11 Facts About University Alliance

University Alliance is an association of British universities which was formed in 2006 as the Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities, adopting its current name in 2007.

In 2015, University Alliance launched the Doctoral Training Alliance, the UK's largest multi-partner doctoral training programme building on its members' research strengths and industry-focused ethos.

In 2017 it began a Teaching Excellence University Alliance programme focused on professional development, sharing best practice and innovation in industry-engaged teaching and developing students' social capital.

University Alliance has an ongoing partnership with the Australian Technology Network group of universities, following a memorandum of understanding signed in 2013.

In 2016 University Alliance published a series of reports on the leadership role of universities as 'anchor institutions' in their cities and regions, supporting health and wellbeing, life chances, skills, widening participation in HE and innovation.

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In February 2017, University Alliance put forward proposals on lifelong learning, calling on the government to take steps to ensure people can benefit from educational opportunities at all stages of life.

University Alliance has undertaken policy work to understand and define teaching excellence in the context of professional and technical education: a collection of essays published by the organisation in 2017, Technical and Professional Excellence: Perspectives on Learning and Teaching included contributions from the National Union of Students, Confederation of British Industry, British Council Chief executive Sir Ciaran Devane, Office for Students Chair Sir Michael Barber and others.

University Alliance contributed to Vocation, Vocation, Vocation, a report on BTEC qualifications as a route into HE, published by the Social Market Foundation in association with Pearson in January 2018.

In 2018, at Oxford Brookes University Alliance speakers included former Home Office and DEFRA Permanent Secretary Dame Helen Ghosh, Director of Fair Access and Participation Chris Millward and Alison Johns, Chief Executive of AdvanceHE.

In September 2016, University Alliance held a conference with the Higher Education Academy focused on research-informed teaching and how it could best be reflected in the newly created Teaching Excellence Framework.

University Alliance held its first student enterprise competition in May 2017, a Dragon's Den-style contest with students putting forward new business ideas to win investment from a pool of £5,000 hosted at the University of Salford.