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THE: Letter to the Editor, Win-win way to square the funding circle

July 2, 2009

This summer there will be an extra 40,000 unsuccessful university applicants than in 2008. This is because we have seen an 8 per cent hike in applications, but institutions won’t recruit more [&hel...

New Chair for University Alliance

February 10, 2009

The University Alliance has chosen Oxford Brookes University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Janet Beer, to succeed Professor John Craven, Vice Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, as chair of ...

The Guardian: Anxious Wait – Rules for Allocating Research Funding

January 20, 2009

Tomorrow, the broad principles determining what funding universities receive next year will be set. The final allocations for university funding in 2009-10 are not due until 4 March, but vice-chanc...

RAE Press Release: University Alliance

December 9, 2008

The 24 University Alliance members welcome the release of the RAE results.  The results show very strong and widespread excellence in research across the Alliance, and particularly demonstrate the ...

THE: Embrace, don't shun, ethos of business

October 12, 2007

Tim Wilson, vice-chancellor of Hertfordshire, calls for the creation of a new generation of commerce-friendly universities. It has been heartening for academe to hear Government and Opposition ackn...

THE: Letter to the Editor – Language Alliance

March 16, 2007

Letters & Opinions, March 16, 2007 You report that Russell Group universities are increasingly becoming the major providers of single honours language programmes (“Study deserts blight UK”, Feb...

New university group launched

January 9, 2007

A fourth university mission group, the University Alliance, was formally launched today to represent the interests of 24 institutions. Previously convened informally as the Alliance of Non-Aligned ...