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Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance welcomed the report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on Business-University Collaboration. He added: “This is an important review for which the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee should be commended – particularly for the thorough approach it undertook in understanding what is required for effective business-university collaboration. […]

Five of University Alliance’s institutions have picked up top accolades at the Times Higher Education Awards 2014 last night. They took the top spot in a number of categories including most outstanding employer engagement initiative, most outstanding support for students and the international collaboration of the year. The University of Salford picked up two of […]

Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, welcomed the Growth Through People report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, adding “We wholeheartedly agree universities and employers need to work together to ensure the skills students are learning are relevant and up-to-date, and most importantly flexible to changing demands of the labour market. University […]

Last week the Higher Education Commission published a report setting out 16 recommendations following their inquiry into future risks to the financial sustainability of the sector.  The Commission aimed to identify what is needed for ‘a thriving, buzzing centre of knowledge for England and the rest of the UK; building and expanding, producing valuable outputs, […]

Earlier in the week I was part of a fascinating panel debate about the impact lifting the cap on student number controls next year might have on teaching and learning. The starting point for me in any debate of this nature is to acknowledge the incredible diversity of excellent provision we have in the UK. […]

Read University Alliance’s response to HEFCE here.

Our statement on the Ucas figures have been picked up by THE in their coverage of Ucas analysis of demand for long-term demand for university education following higher tuition fees. The analysis was welcomed by Liz Shutt, head of policy for the University Alliance. “This timely analysis clearly demonstrates that students are not being dissuaded by […]

Liz Shutt, Head of Policy for University Alliance, welcomed the latest UCAS analysis on the impact of higher tuition fees that were introduced in 2012. She added: “This timely analysis clearly demonstrates that students are not being dissuaded by the increase in fees since 2012 and are actually entering higher education in record numbers.  Crucially, […]

Feeling festive and creative? The University Alliance Christmas Card competition has just launched – if you are a member of staff or a student at one of our Alliance Universities, why not enter the competition by designing the cover of our Christmas card which we send out to our key stakeholders. If you would like […]

Liz Shutt, Head of Policy for University Alliance, said in response to the IPPR report – Reaching higher: Reforming student loans to broaden access to postgraduate study published today. “We agree that we need a smarter loan design to sort out the post-graduate and part-time funding vacuum and deliver a more sustainable loan system that will […]