News & Media

Comment on A-level results day

August 17, 2017

Commenting on 2017 A-level results day, University Alliance Chair Professor John Latham said: “Congratulations to everyone receiving their exam results today, which reflect the hard work and ...

Times Higher Education: How big is England’s North-South divide in graduate salaries?

July 21, 2017

University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell is featured in Times Higher Education’s coverage of the speech by Jo Johnson this week on value for money and universities. Responding to...

University Alliance response to HEPI report on The Comprehensive University

July 20, 2017

Commenting on The Comprehensive University, a report authored by Prof Tim Blackman and published by HEPI, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Universities are making progre...

University Alliance comments on UCAS June application deadline statistics

July 13, 2017

Commenting on UCAS June application deadline statistics, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “These statistics show the continuation of some worrying trends, with a fall in ...

University Alliance comments on the appointment of Nicola Dandridge as Chief Executive of the Office for Students

July 5, 2017

Commenting on the appointment of Nicola Dandridge as Chief Executive of the Office for Students, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “This is a strong appointment to a cruci...

University Alliance responds to the Teaching Excellence Framework awards

June 22, 2017

Commenting on the announcement of TEF awards, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: Alliance universities have a long and proud tradition of excellence in teaching. By designi...

Queen’s Birthday Honours for UA colleagues

June 21, 2017

We are pleased that the work of individuals based at, and associated with,  Alliance institutions has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this week. A University of Huddersfi...

British Chamber of Commerce

BCC Business and Education Summit 2017: How can universities and business work together to drive economic growth?

June 20, 2017

University Alliance is proud to be a reciprocal partner for the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Business and Education Summit 2017, taking place on Thursday 6 July 2017 at etc. venues, St [&hell...

UA Summit 2017 – Locally rooted and globally-connected

June 14, 2017

Our Annual Summit took place this week at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus. It provided a chance for us to think strategically about the factors which will affect the […]

Wonkhe: Most Excellent! The Teaching Excellence Alliance

June 7, 2017

Dr Sam Grogan, Director of the Teaching Excellence Alliance (TEA) has written an article for Wonkhe about the new University Alliance initiative. You can read the article here and find out […]