Briefing: international students at Alliance universities
This briefing examines the drivers behind growth in the number of international students studying at Alliance universities in recent years, and the decline we have seen since 2023.
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So now will the government take the chainsaw to HE regulation?
Read more of: So now will the government take the chainsaw to HE regulation?Head of Policy Susanna Kalitowski takes a deep-dive into regulatory burden in higher education. Originally published by the Higher Education Policy Institute’s blog The Prime Minister recently declared that Britain has ‘too much regulation and too many regulators’ before the shock announcement to abolish the world’s biggest quango, NHS England. Since December, the Government has been […]
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Professional doctorates – and why these are my two favourite words in the HE dictionary
Read more of: Professional doctorates – and why these are my two favourite words in the HE dictionaryThose of us who worked with former Higher Education Minister Robert Halfon will be all too familiar with his “two favourite words in the English language”, “Degree” and “Apprenticeships”. I would like to advocate for two more: “Professional” and “Doctorates,” for many of the same reasons that Robert Halfon was such a cheer leader for […]
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Health and education leaders meet at summit to identify solutions to the NHS workforce crisis
Read more of: Health and education leaders meet at summit to identify solutions to the NHS workforce crisisToday (Monday 24 March), the University of Derby and University Alliance hosted a roundtable of national health and education leaders, with the aim of identifying ways to ensure the goals originally set out in the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan (2023) can be met. With over 100,000 vacancies in the NHS in England overall (including 27,452 […]
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The University Alliance Business School Network launches
Read more of: The University Alliance Business School Network launchesOn Thursday 20 March, The University of Hertfordshire hosted the launch of UA’s new Business Schools network. Business School leaders attended the inaugural University Alliance Business School Network Meeting at the Fielder Centre, hosted by Hertfordshire Business School. Attendees included many business school leaders from across the University Alliance membership, 16 professional and technical universities […]
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Aligning my goals with University Alliance: how I made the most of my internship opportunity
Read more of: Aligning my goals with University Alliance: how I made the most of my internship opportunityMy internship at University Alliance was incredible. When application season arrived, like many English students, I felt apprehensive about future career prospects, unsure of which roles my degree would prepare me for, and only had a vague idea of what I wanted to do post-graduation. The only things I was certain of at the time […]
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University Alliance hosts showcase event in parliament
Read more of: University Alliance hosts showcase event in parliamentOn 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 […]
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UA briefing: Higher education reform
Read more of: UA briefing: Higher education reformOn 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 […]
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The little book of big impact
Read more of: The little book of big impactRead 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 […]
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Developing the next generation of researchers
Read more of: Developing the next generation of researchersRead 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 […]
