University Alliance announce global search for new Chief Executive After five years of establishing and leading University Alliance to become a powerful and respected lobbying organisation Libby Hackett, Chief Executive, is moving on to take up an exciting opportunity with Perrett Laver, joining their Global Higher Education team. University Alliance has initiated a global search […]
University Alliance has responded to a consultation on the Catapult centres. This is the Hauser review of the Catapult networks entitled, ‘Medium term strategy for Catapult centres’. Read our response here.
Join us at the launch of… H.E.L.P. UK A new vision for funding higher education in the UK Thursday 26 June, 8.30am (arrival), 8.45am – 10.15am One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ For every £1 the Government is spending on student loans, 45p will never be paid back. The result is billions of pounds […]
Growing up in Belfast during the 1970s and 1980s, I was the first person in my family to pass the 11+, to go to grammar school and then onto university. I am now a Partner at Deloitte, one of the biggest management consultancies in the UK. I work hard and enjoy what I do and […]
“In a report on improving quality assurance in higher education, University Alliance, which represents 22 mainly post-1992 universities, said more checks were needed on alternative providers, which are set to receive about £900 million in student support this year – a nine-fold increase on 2011-12.” University Alliance’s report, How do we ensure quality in an expanding […]
The higher education system in England is changing at an unprecedented rate. University Alliance is looking at how the higher education sector can best manage this mass of change. Read our report Our report considers what kind of quality assurance system is going to be fit for this more complex new world of expanding higher […]
A new report from University Alliance claims that the reputation of higher education in the UK will need more thoughtful safeguarding in an expanding system In response to David Willetts’ call for the sector to consider how to manage quality in an expanding system, University Alliance has sought to answer that question. The report states […]
Today University Alliance are publishing a report tackling one of the trickiest – yet most pressing – questions facing the HE sector. How can we ensure quality of the student experience in an expanding higher education system? The report is based on interviews with experts and leaders in HE, and draws on the masses of […]
“The University Alliance this week cautioned against an over-emphasis on a narrow group of universities, saying that it stood in the way of social mobility.” University Alliance’s social mobility report has been referenced in a piece written for the BBC. Sean Coughlan argues that it’s not a criticism of the individual institutions, but an irritation that […]
How do we tackle unemployment and skills mismatch? How do we build an innovative workforce, the envy of the world? Join us at the launch of… Job Ready Universities, businesses and students creating success Tuesday 8 July, 12.30pm – 2.30pm Churchill Room, House of Commons, London With short speeches from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, CBI and […]
