Professor Julie Lydon OBE, Vice-Chancellor of University of South Wales, gave an inspirational speech to welcome delegates to the University Summit 2015 – Anticipation. Disruption. Excellence – on Thursday 4 June. The summit offered a timely opportunity for colleagues at Alliance universities to come together, and explore our strengths and how we can work together […]
University Alliance welcomes the publication of OFFA’s annual monitoring of access agreements which revealed that English universities and colleges are on course to meet over 80 per cent of the targets set within their 2013/14 Access Agreements. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “Supporting people from non-traditional backgrounds to access and succeed in higher education is […]
Last week we published our response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ consultation on support for postgraduate study. Plans for £25,000 loans were unveiled in this year’s budget, following the announcement of £10,000 loans for taught master’s students in last December’s Autumn Statement. Some of our comments have since appeared in a round-up of sector […]
Our chief executive, Maddalaine Ansell, will be speaking at the Westminster Higher Education Forum – Expanding the role of universities in local economic growth on 7 July 2015. She will be giving a presentation during the session on ‘encouraging greater entrepreneurship amongst staff and students’. For more information and the full programme, visit the Westminster Higher Education Forum […]
A new report by the Economist looks at the future of work in the 21st Century. Liz Shutt, Head of Policy, at University Alliance, was interviewed for the report ‘Automated, Creative & Dispersed’ to share her views on the University of the Future. Universities are being encouraged to move closer to industry. More flexible ways […]
University Alliance has submitted a response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ consultation on support for postgraduate study. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in the Autumn Statement 2014 that the Government would introduce income-contingent loans for students under 30 who want to enrol on a postgraduate taught masters in any […]
The Guardian has announced today that Coventry University has reached “the highest position ever achieved by a former polytechnic in the Guardian league table of universities”. The Guardian goes on to say that in reaching number 15 in the table, it is higher than “many research-intensive universities, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, York, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Nottingham and Newcastle”. Maddalaine […]
University Alliance signed up to the Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research in 2013. The Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research outlines the expectations and responsibilities of research funders with respect to public engagement, to help embed public engagement in universities and research institutes. This will enhance the future of research and benefit the […]
Our chief executive Maddalaine Ansell is interviewed in Wonkhe’s ‘People in higher education’ series. Read it here.
…well, we probably do all want to change the world. And in powertrain engineering, change is happening at an unprecedented rate. Driven by both legislation and consumer demand, vehicle and engine builders are investing billions to develop more economical, smaller and more lightweight drive systems. Although the engine remains the heart of the powertrain, it […]
