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Response to the BIS Commons Select Committee Inquiry assessing quality in HE
Read our written evidence submitted to the BIS Commons Select Committee Inquiry assessing quality in higher education. Click on our logo to download the PDF. We recommend: Quality Assessment (QA) and...
View ArticleGuardian HE network: The Teaching Excellence Framework: can higher education...
Our chief executive Maddalaine features in an extensive look at the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework in the Guardian HE Network. “…The inclusion of employability statistics could also...
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University Alliance: Higher Education Green Paper response
University Alliance today issues its response to the government’s Green Paper, Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice. Read our response in full here (PDF) We...
View ArticleUniversity Alliance responds to HEPI paper on designing a Teaching Excellence...
Commenting on the HEPI paper Designing a Teaching Excellence Framework: Lessons from other sectors, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “This report makes a strong and timely...
View ArticleUniversity Alliance responds to BIS Committee’s report on the Teaching...
Commenting on the BIS Committee’s report on The Teaching Excellence Framework: Assessing Quality in Higher Education, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “The BIS Committee is...
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Written evidence to the Apprenticeship Inquiry
Our evidence to the Apprenticeship Inquiry of the Commons Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy looks at a number of the key issues the Sub-Committee is attempting to address. These...
View ArticleWonkhe: Opportunity knocks – we must recognise talent wherever it is found
University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has written for Wonkhe today following the publication of the SMF’s report on Widening Participation in partnership with University Alliance and...
View ArticleUniversity Business: Government set to miss higher education targets
Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell was quoted in University Business’ coverage of the Social Market Foundation report on Widening Participation – published in partnership with University Alliance and...
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Independent: Government will miss ‘ambitious’ 2020 higher education widening...
Coverage of the Social Market Foundation report on Widening Participation, published in partnership with University Alliance and the Open University has appeared in the Independent. The report looks in...
View ArticleUA response to IFS study of graduate earnings
Commenting on the IFS study of graduate earnings, University Alliance Chair Professor Steve West said: “This major study, the first of its kind, demonstrates the enduring value of a degree, measured in...
View ArticleUA response to the HEPI/HEA 2016 Student Academic Experience Survey
Commenting on the 2016 Student Academic Experience Survey published by HEPI and the HEA, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Today’s survey provides important and timely...
View ArticleUA response: UCAS equality data report
Commenting on equality data reports published by UCAS today, University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell said: “Today’s publication by UCAS is an important step in providing greater...
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Wonkhe: It’s time for real action on the BME attainment gap
Following University Alliance’s report last month, Supporting Thriving Communities: the role of universities in reducing inequality, Nona McDuff, Director of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at...
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UA responds to the publication of the Government’s Skills Plan
University Alliance welcomes the Government’s Skills Plan published today. It is essential that the UK has a skills system that gives both young people and adults the opportunity to gain the skills...
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UA Position paper: Higher Education & Research Bill
Our University Alliance position paper on the Higher Education & Research Bill has been published ahead of the House of Commons Bill Committee taking evidence this week. Professor Quintin McKellar...
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Breaking down the ‘divide’ between research and teaching
As higher education in England is poised for the largest transformation in recent decades, University Alliance and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) have collaborated to help institutions to...
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What does research-informed teaching (RIT) look like?
Excellent teaching goes hand in hand with excellent research. This blog prepared by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and University Alliance, ahead of its workshop event with senior university...
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Research-informed teaching case studies
Research-informed teaching (RIT) can take different forms. As the following case studies indicate, RIT offers many benefits to students, staff and higher education institutions as a whole. The case...
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Research-Informed Teaching: A SPUR to undergraduate research accomplishment
There is a thriving culture of staff-student research collaboration at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and it forms an integral part of the institution’s strategic plan. One springboard for such...
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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...
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