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  1. A Student Placement

    Without my placement year I would not have experienced the opportunities I have had and I certainly wouldn’t be half as confident as I am in my skill set and future aspirations. For the last nine months I have been completing a sandwich placement in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hertfordshire […]

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  2. Guardian – Almost a quarter of postgrad students at English universities are Chinese

    The Guardian reports that figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England show falling numbers of international students in the UK. In response Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance said, “this is further evidence that we are losing international students to other nations due to the UK’s restrictive policy on post-study work visas. […]

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  3. University Alliance calls to reintroduce two year post-study work visas

    In response to HEFCE’s analysis of international student entrants, Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance said: “This is further evidence that we are losing international students to other nations due to the UK’s restrictive policy on post-study work visas. Some Alliance universities have seen a much as a 50% reduction in overseas students studying STEM […]

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  4. What Do We Mean By Social Mobility?

      Social mobility, higher education and the 21st Century There is a strongly held narrative in the press and public discourse that social mobility and higher education (HE) is solely about getting a small number of students from non-traditional backgrounds into a very small number of elite institutions but this narrative is misguided.   Why […]

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  5. THE – University applicant numbers hit near-record levels

    Some 580,000 applicants applied to higher education courses in the UK by 15 January, the main deadline for university applications, far higher than at the same point last year, according to statistics published by the admissions body Ucas on 31 January. Speaking to the Times Higher Education, Libby Hackett Chief Executive of University Alliance said […]

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  6. Decision to lift the cap on ambition has been vindicated

    In response to UCAS’s release of applicant statistics and analysis for the 2014 cycle, Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance said: “The Government’s decision to lift the cap on ambition has been vindicated with this 4% per cent rise in applications. The growth in applications shows that despite a minority questioning the value of […]

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