Making the difference. Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive University Alliance
Jul 28, 2015
Making the difference.
Maddalaine Ansell, Chief ExecutiveUniversity Alliance
Source: HESA HE Statistics for UK 2013/14 and HEBCI 2012/13
University Alliance – who we are
19 universities
430k students (19% total)
21% of all UG students on STEM courses
43% of all sandwich courses
89%Employed or in further study 6 mths after leaving
71%growth in 3* and 4* research from 2009-2015
31% graduate start-up turnover and jobs
“Comprehensive communities organised to serve their wide range of students and the growing needs of industry”
University Alliance – proud of our past
“We are all polytechnics now”
(Toby Weaver, 1964)
(Peter Scott, 2012)
University Alliance – Making the Difference.
Strongly engaged with Industry & ProfessionsLinks and connections
that count
Leaders in cities and regions
Committed to fostering local strategies for
growth
Internationally connected
Proactive and receptive in the global marketplace
Researchwith impact
Research that makes the difference
High Quality TeachingPreparing students for a career in industry and
the professions
Professional Passionate
EngagedCommittedConnected
University Alliance – Making the difference.
Strongly engaged with Industry & ProfessionsLinks and connections
that count
Leaders in cities and regions
Committed to fostering local strategies for
growth
Internationally connected
Proactive and receptive in the global marketplace
Researchwith Impact
Research that makes the difference
High Quality TeachingPreparing students for a career in industry and
the professions
Professional Passionate
Engaged
Committed
Connected
High quality teaching
"...fostering quality teaching presents higher education institutions with a range of challenges at a time when the higher education sector is coming under pressure from many different directions."
(Fabrice Hénard and Deborah Roseveare, OECD,
2012)
Limnoria – the wood-eating gribble, University of PortsmouthPhoto by PhD student Laura Michie
Wave tank, Plymouth University
Research with Impact
“We therefore wish you to continue selectively tofund world-leading and internationally excellent research wherever it is found.” (Rt Hon Vince Cable MP,
grant letter to Hefce,2015)
RAE 2008 REF 2014 % Change0
25,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
125,000
150,000
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Research Power between '08 and '14
University Alliance Pre-92 Universities
Engaged with industry and the professions
“It is important for us a a global business that we have universities of the calibre of the University of South Wales within the area to support our business and the whole of the Welsh economy”
(Rhys Williams – GE Aviation)
Leaders in cities and regions
“We need our education system to support every single young person with their individual needs, not just to pass exams, but to become rounded and grounded people who can get on outside the school gates.”
John Cridland, CBI
(Joanna Newman – Judge of Time Higher
International Collaboration Awards )
“This project was really impressive in its scale – transforming the lives of 90,000 subsistence farmers….truly an international collaboration”
Internationally connected
NameJob title, University Alliance
“We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward."
(Barack Obama, 2009)
Looking to the future
The Liverpool Telescope, Liverpool John Moores University
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