University Alliance welcomes £100 million fund supporting investment in university research facilities University Alliance welcomes today’s Budget announcement that a £100 million fund is to be set up to support investment in major new university research facilities. The fund will allocate its first bids in 2012-13 and will attract additional co-investment from the private sector. […]
Leading figures attended ‘The Future of HE summit’ in London to discuss issues including the importance of maintaining competitive advantages internationally, research and its relationship with industry and ways in which universities can diversify revenue schemes. University chair, Professor Janet Beer, and director, Libby Hackett, both spoke at the event. Date: 20 March 2012 Location: London Bridge, […]
Our Budget representation puts forward five proposals ahead of the 2012 Budget. The proposals are focussed on how Government can best work with universities to lever a wealth of knowledge and resources that are essential within an innovation-based economy and competitive global environment. Our five proposals are below. The full supporting evidence backing these up can be […]
Commenting on a story by the BBC on graduate skills, Libby Hackett, “called for universities to make the case for more higher education places as, despite the recession, the number of graduate vacancies continues to grow as a proportion of the total workforce.” Check out the full story here.
In response to the coverage of the ONS report on graduate employment, Libby Hackett, Director of University Alliance, said: “Too often we hear it said that ‘there are too many graduates’ in the UK or that young people should question whether it is worth going to university. It is important to look at the evidence behind […]
Universities working with business makes sense. Not just for the economy but for the future of talent, research and innovation in the UK. That is why University Alliance held our Open doors event to give an opportunity for people from across the university sector, business and anyone with an interest in this area to discuss this collaboration in […]
Today we are launching Open Doors, a campaign to encourage more businesses to experience the benefits of collaborating with their local university. As part of this we have launched a new interactive map making it easier of businesses to find out how they can work with their local university. Small businesses are the life blood […]
Welcoming the Wilson Review, Libby Hackett, Director of University Alliance, said: “As a group whose primary focus is on business-university collaboration, we strongly welcome Sir Tim’s review. At a time when so much is changing, for students, institutions and on a larger scale, the way we work and do business, it is so important that […]
Following the confirmation of Professor Les Ebdon being appointed the new Director of OFFA, Professor Janet Beer, Chair of University Alliance and Vice Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University said: “We look forward to working with Professor Les Ebdon to ensure fairness is maintained at the heart of university access. His experience within the sector and […]
In an article in the Sunday Times Libby Hackett, director of University alliance, welcomed plans to scrap UCAS tariffs for certain vocational courses as alternatives to A-levels. “[Parity of esteem] is a laudable aim, but it never did provide that equality of status because it does not compare like with like. It’s trying to put […]
