The Times: ‘Parties accused of dodging protests over tuition fees’
…current rate pegged to inflation. Students would not face higher monthly repayments but would repay loans over longer periods. Read the full article….
…current rate pegged to inflation. Students would not face higher monthly repayments but would repay loans over longer periods. Read the full article….
…UCAS data release 8 February 2010). Steve Smith, President of Universities UK has commented: “Last year about 160,000 students who applied didn’t end up going to university. This year, we already know that there are about another 75,000 applying for university. So… there will be a lot of students this year who do not get a place at university.” University Alliance represents 22 universities at the heart of the sector. There have been significant i…
…nd quality at a University Alliance Quality Seminar held on 18 February 2010. Our response highlights the key issues raised by Alliance universities and is intended to complement the individual and more detailed responses of our members. [Download consultation response as PDF]…
…ionship between excellence, concentration and critical mass in UK research’. Commenting on the report Director of University Alliance, Libby Aston, said: “Future policy on research concentration has seemed a little uncertain since RAE 2008 results demonstrated that peaks of world-leading research excellence were distributed more widely than had been anticipated. The evidence, however, remains very clear: selectivity not concentration has driven ex…
…unding where quality exists. This is fully supported by University Alliance. The UK has one of the most highly selective research funding methods in the world – QR funding in 2009-10, based on RAE 2008, has not changed that: In 2007-8, four institutions received 29 per cent of Quality-related (QR) funding (and 23 around 75 per cent). In 2009-10, four institutions received 32 per cent of QR funding (and 25 around 75 per cent). Selectivity can, howe…
…ee element of loans and test the hypothesis by seeing how many students also repaid the rest of what they owed. It would then have evidence to support future schemes to incentivise repayments. Alternatively, it could offer the discount only to lower-income students, information the Student Loans Company already has. So an enlightened Government could enable graduates to repay loans to help them through a difficult start to their careers, allow sev…
…of seriously important HE institutions that are a key part of powering the UK. We educate a huge number of professionals that keep the country functioning, such as teachers, nurses and health professionals.” In taking up the role of Deputy Chair, Alistair hopes to help UA realise our considerable potential to shape the future Higher Education landscape. This is because, at the heart of it all, Alistair is driven by the desire to make things better…