been set up by members of University Alliance, of which your university is a member, in order to enhance and promote excellence in professional and technical education (the distinctive model of Alliance universities) and to achieve sustained student success. Our areas of distinctiveness focus on progressive and innovative teaching […]
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Peer Review College
Read more of: Peer Review CollegeTeaching Excellence Alliance partners have been asked to nominate five colleagues from their institution to join the TEA Peer Review College as Members. This pack contains information to help with this selection and communication to colleagues, including: The background to and objectives of the Peer Review College, including Member profiles, to help you target invitations/ […]
