University Alliance has commented today on the Guardian Higher Education Network Blog about creating a sustainable future for Higher Education. The blog has launched a poll following comments by David Willetts, the former universities and science minister, that universities should be given the opportunity to buy their own student loans. In response, Professor Steve West, chair […]
Following comments from David Willetts that universities should be given the opportunity to buy the debt that their graduates owe, Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “David Willetts is proposing that universities should be able to buy their own student loan books as a way to sort out the unsustainable HE funding system. While […]
Martin Roth, the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, has attacked the UK education system saying it leaves too many design students lacking ‘basic skills’. His comments were reported in a piece in Design Week which also highlighted how “Earlier this year, University Alliance called for a ‘revolution’ in design education to ‘embed creativity and problem-solving […]
“Coming from a less well known university I was expecting to feel out of my depth but I was proven wrong”. Katy Beresford, Graduate Development Specialist, Clifford Chance, writes a guest blog for University Alliance to reveal more about the exclusive University Alliance open day at the prestigious law firm. At Clifford Chance we believe in […]
Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, features in a letter to the Guardian calling for the Government to urgently examine how we fund the higher education sector. Recent coverage of a U-turn by the business secretary, Vince Cable, on selling off the student loan book (Cable risks new coalition rift by scrapping student loans […]
Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, features in a letter to The Times calling on the Government to examine how to put funding of the higher education sector on a more sustainable footing. Sir, After Mr Cable’s announcement that the sale of £12bn worth of student loans (July 23) is to be abandoned, the […]
“The debate is too narrowly focused on what universities can do to widen participation and not on the outcomes of those students after graduation.” University Alliance welcomes the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) report on 2015 – 2016 access agreements published today. Commenting on the report, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West of England and […]
Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, has been featured in Chemistry World in a story about Greg Clark replacing David Willetts as the new Universities and Science Minister. In the article, Steve welcomed the appointment. ‘The coming months will be critical in thinking about the long-term sustainability and global positioning of UK higher education and we look […]
On the appointment of Greg Clark as Minister of State for Universities and Science, Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “We welcome Greg Clark MP to the important job of Minister of State for Universities and Science. We would also like to thank David Willetts for his outstanding commitment to UK higher education […]
Why go to university? There are as many answers to that question as there are students, because for each one the motivation is different. For many, the point of going to university is to start on, or move along, the road of a successful career, and everyone should have equal opportunity to achieve this ambition. But […]
