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What’s Up With Everyone? Starting a conversation about students’ mental health

4 March 2021
Mental health
​This University Mental Health Day, Professor Paul Crawford of the University of Nottingham discusses the new campaign What’s Up With Everyone? and explains why it is so important to support students’ mental health literacy.
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Student reviews tell the story of 2020

1 March 2021
Student experience
​After studying more than 16,000 student reviews, Paul Humphreys, Founder and CEO at StudentCrowd, looks at how students have been experiencing university this year.
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Going the extra mile to embrace LGBT+ equality in higher education

10 February 2021
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Diversity Equality
This LGBT+ History Month, the University of Birmingham’s Dr Sammy Li reflects on progress that has been made by universities to support LGBT+ equality and looks at what more must be done to ensure no one is left behind.
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Laying the foundations for a skills-led recovery

29 January 2021
Innovation, growth and skills
Degree apprenticeships Careers Employability Skills Access
​Following the publication of the UK government’s Skills for jobs white paper, Greg Wade, UUK’s policy lead on innovation, growth, employability and skills, studies its proposals and makes the case for a ‘whole skills approach’.
Students

Pathways and flexibility are key to supporting lifelong learning

18 December 2020
Innovation, growth and skills Professional education Student experience
Access Careers Skills
Dave Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, argues that if we are to facilitate lifelong learning and avoid ‘educational dead ends’, universities must play a core role in qualification design.
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Funding for adult learners will boost the UK's economic recovery

30 September 2020
Funding Innovation, growth and skills Parliament and government
Admissions Careers Degree apprenticeships Economic impact Skills Social mobility
UUK's Julie Tam takes a look at the prime minister's announcement of a lifetime skills allowance, and what it means for the economy, society, and individuals.

The grades u-turn caused a ripple effect throughout education – it could be catastrophic for unis

25 August 2020
Coronavirus Funding Regulation of higher education Student experience
Admissions A-levels Skills Teaching Student finance
From over-stretched finances to lack of space and facilities, universities are facing a perfect storm of problems.

A ‘whole university approach’ to wellbeing: meeting the challenges of Covid-19

22 July 2020
Dr Hannah Friend and Dr Diana Beech explain how having a recently-developed wellbeing strategy in place helped the University of Warwick respond to the challenges of Covid-19.
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Covid-19 silver linings: how the pandemic has increased opportunities for disabled university students

15 July 2020
Coronavirus Equality, diversity and inclusion Student experience
Diversity Equality Teaching
AbilityNet's Amy Low explains how new ways of working brought about by the pandemic have resulted in improvements in accessibility and inclusion for disabled university students.
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Culture in the age of Covid-19: why universities must take centre stage

10 July 2020
Coronavirus Equality, diversity and inclusion Student experience
Campus Diversity Economic impact
Professor Dinah Birch sets out how the University of Liverpool has ensured cultural experiences in the city remain on offer to communities during lockdown.
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