Responding to announcements set out in the government’s June 2025 Spending Review, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “I’m really pleased that the Chancellor has recognised the clear links between innovation and growth in this spending review. The £86 billion R&D funding package is a welcome endorsement of our research and university sector, and we […]
Responding to the 3.9% increase in registration fees from the Office for Students, University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “Increased fees from the Office for Students smacks of a regulator living in a parallel universe to that of the sector it is regulating. At a time when everyone else is focused on tightening their belts, […]
In response to the Department for Education’s announcements on a ‘radical skills revolution’, University Alliance have commented on the limitations placed on Level 7 apprenticeships. University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “Limiting funding for the highest level of apprenticeships to 16–21-year-olds, an age group that only rarely has enough experience to be eligible for them […]
The Professional Doctorates Survey, which was run jointly by UKCGE and University Alliance, has now closed. The survey sought to understand in more detail what is happening in the sector regarding Professional Doctorates and will inform wider research undertaken to understand the perspectives of institutions, funders, employers and the candidates themselves. It also sought to […]
University Alliance have joined a coalition coordinated by TenU, urging government to expand a national fund that supports proof-of-concept (PoC) funding. The aim is to bridge the gap between research and commercialisation, and support academics to get their innovations ready for investment. The coalition of organisations includes Knowledge Exchange UK, the Russell Group and University […]
In response to the government’s Immigration White Paper, released today (12 May 2025), University Alliance CEO Vanessa Wilson said: “What the country and our economy needs at the moment is stability, and whilst we recognise the political imperative to bring down net migration, this kind of ‘finger in the air’ policy making is risky. We […]
University Alliance has responded to the consultation on ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’. In our response we: Read UA’s response to the ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’ consultation.
During the last two years, over two hundred and thirty providers of higher education have submitted Access and Participation Plans (APP) for approval to the Office for Students (OfS). Another forty-six are set to submit in the next six months. In these new plans, providers lay out how they will improve equality of opportunity for […]
My name is Andrei Feraru, and today I own a Coventry-based business called Feraru Dynamics with my brother Vlad. My journey from undergraduate student to entrepreneur began while on placement with Rolls-Royce as a student at Coventry. That was when I first learned about the devastating effects of a preventable condition called Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome. […]
“On the 11th of March 2025, I was fortunate to be invited to represent both the University Alliance’s (UA) Doctoral Training Alliance Programme (DTA) and Teesside University at a parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster. Vice Chancellors of multiple UA universities were in attendance, alongside Members of Parliament, the Shadow Cabinet and even the […]
