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…student numbers but a funding system that is not affordable. We need to set out a longer-term plan for solving the problem and creating a sustainable higher education system that is able to grow and meet the demands of a changing, global economy. “The UK needs to ensure it is able to grow the graduate population, as our global competitors continue to do, and to encourage talent from right across society. A degree is still one of the best options…
…artin Roth, the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, has attacked the UK education system saying it leaves too many design students lacking ‘basic skills’. His comments were reported in a piece in Design Week which also highlighted how “Earlier this year, University Alliance called for a ‘revolution’ in design education to ‘embed creativity and problem-solving into the National Curriculum’.” You can find out about our Design& project we recen…
…Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, has been featured in Chemistry World in a story about Greg Clark replacing David Willetts as the new Universities and Science Minister. In the article, Steve welcomed the appointment. ‘The coming months will be critical in thinking about the long-term sustainability and global positioning of UK higher education and we look forward to working with Mr Clark and his team,’ he said in a statement.”…
…this role.” Dan Perrett and Simon Laver, co-founders of Perrett Laver, said: “We are delighted to welcome someone of Libby’s calibre and reputation to our Global Higher Education team at Perrett Laver. Libby will play a major role in our ambitions for the organisation, particularly within two of our key geographic markets, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific. We are especially pleased to bring into our firm Libby’s expertise and insigh…
…omic modelling and shaped by the views of students and parents from newly commissioned research. H.E.L.P. UK offers clear thinking and simple steps to enabling universal access to student loans, bringing down the massive cost of the current loans system and re-balancing the contribution between Government and the individual to higher education. Join us for the launch and make sure to have your say in this contentious debate. Register your p…
…more diverse and expanding system after 2015-16 when student number controls are removed”, but the sector’s reputation must be protected via tighter quality controls. “We need to be thoughtful and careful in safeguarding the reputation of UK higher education” when higher education was becoming more global, she said. Regulation must be “fit for purpose and suitable for a rapidly changing world”, she added, saying the report “provides some possible…
…o see people falling down than moving up. It also means that if we want to complete globally we need to advance our science and technology and create more graduate jobs to accommodate this new world. Graduate jobs are changing; the old professions are disappearing or needing to be transformed (what is the future of journalism when ‘news’ and ‘information’ is in real time and ubiquitous?). As new graduate jobs are created and new knowledge is devel…
…nt the innovative and market-leading work of Alliance universities. In the UK’s global, knowledge-based economy, where 80% of new jobs are in high-skill areas and new and growth industries take a high-tech, high-skill and innovative approach, Alliance universities are the critical force in the sector driving the UK’s economic future alongside and in partnership with businesses. University Alliance’s response highlighted the range of mechanisms tha…
…iverse range of providers? How can you strike the right balance between welcoming legitimate international students and blocking the not-so-legitimate ones? In two new reports out today, the Higher Education Policy Institute puts the Australian higher education system under the microscope and then compares it to the English one. Both reports conclude that England could learn lessons from the Australian system, particularly on the support offered t…
