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  1. UA Comment on Budget’s Research Investment

    In his first budget speech, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced £22 billion of investment into research and development. The full detailed breakdown of this investment will follow, but he did announce that £400 million of the money would go to Universities across the UK, outside London and the South East, the so-called ‘Golden Triangle’. Responding to this announcement, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson Said “Alliance universities work at t…

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  2. University Alliance supports NUS calls for return of Maintenance Grant

    University Alliance has joined forces with the National Union of Students (NUS), Universities UK, Million Plus and the Association of Colleges to call for the next government to reinstate and extend non-repayable maintenance funding for all students studying a higher education qualification. Together, these organisations represent seven million students, over 550 students’ unions, over 100 universities and over 300 colleges. Maintenance grants we…

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