Apeldoorn Conference: From Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 March 2012, one hundred delegates from the UK and the Netherlands came together in Manchester to share ideas on how higher education institutions can work better with business and government to promote growth and create jobs during this time of economic uncertainty in Europe. For the UK […]
Universities Week 2012 has taken place across the UK showcasing the higher education sector and celebrating the role that universities are playing in the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and the sports industry as a whole. The week was led by Universities UK (UUK) and British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and culminated in the […]
Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University, joined the PM programme on BBC Radio 4 to discuss proposals to give universities a greater role in A-level design and development. Joining Professor Vinney were Mary Dunnet, a student at Edinburgh University, and Richard Drew, an A-level teacher from South Wales. You can listen to the interview […]
The UK has ‘too many graduates’. Whilst this view is not one shared by our international competitors, this is a sentiment frequently captured in newspaper headlines and widely held by many in the UK. But is it true? And if so, does it matter? On Tuesday 27 March, together with The Work Foundation, we held […]
Almost 100 out of 130 universities in England could be forced to take fewer undergraduates this year numbers following the introduction of Coalition reforms designed to drive down tuition fees, writes Graeme Paton here. Libby Hackett, director of University Alliance, said: “Despite continued demand for university places we are seeing significant drops in student places […]
The first year of the government’s new fees and funding regime is expected to cost some post-1992 universities almost 13 per cent of their undergraduate intake and up to 46 per cent of their direct grant, John Morgan writes here. Libby Hackett, director of the University Alliance, said its members were “the squeezed middle […]
In response to the announcement by HEFCE on student number controls Libby Hackett, Director of University Alliance, said: “Despite continued demand for university places we are seeing significant drops in student places across the sector with some institutions subject to cuts of 12 per cent in just one year. The places which are being taken […]
The belief that there are too many graduates in the UK persists in the minds of many. It is a popular perception that higher education has expanded too quickly and too far but is there any truth to this claim? It is important to look at the evidence. Getting this right has big implications for the […]
Our new report, ‘The way we’ll work: labour market trends and preparing for the hourglass,’ which highlights that the shortage of graduates threatens the future growth of the UK economy. Contrary to popular belief, indicators suggest that there is a shortage of graduates in the UK, not too many. Technology is changing the way we […]
A new report being launched today shows the UK needs more graduates. Contrary to popular belief, labour market indicators suggest that there is a shortage of graduates in the UK, not too many. Technology is changing the way we work and the structure of labour market, resulting in an increased demand for graduate attributes. In […]