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Following the Conservative Party’s announcement to fund 10,000 additional university places next year by encouraging early repayments of fees Libby Aston, Director of University Alliance, said: “This is an encouraging and innovative proposal from David Willetts that reflects an understanding of the essential role of universities in the UK’s economic recovery. “Professor John Craven, Vice Chancellor of the […]

Following the release of 2009 National Student Survey results Libby Aston, Director of University Alliance, said: “Student satisfaction ratings at Alliance universities remain very high with 81% of students agreeing or strongly agreeing that overall, they were satisfied with the quality of their course.  Seven Alliance universities increased their overall satisfaction rating in comparison to last year and […]

Responding to today’s announcement of 10,000 additional student places Professor Professor Janet Beer, Chair-elect of the University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University said: “With increasing demand for higher education from qualified applicants, University Alliance welcomes today’s announcement to deliver student support funding for 10,000 students but urges the Government to provide the necessary institutional funding. If the high […]

A leading higher education policy expert has been appointed to shape policy on behalf of 23 universities at the core of the UK higher education sector. Libby Aston, former Director of Research at the Russell Group, has joined the University Alliance as its first Director just as the Chair of the Alliance moves from Professor John Craven at Portsmouth […]

The University Alliance has chosen Oxford Brookes University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Janet Beer, to succeed Professor John Craven, Vice Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, as chair of the group. Established in 2007, the Alliance group comprises a mixture of pre and post 1992 universities, which are not members of the other mission groups; the […]