…esday 17 July | Listen to the seminar Stephen Uden, Microsoft; Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor Oxford Brookes University; Shabana Mahmood MP; Libby Hackett, University Alliance University Alliance hosting this event, in partnership with Microsoft UK, with Shabana Mahmood MP, Shadow Minister of State for Higher Education, looking at the important issue of graduate employability and the future of the UK’s labour market. Ensuring graduates are…
…Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University, joined the PM programme on BBC Radio 4 to discuss proposals to give universities a greater role in A-level design and development. Joining Professor Vinney were Mary Dunnet, a student at Edinburgh University, and Richard Drew, an A-level teacher from South Wales. You can listen to the interview here. (Approx 34 minutes into the programme). …
…portance of maintaining competitive advantages internationally, research and its relationship with industry and ways in which universities can diversify revenue schemes. University chair, Professor Janet Beer, and director, Libby Hackett, both spoke at the event. Date: 20 March 2012 Location: London Bridge, London You can access the event blog here! @UniAlliance | #HE2012…
…Professor Les Ebdon being appointed the new Director of OFFA, Professor Janet Beer, Chair of University Alliance and Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University said: “We look forward to working with Professor Les Ebdon to ensure fairness is maintained at the heart of university access. His experience within the sector and of working with Government will put him in a good position to take up this important post. “All universities are committed t…
…Professor Janet Beer speaks to Channel 4 News’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy on the latest UCAS figures on university applications….
…t economic climate. However, what drives a freight train through this short-term turbulence is a long-term trajectory of the increasing economic impact of our universities and graduates. Universities are no longer just about generating new knowledge within a protected academic environment. The ivory towers have fallen. All of our universities are working closely with new industries, design and technologies to make new discoveries that will change…
…Two proposals have been put forward to avert the “polarisation” of the sector as a result of the government’s student number plans in a letter from University Alliance Chair, Professor Janet Beer, to the Secretary of State, Vince Cable, and Universities Minister, David Willetts. The full article by Simon Baker can be read here. Read the full letter with our proposals here….
…rships that will help rebalance the economy. As part of a global knowledge network, universities generate, translate and disseminate research-led innovation. By exchanging knowledge with business and enterprise, universities also support its adoption and exploitation. Through widening participation and delivering access to the professions, they support social mobility. By engaging individuals in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding, they sup…
…y Alliance, argued that the proposals could result in fewer places on “high-demand, high-quality courses with good employment outcomes in the mainstream of the sector”. “We are concerned that this won’t lead to a demand led system. We therefore strongly support Hefce and the government’s commitment to monitor the situation and make any necessary changes in 2013-14,” she said. “It is not the case the removal of numbers from one part of the sector a…
…. We must identify the correct balance of contribution between the individual and the state in the forthcoming white paper on higher education. This underlying principle will have significant consequences for the future of our world-class public higher-education system, and must not be submerged by the immediate crisis in the public finances. Professor Janet Beer Chair of University Alliance and vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University Read th…
