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  1. Obsessions with outcomes won’t deliver the flexible revolution

    February 15, 2021

    …ucation should be high quality? And the lifelong learning agenda is endlessly appealing – which is probably why it is one of the few HE policy issues that commands true cross-party support. The holy trinity of quality The problem seems to come down to the insistence on the part of both the Department for Education (DfE) and the Office for Students (OfS) that the best way to measure quality is to look at student outcomes, and the best outcomes to m…

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    Susanna Kalitowski

  2. University Alliance responds to the package of announcements released by the Department for Education

    January 21, 2021

    …institutions and other high-cost subjects such as creative arts which equally bring value for individuals and the economy. In meeting the demand for higher technical skills, and more broadly as an essential part of the national education infrastructure, we welcome the additional investment in and reform of further education. However, it is also vital that the role of universities in delivering technical skills is not forgotten; the divide between…

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    Vanessa

  3. The DTA Rep Committee: Amplifying the voice of PhD researchers

    January 5, 2021

    …Rep committee feedback loop – image created by Ana Tendero Cañadas Ultimately, we work to improve the PhD experience. One way we do this is by hosting some much-needed social relief such as our recent online Christmas quizzes and an upcoming end of academic year event. Why get involved in the first place? During the first year of my PhD, I encountered many challenges, including moving to a new continent, redesigning my research project and establi…

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  4. DTA3 Year in Review

    December 18, 2020

    …d innovative training and knowledge sharing opportunities. We are one of only a small number of UK-based Cofund projects and the only UK umbrella organisation, bringing together 15 host institutions to establish and deliver the programme. 2018 and 2019 were busy years. We collated PhD project proposals, completed the global recruitment of 70 international fellows, aligned HR practices and audit trails across all the partner universities, all at th…

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  5. Hertfordshire law students volunteer for Stevenage welfare benefits appeals project

    October 27, 2020

    …nline training from Citizens Advice Stevenage and will work on cases remotely. The pilot is funded by the Community Justice Fund and the National Lottery and will run until April 2021. Diana Kirsch, Associate Dean for Enterprise, Law School, University of Hertfordshire, said: “We are delighted to be working with Citizens’ Advice Stevenage on this project. The project will provide a much-needed service as there is huge unmet demand for welfare bene…

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  6. UA partnership with 10000BlackInterns programme to deliver transformative opportunities for Black students

    October 27, 2020

    …versity of Brighton and Chair of University Alliance said: “We are incredibly proud to lead the support of #10000BlackInterns across the Higher Education sector. Alliance university students are amongst the most diverse in the country, and we are deeply committed to supporting racial equity within our institutions, communities and wider society. We look forward to working with our partners across the #10000BlackInterns programme to increase the tr…

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  8. Regional Investment, European Funding and Defining Value: The Future Challenges for Research

    December 18, 2019

    …tment could never realistically be replicated, or even afforded, domestically. Finally, and probably most concerning, is how the government plans to act on its commitment to tackle “low quality courses”, as well as preparing for other aspects of the Augar report that might be getting a second look. I am deeply suspicious that low quality is shorthand for low economic value. Data on educational outcomes is extremely limited and in need of reform. E…

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  9. THE: REF submission rules ‘could increase burden’ on departments

    July 30, 2018

    …tory. The coverage includes a quote from Liz Bromley, acting chief executive of University Alliance. She commented: “getting the equality and diversity proposals right” would be a “nagging concern” for group leaders. While funding bodies had clearly “listened carefully to the sector’s concerns”, she said that “accounting for special staff circumstances, while clearly important, is a tricky business”. “The drawbacks of the current proposals are dif…

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