On 11 March 2025, University Alliance hosted a parliamentary event showcasing the role of UA’s leading professional and technical universities across four themes: opportunity, community and civic impact, innovation and growth and skills. The event, which was partly intended as an introduction to UA for new parliamentarians following the 2024 general election, was attended by MPs […]
On 4 November 2024, the Secretary of State for Education made a statement to the House of Commons outlining plans for an inflationary increase in higher education tuition fees and student maintenance loans. In the same statement, she set out her priorities for higher education reform. These were reiterated in a letter to the sector […]
Read a selection of case studies from across the University Alliance, spanning skills, innovation, research and community and business engagement. Every year, UA collects hundreds of short case studies from across the Alliance in the form of nominations for the Alliance Awards. For the first time in 2024, we decided to publish the full collection […]
Read a selection of 22 case studies from researchers across the UK who are members of our Doctoral Training Alliance. The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) was founded by UA to provide doctoral researchers with an understanding of the range of careers open to them within and beyond academia, and help them develop skills to access […]
University Alliance have submitted their response to the Office for Students strategy consultation for the years 2025 – 2030. Find the full submission here. Overview of the response Whilst University Alliance supports many of the priorities set out in the proposed strategy, wewere dismayed to see a lack of focus on cutting the cost and […]
Alliance universities are some of the foremost providers of degree apprenticeships, with apprentices studying everything from Nursing, to Quantity Surveying, to Automotive Engineering all the way to Digital Design. This National Apprenticeships Week we’re showcasing some inspiring degree apprentices from across our membership, highlighting how their courses have shaped their learning and future careers. Abigail, […]
University Alliance has made its submission to the Treasury ahead of this year’s Spending Review. The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are critical to delivering the government’s decade of renewal, and focuses on three of the government’s missions: kickstarting economic growth, building an NHS fit for the future and breaking down the barriers […]
To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby have jointly published a comprehensive report that explores the current enablers of and barriers to delivering healthcare apprenticeships. Titled ‘An exploration of barriers and enablers to the expansion of healthcare degree apprenticeships’, the report focuses on expanding apprenticeship participation for Allied […]
A new report has identified several significant barriers to the expansion of degree apprenticeship routes to deliver the workforce targets as set out in the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan. To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby has today (Monday 10 February) published a comprehensive report that explores the […]
What started as a small university-funded initiative in 2019 has now delivered over 120 projects and collaborated with industry giants like BBC, Unilever, Matt Collishaw, Canary Wharf, Wates and Mozilla. Studio KT1 was meant to last three years, but it thrived during a global pandemic, launched an award-winning pop-up, and became a profitable, student-powered creative […]
