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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University Alliance responds to the NMC’s consultation on nursing and midwifery education standards
University Alliance has responded to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s consultation on proposals to reform nursing and midwifery practice learning standards. Representing the professional and technical universities that educate 35%…
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University Alliance responds to the consultation on Office for Students fee charging model
University Alliance has responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on the future funding model for the Office for Students (OfS). While supporting the principle of an independent and appropriately resourced…
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University Alliance calls for a more proportionate approach to student protection regulation
We have submitted our response to the Office for Students’ consultation on proposals for a new approach to consumer and student protection.
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Professional doctorates growth has ‘plateaued’ amid funding and status challenges, survey reveals
Growth of new professional doctorate provision across the UK and Ireland has levelled off, with challenges around funding and perceived status compared to PhDs continuing to constrain their development, according to a…
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University Alliance sets out four principles for student finance reform
Read University Alliance’s response to the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry on Student loans and taxation of graduates.
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‘We must reduce practical barriers to higher education for young people’: UA’s recommendations to the Young People and Work Review
University Alliance has submitted its evidence to the Young People and Work Review
