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30 May 2025 Media releases

30 May 2025 Media releases

Government’s key growth sectors losing out on home grown talent as university courses integral to the workforce struggle to keep up with demand

New figures show courses key to economic growth are struggling to keep up with student demand due to insufficient funding.
27 May 2025 Media releases

27 May 2025 Media releases

Universities UK responds to level 7 funding announcement

Our response to confirmation that funding for level 7 apprenticeships will be withdrawn for people aged 22 and older from January 2026.
20 May 2025 News

20 May 2025 News

Universities UK writes to Chancellor on how research can contribute to growth

We've written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, on how the UK's world-leading research system can contribute to economic growth.
6 May 2025 Media releases

6 May 2025 Media releases

Universities grip financial crisis – but at what cost to the nation?

New survey reveals the full of extent of cost cutting measures universities are taking following years of frozen tuition fees.
23 April 2025 Media releases

23 April 2025 Media releases

University sector unveils plan to boost access to higher education for the most disadvantaged in society

At an event in Westminster today, we unveiled our action plan to help deliver on the government’s mission to boost opportunity across the UK.
4 April 2025 Media releases

4 April 2025 Media releases

Vivienne Stern MBE responds to funding announcement from DSIT

Responding to a funding allocation announcement for UK research from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Vivienne Stern MBE said:
20 March 2025 media releases

20 March 2025 media releases

New analysis reveals rapid rise in uni start-ups, but leaders warn of risk of losing them to international competitors

New analysis by Universities UK (UUK) has revealed that by 2028, around 27,000 new start-ups – with a predicted turnover of around £10.8 billion – could be established at institutions in the UK.
10 March 2025 media releases

10 March 2025 media releases

New analysis shows that graduates will be key to government’s industrial strategy

New data has revealed that university graduates make up a significant proportion of the workforce in key growth sectors highlighted in the government’s industrial strategy.
7 March 2025 Media releases

7 March 2025 Media releases

Professor Malcolm Press CBE elected as next President of Universities UK

Professor Malcolm Press CBE, Vice Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, has been elected as the next President of Universities UK (UUK).
27 February 2025 News

27 February 2025 News

Vivienne Stern MBE responds to announcement of next Chair of the Office for Students

Professor Edward Peck CBE has been named as preferred candidate to be the next Chair of the Office for Students by the Education Secretary.
17 February 2025 News

17 February 2025 News

Our response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on OfS strategy for 2025 to 2030

We welcome the opportunity to engage with the Office for Students in the development of its new strategy for 2025-30.
16 January 2025 News

16 January 2025 News

UUK responds to the Education Secretary's announcement on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act

Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK, has responded to The Education Secretary's confirmation that key provisions of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 will be brought into force.

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