In a world where challenge is seemingly everywhere and expectations higher than ever before, the importance of design to transform, to add value and to enhance the usefulness of a product, service or problem solving activity is more important than ever. Connectivity through design Design, design ‘thinking’ and design processes have the potential to promote […]
Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, features in the Financial Times in a letter calling for a return to post-student work visas. Sir, You are right to identify that UK universities benefit from being able to tap into the world’s brightest and most committed undergraduates (“Closing the doors to foreign students”, editorial, April […]
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 […]
I’m sure that many design-led organisations would support Stefano Marzano’s position on design as one of our key enabling strategic and driving functions. This is what he said in the early 2000s of design in the Philips Corporation. “Our vision is to create design solutions focused on personal (transformation and (sk)) growth, so that people […]
In a letter to the Times, Libby Hackett argues that we need some clear and simple steps to improve student loans. Sir, Fees of £6,000 may end up as a credible position but it is deeply worrying that Labour sees this as its starting point rather than the result of calculations based on a well-designed […]
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. […]
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 […]
It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change”- one of the most-quoted sayings attributed to Darwin. (And the fact that Darwin neither wrote nor said those exact words hasn’t dampened the business management and self-help industries’ love for such a useful aphorism). And no one can doubt that we […]
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 […]
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 […]
