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Library Life Pulse – Annual insight into students’ library experiences

Libraries are a critical focal point for students throughout their university journey. According to research by the Association of University Directors of Estates, students consider the library to be one of the most important factors when deciding which universities to apply to. At university, students want access to a library that fully supports them to be successful with their course,…

Graduate Futures: How does your graduates’ workplace wellbeing compare to the national picture?

Join our Graduate Futures project to benchmark the wellbeing of your employees against a national measure and get the evidence you need to ensure your policies, practices and culture are supporting workplace wellbeing. You have to be happy in the job you do or there is no point, you will not do it well, and you will not be successful...University student …

University Futures 2: The role of parents as influencers

University Futures 2 will explore the role that parents play as influencers of their children’s university ambitions, from the age of 6 to 18. We know that parents play a key role in children’s thinking and behaviour when it comes to considering and applying to university. Understanding and influencing the complex, indirect behaviours and attitudes of parents throughout their children’s childhood…

Union Futures 3: What’s a students’ union worth?

Union Futures 3 will evidence the lasting impact of a Students' Union, explore why it is relevant, important, and valuable and also signal what the union model should look like in the future. What’s the lasting impact of a Students' Union? Union Futures 3 is a collaborative research project to evidence the lasting impact of a Students' Union and signal…

Charity Futures 2: Healthcare charity supporter experience

Charity Futures 2 is a collaborative research project exploring the experiences and perceptions of supporters and the general public. It will help charities to build, develop and sustain meaningful relationships. Join the collaborative research study. It is an important part of excellent fundraising and improving donors’ experience for charities to understand their supporters and engage them in the causes they…

Student Life Pulse – Monthly insight for Student Unions

The Student Life Pulse provides monthly insight into your students’ lives and experiences. The Pulse is designed to help you increase engagement, improve experience, drive change and measure impact: How will Student Life Pulse work? Design: Student experience specialists design your bespoke Student Life Pulse questionnaire It will include core questions for comparison with other unions, and bespoke questions designed…

Union Futures

Union Futures is an ongoing series of collaborative projects, designed to address the key topics that students' unions are facing. As policy priorities and performance metrics in UK higher education continue to evolve, we allow the voices of thousands of students to be heard. We collate and assess the research findings, bring them to life with real-life examples, and then help…

Charity Futures 1a: GP’s and cancer charities – Improving understanding and engagement with GP’s

A new study has launched to enable leading charities to understand how GP’s and cancer charities can work together to better support patients with cancer. The number of new cancer referrals and registrations is rising, with 296,863 new registrations in 20141, but recent changes to cancer services and the NHS mean that responsibilities are not always well defined, and capacity…

Charity Futures 1b: GP’s and long-term condition charities – Improving understanding and engagement with GP’s

Charities Futures 1 has been launched to enable leading charities to understand how GP’s and long-term condition charities can better support patients. Focusing on those living with long-term conditions, the collaborative research project has a sixth month timeline. Alterline are running the project with The British Heart Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society and Arthritis Research UK taking part. The number of people…

University Futures: the Black student attainment gap

The Black student attainment gap: a collaborative research project exploring the lived experiences of Black students. As part of our ‘University Futures’ series, Alterline is bringing together a small group of universities in a collaborative research project to conduct new primary, qualitative research into Black students’ lived experiences of higher education, with the ultimate ambition of helping to close the…

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