A new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests that the flagship National Scholarship Programme (NSP) is unlikely to encourage youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter higher education. The NSP was introduced following the decision to increase fees to a maximum of £9,000 a year. In response to the study, University Alliance responded said, […]
Plymouth University are celebrating their 150 anniversary of its Victoria-era founding as a School of Navigation. The institution, which was granted university status in the government’s reforms to the sector in 1992, can trace its lineage back to 1862 when John Merryfield established the school to provide vital training and education to mariners in the […]
Following the success of last year’s contest we are once again running a design competition for the cover of our Christmas card to be sent to our key stakeholders. If you would like to take part in the competition, or to advertise it to those who might, please either link to this page or send […]
I have recently returned from my first ever Party Conference season and I wanted to share with you the points I made at the events we ran there. More about what we did at each Conference can be found here. There have been many debates and discussions about the recent changes to the student finance […]
We have just returned from a busy three weeks of Party Conferences. We ran a series of fringe events on ‘the future of higher education’ and held a number of meetings with parliamentarians from all three parties. Our fringe events were run in partnership with NUS, GuildHE, IPPR and Policy Exchange and each saw a […]
In response to the Milburn Report on social mobility and child poverty, Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “Ensuring that capable young people, as well as those looking to change career or gain new skills in later life, can aspire to and access education is fundamental to social mobility and crucial for economic […]
Trans-disciplinary learning at the new University of Salford MediaCityUK campus In October 2012, the University of Salford opened its new MediaCityUK campus to 1 500 students across the broad area of ‘media and digital technologies’. Alongside the new home of 5 departments of the BBC and the largest HD studio block in Europe, with ITV […]
Vice-Chancellors from 22 Alliance universities, and corresponding local chambers of commerce from across the UK, have written to the Prime Minister to urge a review of international student regulations that are threatening to impede economic growth. Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance, said: “Counting international students separately within net migration figures was an important […]
My views on design stem from my personal experience. My background is of a visual arts practitioner, who ran a small business for many years, but who now conducts research from a practitioner standpoint for both the arts and industry. My research team undertakes research that is primarily applied, and is concerned with process. In […]
Commenting on the launch of the Key Information Sets (KIS), Libby Hackett, Chief Executive of University Alliance said: “We welcome the launch of KIS, which will provide much better information and transparency across the sector helping prospective students make more informed decisions on the future of their education. Choosing where and what to study is […]
