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Why study at an Alliance university?
Up and down the country, thousands of young people will be anxiously opening their A level or BTEC results this morning in the hope they’ve achieved the grades that have […]

Continuing the conversation between Emma Hardy MP and Professor Jane Harrington, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich
The Covid-19 crisis should be an opportunity to re-examine how we deliver education, and, as was discussed recently ‘in conversation with Emma Hardy MP’ at the University Alliance Summit, a […]

Polling the public to inform our strategic planning to the recovery response
The coronavirus pandemic has touched just about every aspect of our lives and it is certain that we will witness lasting economic, social, cultural and health implications for decades to […]

The importance of listening to businesses in developing degree apprenticeships
Since degree apprenticeships were introduced in 2015, Alliance universities across the country have embraced the opportunity to drive skills development and collaboration with businesses. We work w...

Realising the benefits of the KEF through collaboration
The KEF affords universities an opportunity to highlight the impact of Knowledge Exchange, but at Greenwich and across University Alliance, we believe its true social, economic and environmental be...

The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 4
Dr Vladimir Vukovic, Deputy Director of the Energy research stream within UA’s Doctoral Training Alliance relates his experience working across both academia and industry, and the benefits this has...

The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 3
UCLan DTA3 researcher, Arantza Cobela Garcia, discusses her research and how the Doctoral Training Alliance has helped her apply it to real world problems, crossing the boundary between academia an...

The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 2
Doctoral Training Alliance researcher SreeHarsha Bandaru writes about his experience of crossing the divide between academia and industry, at the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp, and how being part of ...

The DTA is Intersectoral- Part 1
In part one of the series hear from two of our researchers on their experience working with industry and the benefits this has brought to their academic careers. Read more »

Regional Investment, European Funding and Defining Value: The Future Challenges for Research
This blog was initially published by Research Fortnight. The new government’s agenda poses universities some existential questions, says Vanessa Wilson A December election was always going t...