University Alliance is delighted to be co-sponsoring a Higher Education debate with Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, the Shadow Universities Minister, at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester this year. The Social Market Foundation event Robbins Rebooted: The Future of Higher Education will take place on Tuesday 23 September 2014, 17.30 – 19.00. The 1963 […]
University Alliance features in a story by BBC News Online about the 2014 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education magazine – and their new “formula” for top universities. University Alliance responded to say that using the rankings as a “roadmap” risked missing “the breadth of routes to delivering world-class research and graduates”. “The […]
Read University Alliance’s response here to the BIS Science & Innovation Strategy Survey.
It has probably not escaped the notice of many who work in our field that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is due to announce a 10 year plan for UK Science and Innovation as part of his Autumn Statement. Today marks the formal end of an extensive consultation exercise and is a timely opportunity to […]
Commenting on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ‘Education at a Glance’ report 2014, Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “It’s positive that today’s report has revealed that the UK’s high proportion of people with university or college qualifications, with more gaining a university or college qualification than leaving school aged 18. […]
The UK’s restrictive policy is affecting our universities’ reputation as welcoming places to study and work. This is harming our economy as well as our universities. In response to the release of the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) quarterly estimate which has seen net migration to Britain increasing by 68,000 in the past year to […]
The publication of the Social Market Foundation’s latest pamphlet, Robbins Rebooted, in which Shadow Universities Minister Liam Byrne sets out his vision for the future of Higher Education, attracted widespread coverage today. Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, was quoted in the BBC News coverage of the story. “Access is not just about getting […]
Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, features in one of today’s top stories focusing on the controversial findings of a new report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, Elitist Britain? The report found that the UK is “deeply elitist” according to an analysis of the backgrounds of more than 4,000 business, political, media and public sector […]
University Alliance and three of its member universities feature in a piece by the Guardian on skills that postgrads may want to develop alongside their studies to improve their employment prospects. We said that “postgraduates need to be engaging in real world practical projects alongside their academic studies, and should demonstrate they are forward thinking, problem […]
A thriving Britain needs a thriving higher education system to drive it. In response to the publication of Robbins Rebooted by the Social Market Foundation in which Shadow Universities Minister Liam Byrne sets out his vision for the future of Higher Education, Prof Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, welcomed this timely addition to the higher education […]