…uilding on our recent scenarios work we will explore the issues and challenges facing universities in the future and ask the big questions about how and where universities need to position themselves to deliver the knowledge, networks and communities we need.We will explore what this changing environment mean for the future of Higher Education, and how are UK universities equipping graduates for the future? 5 March 2013 – 08:45-10:00 See you there…
…build on such a positive and solid base, set by my predecessor Professor Janet Beer, and the great work of Libby Hackett and the University Alliance team. The Alliance will continue to take a sensible, challenging, evidence-based and helpful approach – suggesting credible alternatives that recognise the financial context that higher education and the public sector as a whole are working within. “The transformational power of universities – for ind…
…esday 17 July | Listen to the seminar Stephen Uden, Microsoft; Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor Oxford Brookes University; Shabana Mahmood MP; Libby Hackett, University Alliance University Alliance hosting this event, in partnership with Microsoft UK, with Shabana Mahmood MP, Shadow Minister of State for Higher Education, looking at the important issue of graduate employability and the future of the UK’s labour market. Ensuring graduates are…
…t where universities need to position themselves to deliver the knowledge, networks and places of the future. It has been a dramatic few years for universities. There has been much debate and waiting, discussions and decisions made. However, very little of this has been led by the sector itself; university leaders and sector organisations have been consulted along the way but only in response to policy proposals, often late in the day, not tested…
…Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University, joined the PM programme on BBC Radio 4 to discuss proposals to give universities a greater role in A-level design and development. Joining Professor Vinney were Mary Dunnet, a student at Edinburgh University, and Richard Drew, an A-level teacher from South Wales. You can listen to the interview here. (Approx 34 minutes into the programme). …
…stry and ways in which universities can diversify revenue schemes. University chair, Professor Janet Beer, and director, Libby Hackett, both spoke at the event. Date: 20 March 2012 Location: London Bridge, London You can access the event blog here! @UniAlliance | #HE2012…
…Professor Les Ebdon being appointed the new Director of OFFA, Professor Janet Beer, Chair of University Alliance and Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University said: “We look forward to working with Professor Les Ebdon to ensure fairness is maintained at the heart of university access. His experience within the sector and of working with Government will put him in a good position to take up this important post. “All universities are committed t…
…Professor Janet Beer speaks to Channel 4 News’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy on the latest UCAS figures on university applications….
…s that it preserves as well as the barriers it breaks down in driving progress. Libby Hackett’s prediction for 2012 is included in the Guardian HE Network article, ‘What does 2012 hold for Higher Education policy?’….
…Two proposals have been put forward to avert the “polarisation” of the sector as a result of the government’s student number plans in a letter from University Alliance Chair, Professor Janet Beer, to the Secretary of State, Vince Cable, and Universities Minister, David Willetts. The full article by Simon Baker can be read here. Read the full letter with our proposals here….
