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  1. University Alliance announce global search for new Chief Executive

    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 […]

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  2. Drawing from a wider pool

    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 […]

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  3. THE – Private providers ‘need closer monitoring’, says Alliance report

    “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 […]

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  4. Why more shouldn’t mean worse

    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 […]

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  5. BBC – Is the Russell Group really an ‘oligarchy’?

    “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 […]

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  6. 8th June, Job Ready: Universities, businesses and students creating success

    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 […]

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