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Higher education policy priorities for the new prime minister

31 July 2019
Funding Health and social care Inclusion, equality and diversity Innovation, growth and skills International Parliament and government Student experience
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UUK's Karmjit Kaur on how new Prime Minister Boris Johnson can can help maximise the role of universities for both his domestic and global ambitions.

Improving access, success and progression in English higher education

18 December 2018
Inclusion, equality and diversity
Social mobility
UUK's Dan Wake explains the potential impact of the OfS' consultation on access and participation regulation for universities and students.

Exploring solutions to ethnicity attainment gaps – one university's experience

5 December 2018
Inclusion, equality and diversity
Access Equality Social mobility Social action
Professor Sir Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, shares recent experience of his institution's efforts to tackle the BAME attainment gap.

Higher education: a diverse range of opportunities for everyone

8 May 2018
Inclusion, equality and diversity
Social action Social mobility Access
UUK's Dan Hurley on the wide range of opportunities higher education provides, and what the Office for Students can do to help universities make further progress on social mobility.

'Opportunity for everyone' shows how universities are opening their doors, but they must build on this for faster change

1 May 2018
Inclusion, equality and diversity
Social mobility Social action
On the launch of UUK's 'Opportunity for everyone' campaign, Chris Millward, the Director of Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students, urges all universities to continue making progress.

Social mobility must underpin higher education

5 February 2018
Social mobility Part-time study Access
Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, argues that the Office for Students now has a golden opportunity to put social mobility at the heart of its mission.

University-school partnerships driving social mobility

14 November 2017
Social mobility Access
UUK's Daniel Hurley highlights some of the great work going on between universities and schools across England to raise pupil attainment.
HM Treasury

The chancellor’s budget dilemma: four ways universities can help

10 November 2017
Funding
Budget Chancellors Skills Graduates Economic impact Social mobility Business
UUK's Alistair Jarvis sets out our areas the chancellor should consider when he delivers the budget 2017.

Go International – try more, do more, fear less

1 November 2017
Inclusion, equality and diversity International Outward student mobility Student experience
Social mobility Employability
Simmone Mclean, student at the University of Northampton, discusses her life-changing experience of studying abroad as part of her degree.

Are there ‘huge dropout rates’ at the UK’s universities?

25 September 2017
Efficiency and value for money Student experience
Social mobility Equality
UUK's William Hammonds explains how universities can retain students and the scale of this issue.
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