Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was featured in a story in the Guardian Higher Education Network blog about proposed cuts to the European research budget which could risk British universities losing their position as world-leading institutions. She had called the proposals a ‘backwards step’ for UK and European researchers. You can read her full statement on […]
A subject very close to our hearts was trending in London on Twitter on Wednesday night. Anyone whose curiosity had been stirred by the steady climb of #casedebate15 to the top five spot on the social media site and clicked onto its timeline may have been surprised by the passion and blow-by-blow details of “who-said-what” and […]
University Alliance is disappointed that the EC proposes to divert money from the research and innovation budget to the newly created European Fund for Strategic Investments. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “UK universities get up to 20 percent of their external research income from the EU. So a hit to the Horizon […]
Our report on research excellence was highlighted in a quote from John Vinney, vice chancellor of Bournemouth University – which is one of our members. Prof Vinney was sharing what he wants political parties to include in their 2015 election manifestos in the Guardian Higher Education Network Blog. “I’d like the government to fund excellence in research […]
A recent blog by Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, calling on politicians to pledge to re-introduce the two-year post-study work visa allowing qualified international graduates to stay in the UK to work for a limited time, has featured in Business Leader. Read the story here.
This May, the country will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. If we believe the old saying that a week in politics is a long time, then five months should be an age. But it doesn’t feel that way. Key politicians are already rushing to make themselves heard and setting out proposals […]
The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework show that Alliance universities have seen a major increase in their share of world class and internationally excellent research. Click on the pins below to find out more about Alliance university research excellence and click through to the REF pages of their websites.
World class and internationally excellent research almost doubled across Alliance universities The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework show that Alliance universities have seen a major increase in their share of world class and internationally excellent research. Their combined level of 3 and 4* research nearly doubled to 60%, compared to 35% in RAE2008 […]
Our chair, Professor Steve West, has been quoted in media coverage of the Research Excellent Framework exercise 2014 in Times Higher Education. The story suggests that the increase in the proportion of academic research classed as world-leading or internationally excellent has reopened the debate about how quality-related funding is distributed. Meanwhile, Steve West, chair of University […]
Professor Steve West, chair of University Alliance, has been quoted in Times Higher Education’s coverage of the Science and Innovation Strategy. Steve West, chair of the University Alliance and vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England, said: “The scale of consultation by the government on the Science and Innovation Strategy was unprecedented and they […]