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…e. Central government can provide a framework, and key foundations such as national finance and qualifications systems, but devolution is fundamental to its success. At the local level and in the short term, there should be much stronger partnerships between universities and LEPs. All LEPs should carry out skills mapping exercises in their areas in line with national guidance to understand the complexities of skills supply and demand in the contex…

University Alliance features in a story by BBC News Online about the 2014 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education magazine – and their new “formula” for top universities. University Alliance responded to say that using the rankings as a “roadmap” risked missing “the breadth of routes to delivering world-class research and graduates”. “The obsession with this idea of a ‘world-class university’ is a distraction from the tried…

…Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, spoke to BBC Breakfast about the rise in students studying locally and living at home. The BBC’s Sophie Van Brugen has been to meet some A-Level students who say that staying at home is the best option for them. Libby Hackett said, “As the quality of our universities improves, this is not about limiting choice. It could be a good decision to study within your city.” Watch the clip here….

Judith Burns (BBC) reports on the changes being made to student places for 2013-14. Speaking to the BBC, Libby Hackett Director of University Alliance, said “the changes announced today are a step in the right direction, increasing our ability to place students at the ‘heart of the system’”. But Ms Hackett added that changes in grant allocations to the sector announced in January already meant that overall student numbers at universities would dr…

Our chief executive Maddalaine Ansell has been quoted in coverage by BBC News Online of the latest BIS Graduate Labour Market Statistics which were published yesterday (Tuesday 9 June). Graduates in England have seen a fall in their median salary of more than £1,000 in the past five years, according to official statistics. But more are in work than at any time since 2007, suggests Department for Business, Innovation and Skills data. Maddalaine An…

…ge today. Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, was quoted in the BBC News coverage of the story. “Access is not just about getting young people into elite universities” and that already there was “positive work that is going on right across the higher education sector”. Meanwhile Times Higher Education highlighted how University Alliance’s HELP proposals – which offer clear thinking and simple steps to enabling universal access to studen…

…ort by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, Elitist Britain? The report found that the UK is “deeply elitist” according to an analysis of the backgrounds of more than 4,000 business, political, media and public sector leaders. In the BBC News report, Prof West urged a “major rethink of what success looks like in the 21st Century”. “There is a massive breadth of routes to success and huge diversity of opportunity in the global, technol…

…Olympics. The industry employers involved in the scheme today include the BBC, ITV, BT, Arqiva, Red Bee Media, C4 and IABM. The work-based learning that is undertaken by the BBC has led to successful accreditation by the Institute of Electrical Technicians (IET). This further enhances the students’ employability credentials and facilitates career progression throughout the industry. Sheffield Hallam University Higher and Degree apprenticeships of…