The Guardian university awards showcase best practice, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. Honouring excellence in everything from teaching practice to inspiring facilities, the awards act as a sector benchmark and offer universities a seal of approval for their most outstanding work. All shortlisted entries will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in central […]
Alan Milburn, the social mobility tsar, gave us a stark warning this morning as he launched his Commission’s latest State of the Nation report, that the UK risks becoming a ‘permanently’ divided society unless ‘radical new’ approaches are taken by the next government. In the second annual report, the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission […]
In response to a major new report from the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on what schools can do to improve social mobility, University Alliance agrees that schools cannot do this alone. Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, welcomed the report, adding: “Higher education is a critical engine of social mobility. The added […]
For the past couple of weeks politicians on both sides of the House have been gathering for their annual party conferences with their eye on the prize – the national election next May. The conferences provided University Alliance with an opportunity to set out what we think politicians and their advisers should keep firmly in mind over […]
Over the past five years, since we established ourselves as a group, University Alliance has gone from strength to strength. It has united diverse and excellent universities, providing them with a collective voice and gaining a reputation as a powerful, constructive and positive group in the UK and abroad, not only for our universities but […]
University Alliance welcomes the report by Universities UK, International Students in higher education: the UK and its competition. Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “In addition to removing international students from the net migration target, the government needs to reintroduce the two year post-study work visas for all graduates from UK universities. It […]
The UK’s rich and diverse ecosystem of world-leading research and innovation is a key driver of growth and productivity. At the heart of this, and underpinning the Industrial Strategy, sits a world class research base. University Alliance has collaborated with the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) and Innovate UK on a joint booklet […]
A feature by Times Higher Education looking at how post-graduate funding can be fixed, references our HELP proposals launched earlier this year. HELP is a new higher education loan programme which would help every student cover the cost of studying. “Then, in June this year, the University Alliance proposed an Australian-style scheme called HELP UK […]
Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, is featured in coverage in the Guardian about the Higher Education Policy Institute’s new guide on the removal of student number controls. Professor Steve West, chair of the University Alliance group, which includes Coventry University and Cardiff Metropolitan University, said that government funding should be linked to student retention rates, and […]
University Alliance responds to a guide by HEPI on the removal of student number controls, and the impact this may have on our higher education sector. On the issue of quality, Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “The reputation of the UK’s higher education sector lives and dies on its quality, particularly at […]
