Featured publications
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Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new government
With a change of government taking place In summer 2024, we published an updated policy publication, titled: Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new government.
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New report on the barriers to expanding healthcare degree apprenticeships
University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby have jointly published a comprehensive report that explores the current enablers of and barriers to delivering healthcare apprenticeships.
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Report urges government to back universities’ high-level skills provision
The Social Market Foundation’s ‘Skills Sidelined’ report has called on the government to back universities providing high-level skills provision to plug skills shortages.
Stories and case studies
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The little book of big impact
Read a selection of case studies from across the University Alliance, spanning skills, innovation, research and community and business engagement. Every year, UA collects hundreds of short case studies from…
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Developing the next generation of researchers
Read a selection of 22 case studies from researchers across the UK who are members of our Doctoral Training Alliance. The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) was founded by UA to…
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Apprentices of the Alliance
Alliance universities are some of the foremost providers of degree apprenticeships, with apprentices studying everything from Nursing, to Quantity Surveying, to Automotive Engineering all the way to Digital Design. This…
Briefings, insights and submissions
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UA’s submission to the OfS’ call for evidence on regional access partnerships
University Alliance has submitted its response to the Office for Students’ (OfS) call for evidence on regional access partnerships. As a mission group representing professional and technical universities with deep…
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Report urges government to back universities’ high-level skills provision
The Social Market Foundation’s ‘Skills Sidelined’ report has called on the government to back universities providing high-level skills provision to plug skills shortages.
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UA responds to the ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’ consultation
University Alliance has responded to the consultation on ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’. In our response we: Read UA’s response to the ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’ consultation.
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Briefing: international students at Alliance universities
This briefing examines the drivers behind growth in the number of international students studying at Alliance universities in recent years, and the decline we have seen since 2023.
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UA briefing: Higher education reform
On 4 November 2024, the Secretary of State for Education made a statement to the House of Commons outlining plans for an inflationary increase in higher education tuition fees and…
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University Alliance respond to OfS strategy consultation for 2025-2030
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…
