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24 July 2025 Data

24 July 2025 Data

Graduate outcomes: What the latest data reveals about employment, pay and job quality

In the last month, the government and HE sector have published new data offering fresh insight into graduate activity after leaving university.
27 June 2025 Opinion

27 June 2025 Opinion

Skills England faces a big task, but universities can help

Professor Lisa Roberts, UUK's Student Experience, Education and Skills Policy Lead, explores the crucial role of universities to Skills England's missions.
24 June 2025 Opinion

24 June 2025 Opinion

The Spending Review 2025 signals confidence in research. But will QR funding keep pace?

The long-awaited Spending Review signals government confidence in UK university research.
13 June 2025 Explainer

13 June 2025 Explainer

How university research and innovation is primed to drive local growth

The newly announced Local Innovation Partnership Fund is a vote of confidence for research and innovation in higher education.
5 June 2025 Data

5 June 2025 Data

How are universities delivering the future NHS workforce?

Policy Adviser, Horia Teodorescu looks at the data on the health workforce pipeline, exploring what is required for a future sustainable NHS workforce.
14 May 2025 Explainer

14 May 2025 Explainer

How are universities supporting career-ready graduates?

Naomi Abayasekara, Policy Adviser, explores how UUK’s Access to Success Action Plan can better support graduates to kick-start their careers after university.
8 May 2025 Data

8 May 2025 Data

How can higher education better deliver on social mobility?

Higher education can be a powerful driver of social mobility, but data shows that significant barriers still remain for people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access and benefit from it.
6 May 2025 Explainer

6 May 2025 Explainer

What is the future of collaborative outreach in England?

Naomi Abayasekara, Policy Adviser, explores how a new national fund could help to support the future of efficient, impactful outreach activity to reach future learners.
30 April 2025 Opinion

30 April 2025 Opinion

'Win-win-win': how the University of Exeter is driving solutions to prior attainment challenges

Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility at the University of Exeter explains how a pioneering model of tutoring developed at the university can help support attainment in schools and the students of the future.
28 April 2025 Opinion

28 April 2025 Opinion

Enabling care-experienced and estranged students to access and thrive at university

Fiona Ellison, Director of the Unite Foundation shares the importance of providing opportunity for care leavers.
22 April 2025 Explainer

22 April 2025 Explainer

Placing contextual admissions in context

Policy Adviser, Naomi Abayasekara, breaks down how contextual admissions work in universities, highlighting how these practices create opportunities for applicants facing barriers to achieve their full potential.
15 April 2025 Case study

15 April 2025 Case study

Spotlight on university enterprise in Devon and Cornwall

Head of Innovation, Greg Wade visits the universities of Falmouth, Exeter, Plymouth and Plymouth Marjons for a first-hand picture of how these institutions support start-ups.

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