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Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR) Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR) is a Nottingham Trent University initiative which provides bursaries for undergraduates to collaborate with staff on cutting-edge research projects. Since 2007 SPUR has involved 166 students working on 122 projects in 46 subject areas including Biosciences, Architecture, Linguistics, Social Work, Photography and Education. […]

University Alliance and the Higher Education Academy have published a collection of case studies highlighting examples of research-informed teaching from across Alliance universities, covering a broad range of existing practice. These aim to explore what research-informed teaching looks like across different disciplines and how it benefits students, academics and universities, as well as employers and the wider […]

Excellent teaching goes hand in hand with excellent research. This blog prepared by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and University Alliance, ahead of its workshop event with senior university practitioners and key higher education stakeholders, explores the latest thinking on research-informed teaching and what it looks like. Diversity is a strength of our higher education […]

As higher education in England is poised for the largest transformation in recent decades, University Alliance and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) have collaborated to help institutions to demonstrate and further improve the quality of teaching and ensure students flourish within their institutions. The new Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is intended to provide a mechanism […]

ADAPTBUILD International conference on adapting buildings for future climate change and renewable energy: An integrated approach to low energy housing Teesside University, 28-30 June 2017 AdaptBuild is the first international conference jointly organised by Teesside University, the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) in Energy and the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN). It will gather scientists, researchers, doctoral […]

University Alliance is a reciprocal partner for the British Council’s Going Global Summit 2017, taking place on 22-24 May in London. A call for proposals at the annual two and a half day conference has now opened – for further information on the event and how to apply, follow this link. The deadline for speaker proposals […]

Commenting on the package of education reforms announced today by the Prime Minister Theresa May, including a requirement for universities who want to charge higher fees to establish a new school or sponsor an existing underperforming school, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “There is a broad consensus that the most significant barrier to […]

Coverage of the election of Professor John Latham (Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University) as the new chair of University Alliance has appeared in the Coventry Observer. You can read our full press release on the announcement here.  

Our University Alliance position paper on the Higher Education & Research Bill has been published ahead of the House of Commons Bill Committee taking evidence this week. Professor Quintin McKellar CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire and University Alliance’s regulatory lead will give evidence to the committee on Tuesday 6 September representing UA. Read the position paper […]

Ahead of the Higher Education & Research Bill Committee meeting this week, Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell writes for Times Higher Education. She looks at the role the new Office for Students could play in promoting collaboration as well encouraging competition between English HE providers. She writes, “There are, however, differences between the higher education market […]