Today the Universities Minister Jo Johnson gave his first major speech on the government’s higher education policy since the election. In his speech he has reiterated the government’s recognition of the value of higher education to the success of the country but reminded the sector that it is vital they demonstrate value for money for […]
Read our letter to the Financial Times following recent coverage on the role of universities and colleges in delivering a skilled workforce for the UK. Sir, We disagree with Baroness Alison Wolf’s claim that the “UK’s education system was too skewed towards universities” (“UK employers warned of ‘mass exodus’ of skills as workers retire”, June 25). […]
University Alliance welcomes this HEFCE consultation into the quality assurance of the higher education sector. The aims outlined by Dame Shirley Pearce CBE are exactly right. We need a system that puts the needs of the student at the centre, pays greater attention to outcomes than process, is risk-based rather than formulaic and which reduces the […]
We welcome Professor Wolf raising the important issue of further and higher education funding in her recent report. The media coverage, including in the Telegraph, shows just how important this issue is. However, in both the report and coverage of it, the universities described do not reflect ours. We would be delighted to welcome you […]
Our chief executive Maddalaine Ansell is quoted in a Guardian article on international students and the benefits they bring to UK students at university. The story which features short interviews with students at a number of universities including Sheffield Hallam University was inspired by a new survey commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) […]
Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance – Britain’s universities for cities and regions – welcomed the new survey commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) which reveals that students believe they benefit in many ways from studying alongside people from other countries. She said: “Our universities offer […]
Twelve universities from the University Alliance of business-focused post-1992 institutions are launching a doctoral training partnership that is not sponsored by the research councils. The Doctoral Training Alliance in Applied Biosciences for Health, first mooted by the universities in March, will accept its first cohort of 24 students—two at each participating university—in the 2015-16 academic […]
Wednesday 29 July 2015 – 11.30 – 13.30, London (venue tbc) High quality teaching is critical to creating the world’s future leaders and problem solvers. This is something we are passionate about at University Alliance. We welcome the new political focus on teaching excellence and would like to help the Government deliver its commitment to […]
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) are celebrating their 10th anniversary today of the first access agreements being approved by OFFA. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “Ten years on since their introduction, English universities and colleges are on course to meet over 80 per cent of the targets set within their 2013/2014 […]
Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, welcomed the Student Funding Panel‘s final recommendations on how the student funding system in England could be improved. She said: “The UK needs a higher education system offering high quality teaching and learning to everyone with the ability and aspiration to go to university. “The UK needs more graduates […]
