The Office for Students (OfS) has allocated over £3.3million to develop healthcare degree apprenticeships, as a result of a successful joint bid led by Middlesex University and supported by University Alliance (UA). The funding, worth £3,381,000, will allow a number of UA members to form the Healthcare Education Consortium. Collectively, they will coordinate the delivery […]
In our latest ‘Innovators’ blog, Dr James Kenworth provides insight into the way Middlesex University is preserving creativity in the higher education sector and in local communities through ‘Pro – localism’ and experience-building opportunities. “The Newham Plays create cultural participation opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds. The series has become a significant proponent of […]
The winners of the Alliance Awards 2024 have been announced this evening, during a ceremony hosted by University of West London at their Ealing campus. The Alliance Awards celebrates excellence in higher education and recognise achievements across all parts of Alliance universities. Representing 16 of the UK’s leading professional and technical universities, University Alliance founded […]
In 2023, we published Let’s Get Technical, our manifesto for professional and technical universities. With a change of government taking place In summer 2024, we published an updated policy publication, titled: Let’s Get Technical: Priorities for the new government. This publication expands our recommendations for the new government, with policy proposals for the short-term and […]
In response to UCAS figures released today, Vanessa Wilson, University Alliance CEO, said: “It’s fantastic to see an increase in those from disadvantaged backgrounds increasingly applying to university. A university education remains a key pathway to achieve better lifetime earnings and opportunities and we must continue to ensure that students from all backgrounds are able […]
When hiring, employers tend to value a graduate’s skills, the subject they studied, and vocational experience gained during their degree ahead of grades achieved or whether the graduate studied at a particular university, according to a new survey conducted by CBI Economics. Commissioned by University Alliance, CBI Economics conducted a survey of 252 UK employers […]
When hiring, employers tend to value a graduate’s skills, the subject they studied, and vocational experience gained during their degree ahead of grades achieved or whether the graduate studied at a particular university, according to a new survey conducted by CBI Economics. Commissioned by University Alliance, CBI Economics conducted a survey of 252 UK employers […]
My Clearing success story at Brighton My account as a student who went through the Clearing process and successfully got onto the course of my dreams! My Personal Clearing Experience My university Clearing journey was a rollercoaster of unexpected decisions and opportunities that led me to study my dream course at the University of Brighton. […]
Six key questions students in Clearing should ask this year Coventry University Provost Ian Dunn The countdown to the biggest day of thousands of students’ lives so far has begun. A-level results day is on August 15 and while so many students already have what happens next planned out, things can change once results are […]
2024 graduate Alix shares how Clearing allowed her to join RGU, her university of choice, after she didn’t get the grades she needed to have her first offer accepted. She tells us more about the Clearing process and how she has been supported at RGU. What is Clearing? UCAS Clearing is a second chance for students to get […]
