…to understand the changes, Martin Lewis and the team at MoneySavingExpert.com have come up with a range of easy to understand guides and videos. We’ve posted them here along with the brilliant animation by Alliance member, Bournemouth University. Student finance day, 14 November, 2011 Student Finance Day, on November 14, is a national day dedicated to explaining the 2012 changes to student finance in England. The main aim of the campaign is simpl…
…s to anticipate, approach and tackle the challenges of the future. “Our global competitors are continuing to invest heavily in expanding higher education despite their own budget deficits. In contrast, England has had to reduce the number of places available at university to control expenditure. To equip the population to find continuing opportunities in the labour market and to meet the growing need for graduate attributes, we must continue to se…
…me with positive initial results. Creating innovative regions Britain’s global competitiveness rests on its capacity to support innovation. There is a high rate of return from spending on innovation. Yet overall investment in R&D as a proportion of GDP remains significantly lower in the UK than other nations in the G7 (Royal Academy of Engineering, 2015). We looked at the role universities in the English Midlands play in their regional innovation…
…6. He was Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Pirbright institute between 2015 and 2019 and since 2018 he has been a Non-Executive Director of the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock. Professor McKellar was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011 for services to science. He was a distinguished researcher with interests in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals. He gr…
…condary market by manufacturers, this has now changed considerably with global companies showing a serious interest in our sector. Whilst the development of new state-of-the-art buildings is a complex process, regenerating learning spaces across a whole institution puts a very different perspective on the challenge to both create, and maintain, inspirational space. The University of Brighton is currently in the middle of such a challenge, having d…
…nds of funding and support opportunities, I believe funding options will become extremely competitive and may become bias towards certain industry sectors, leaving the ecosystem unbalanced.” Wendy McCristal, Director, The Mental Wealth Company “Starting a small business just before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic could have spelled the end of my business. Having free access to training that helped me to grow my business, network with other…
…iversities are positioned and ready to deliver the knowledge, networks and communities of the future. Reduced funding from Government is no excuse for limited ambition. Our world class sector can flourish, given a clear and ambitious long-term vision of universities. We remain committed to working with Government to direct their investment towards sustaining a healthy, diverse, world-class university sector that contributes to the UK’s economic re…
…mmuting students) often benefits all. While some ideas specifically target commuters, such as ‘Commuters Connect’, an online space set up by our Students Union to help commuters network and engage, many do not. By listening to the voices of our commuters, we realise they are asking for flexibility and choice in how or when they study, socialise or communicate with us. And that flexibility and choice benefits all students – even on campus students…
…in 2012-13, or transferring to further education, means that there will be 20,000 fewer young people able to go to university compared to last year. These cuts to university places will result in thousands of young people joining the growing number who are unemployed. This is not good for them and it is certainly not good for the UK economy.” “Our new report, ‘The way we’ll work: labour market trends and preparing for the hourglass’ argues that t…
…growth. Universities are key to unlocking this hidden potential and we welcome further support to strengthen the collaborations that already exist between universities and business. Our international competitors are investing heavily in universities, so this move will certainly go someway in helping us retain our place in the global market. Our Open Doors project highlights the experiences that businesses have with universities and the benefits t…