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  1. Kingston University’s Big Read

    Students starting an undergraduate or masters degree at Kingston University this year were all sent a special copy of About a Boy by Nick Hornby. Starting university can be a nerve-racking experience. Few of us could credibly claim to have enjoyed every second of freshers’ week, or to have sailed through the first term without […]

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  2. University Alliance launches a new kind of doctoral programme for the 21st Century

    Thirteen Alliance universities have joined forces to launch a new kind of doctoral training programme in response to industry needs and promote the UK’s economic growth and productivity. The largest multi-partner and only nationwide doctoral training initiative of its kind – the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) – will be launched today (Thursday 24 September 2015) […]

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  3. CSR: Research and innovation funding

    We’ve published our submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review – Research and innovation funding. We have also summarised the key priorities for research and innovation funding we are calling on Government to bear in mind ahead of the CSR. They are: Investment. Research funding boosts UK growth and productivity and attracts high levels of inward investment. Government must invest […]

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  4. CSR: Skills for new growth

    Read University Alliance’s submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review – ‘Skills for new growth’. We have also summarised the key priorities for skills for new growth for the Government to bear in mind ahead of the CSR. They are: Numbers. More graduates are needed to keep pace with growing demand for higher skills. The cap on student numbers must remain […]

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