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  1. Lifelong learning manifesto

    Ahead of the Autumn Statement 2016, University Alliance has published a lifelong learning manifesto setting out proposals to help learners access higher education throughout their lives. Click on the image (right) to download the manifesto or follow this link.

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  2. University Alliance responds to UCAS CEO standing down

    Following the announcement today that Mary Curnock Cook is to stand down as Chief Executive of UCAS at the end of April 2017, Professor John Latham, Chair of University Alliance and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, said: “Mary Curnock Cook has led UCAS with distinction through an increasingly complex landscape for universities. It’s no small matter […]

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  3. UA responds to EPI report on tertiary education system

    Responding to the Education Policy Institute’s report by Professor the Baroness Alison Wolf on the tertiary education system, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said:  “University degrees are hugely beneficial, both for the individual and for society. Graduate employment rates and salaries remain much higher than for non-graduates and the evidence shows that higher education […]

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  4. Arts and culture matter in making places

    Faced with the challenge of delivering a small scale secret performance at UA’s Making Places showcase last month, Dr George Burrows, Section Leader and Principal Lecturer in Performing Arts, and his students from the University of Portsmouth, thought innovatively. It is even possible that they have invented an entirely new art form. Their ‘barbershock’ performance turned […]

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  5. Alliance universities awarded funds to develop new degree apprenticeships

    Responding to the government’s Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund announcement, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “It’s great to see that so many Alliance universities have secured funds through the first round of the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. Their success demonstrates that close working with industry to produce work-ready graduates is Alliance universities’ bread and […]

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  6. Alliance chair gives evidence to BEIS Committee

    University Alliance Chair and Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, Professor John Latham gave evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee today (Tuesday 8 November 2016). Ahead of the government’s Autumn Statement later this month, Professor Latham discusses how universities are key partners in the delivery of a successful industrial strategy, as hubs for innovation.  Earlier […]

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  7. Wonkhe: Five reasons to back UK Research & Innovation

    Professor Alistair Fitt, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, and Research Lead for University Alliance has written a piece for Wonkhe about the proposals for UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). In the piece, he writes: “To be sure, the statutory basis for UKRI is not without its blemishes. Governance arrangements for the research councils, Innovate UK and […]

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  8. A clearer picture: A guide for arts and cultural organisations engaging with universities

    University Alliance has jointly published a guide with Arts Council England to encourage greater collaboration between cultural organisations and universities. The publication supports small and medium sized arts and cultural organisations on partnering with universities.  Matt Robinson has written a blog about the guide and its aims. We have also published a collection of case studies highlighting […]

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