Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has written a piece for Research Fortnight on lifetime learning accounts. She writes: “Most education policy is focussed on young people going through school, college or university for the first time. This makes sense practically and politically. If youngsters get it right the first time, society won’t need to put it right […]
UA Chair Professor Steve West has been featured in the Guardian’s coverage of the Institute of Fiscal Studies’ report on graduate incomes. The report found that students from richer homes earn thousands more after graduating than their poorer peers – even if they attended the same universities. Prof Steve West, chairman of University Alliance, said: […]
Commenting on the IFS study of graduate earnings, University Alliance Chair Professor Steve West said: “This major study, the first of its kind, demonstrates the enduring value of a degree, measured in terms of the difference between graduate and non-graduate earnings a decade after leaving university. “However, the report’s most striking conclusion is the extent […]
Thurs 2 June, 9am – 5pm Engineering and Computing Building, Coventry University Our Annual Summit brings together our member institutions and key stakeholders to focus on the key issues facing the higher education sector. This year we are exploring the role of our universities as leaders in their cities and regions, delivering the world-class teaching, research […]
As the Government launches its consultation today on how changes to funding for nurse, midwife and allied health professional degree places can be implemented, UA policy officer Tom Frostick writes for Wonkhe about the implications this could have for our health ecosystem. In his blog, Unanswered questions about the government’s changes to health education, Tom asks what do these […]
How do you build, nurture and engage a brand new community if everyone in it is busy and not always in the same place at the same time? It’s a knotty problem that all of us have to unravel in our modern digital society but even more so for the PhD students enrolled in the […]
Coverage of the Social Market Foundation report on Widening Participation, published in partnership with University Alliance and the Open University has appeared in the Independent. The report looks in detail at the Prime Minister’s ambition to double the proportion of disadvantaged students entering higher education by 2020. The report finds that the Government is on course to […]
Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was quoted in University Business’ coverage of the Social Market Foundation report on Widening Participation – published in partnership with University Alliance and the Open University. Commenting, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “In recent years, significant progress has been made in recruiting more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to university, […]
Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell writes for the Guardian HE Network on how universities need to provide a balanced combination of theory and practical skills, so young people graduate with a degree that boosts their employment prospects. “Only students who don’t need jobs can afford an education that does not prepare them for the workplace, and […]
University Alliance today issues its response to Lord Stern’s review of the Research Excellence Framework. Its recommendations include: The REF should recognise and reward dynamism by using productivity measures, examining research income input against research quality output. National research data infrastructure should be developed as a one-stop shop for information for researchers and the HE […]
