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We are together: students supporting the national effort against Covid-19

12 March 2021

Coronavirus Health and social care

Volunteering

Over the past year, staff and students at UK universities have played a vital role in fighting Covid-19 through research and supporting their local communities. Here, three students from across the UK share their stories.

What's Up With Everyone? characters Merve, Charlie, Tai, Ashley and Alex

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.

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.

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.

Two people are sitting next to each other at a computer, one is teaching the other a new skill

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’.

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.

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.

Laptop, phone and tablet, at home studying

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.