Commenting on the Education Select Committee report Exiting the EU: challenges and opportunities for higher education, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Last week’s announcement on funding for EU students starting courses next year is very welcome. We need similar certainty that EU staff will be able to continue to work at UK universities […]
Recently, students on our Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) programme travelled from their home institutions across the UK to London. The DTA Energy researchers headed to the Energy Institute, before touring the King’s Cross Energy Centre and local combined heat and power plant, where they learned about energy efficient solutions to supplying electricity, hot water and […]
Policy and Programmes Manager at University Alliance, Tom Frostick, writes on HEFCE’s consultation on The second Research Excellence Framework. Tom outlines the main recommendations in University Alliance’s response to the consultation. “The recommendation provoked a strong response from the sector but two warnings in particular stood out. First, since not everyone with research in their […]
Do you have a great business idea you want to share with the world? Before you go shouting about it from the rooftops, ensure that you maximise the opportunity by presenting it right. Pitching is an important skill to develop, whether you are selling your business idea to potential investors or offering solutions to problems […]
How often when you have a headache do you reach for the aspirin bottle lurking at the back of your bathroom medicine cabinet? Aspirin was originally derived from the bark of the willow tree. It was probably the Ancient Greeks two and a half thousand years ago, who first recognised the use of natural salicylates […]
Alliance universities are in the running for a number of prestigious awards at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017. The THELMAs – now in their ninth year – shine a spotlight on the staff and teams, often working behind the scenes, who help our universities to thrive. The winners of the 2017 awards will […]
The Guardian University Awards recognised excellence in Alliance universities at the prestigious annual ceremony last night presented by Lauren Laverne. They included the Teaching Excellence award for Kingston University, whose inclusive curriculum framework (ICF) helps staff better support black and minority ethnic students(BME). The ICF provides staff with access to short animations, resources and case […]
Speech by Maddalaine Ansell, University Alliance Chief Executive, responding to Lord Willetts Part of the 2017 Speaker’s Lecture Series hosted at Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster Higher Education is a highly emotive subject. We saw that in the number of peers who spoke in the recent debates about the Higher Education and Research Bill – […]
University Alliance submitted evidence to the House of Common’s Science and Technology Committee inquiry on managing Intellectual Property (IP) and technology transfer. Technology transfer and the exploitation of IP is one of multiple ways that Alliance universities forge long-term partnerships with industry. Nestled at the heart of our institutions, it sits alongside consultancy and contract […]
University Alliance has responded to the HEFCE consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework. Our submission raises concern about the proposed use of HESA data to determine which staff are returned to the REF and presents a workable alternative. Critical insight is also offered on outputs, portability and institutional-level assessment. Click on the links below […]
