By Dr. Kate Marks, Post Doctoral Research Associate at Durham University Physical activity is about more than fitness. It shapes, and is shaped by: identity, health and society. Yet for many people, particularly those who experience marginalisation, accessing meaningful and sustainable physical activities, is constrained by structural inequalities. Across my research, I examine how intersecting […]
University Alliance has joined forces with other organisations responsible for educating doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to urge the government to include education, training, and research at the centre of its upcoming NHS 10 Year Workforce Plan.
University Alliance has submitted its response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for evidence on the 10-Year Workforce Plan.
New public polling on UK higher education, commissioned by University Alliance and conducted by YouGov, has revealed that the public back increased financial support for students training to enter vital professions, including the NHS, teaching, social work and policing.
University Alliance has commented on the government’s Graduate Guarantee for newly qualified nurses and midwives
University Alliance welcomes the announcement from NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care of a new mitigation fund to sustain Level 7 apprenticeships in health and care, following widespread concern over the withdrawal of Level 7 funding for learners aged 22 and older.
UA has responded to the NHS Ten Year Health Plan
Today (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 […]
University Alliance has made its submission to the Treasury ahead of this year’s Spending Review. The submission highlights how professional and technical universities are critical to delivering the government’s decade of renewal, and focuses on three of the government’s missions: kickstarting economic growth, building an NHS fit for the future and breaking down the barriers […]
University Alliance (UA) and the University of Derby have jointly published a comprehensive report that explores the current enablers of and barriers to delivering healthcare apprenticeships.
