Join us for this online event to get the latest updates on universities' role in addressing the climate emergency, developments from the past year, and looking ahead.
The UK and EU have announced that a deal has been reached for the UK to become an Associated Country in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes. At this webinar, UK Government and UK Research and Innovation officials will provide an update on this announcement and will answer questions from attendees.
With UK association to Horizon Europe due to take effect at the start of 2024, Universities UK International and the UK Research Office are planning to hold an in-person event on 30 January 2024 focused on driving up UK participation.
Join Universities UK International (UUKi) and fellow global mobility professionals at Health Innovation One, Lancaster University, for the return of a conference dedicated to all things mobility and international experience.
Harry Anderson, Policy Manager at Universities UK, is one of our brilliant speakers at International Student Recruitment Conference 2023. In this blog, he gives a teaser of just some of the crucial conversations attendees are set to have at #ISR2023.
Join UUKi and Halpin Partnership to reflect on how the UK higher education sector mobilised to support universities in Ukraine and what lessons we can learn from this for future humanitarian crises. This webinar will introduce the Higher Education Humanitarian Framework created by Halpin to support future university humanitarian action.
UK higher education (HE) transnational education (TNE) provision is an important pillar of international HE activity for UK universities. The number of students studying for a UK HE degree via TNE has grown by 37% in the last five years, with the vast majority of those students based in the Global South.
Holly Downes is an undergraduate student at Durham University. In summer 2022, Holly took part in the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, a 12-week programme providing students with the opportunity to contribute to a research project at one of Canada’s 70 participating universities. There are over 2,000 projects to choose from, ranging from engineering and maths through to the humanities, which successful applicants work on full-time as a research intern.
Alex Roussopoulos is a student at the University of Durham who, as part of the UUKi-supported Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, undertook a once-in-a-lifetime summer in Canada. In this blog, Alex tells us more about the experience.
From 1 April 2023, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) will no longer perform the role as designated quality body (DQB) in England. Since the announcement last summer, debates over quality assurance have caused questions outside of the UK about the meaning of these changes.
Research and innovation collaboration with countries across the globe is of fundamental importance if the UK wants to become a science superpower. This includes developing equitable partnerships with countries in the Global South. Through ODA funding, the UK is able to collaborate with these countries to solve global challenges.
IHEF returned to our screens on 28 Feb and 1 March – filled with sharp insights into the future of international higher education. Our IHEF 2023 partner AECC Global shared powerful keynote on their exclusive insights and data. Here, they delve into the importance of human connections in our increasingly digital world.
UK universities have invested significantly in domestic widening participation initiatives. Significant progress has been made, but many inequalities in access still regrettably persist. Whilst widening participation traditionally focuses on a variety of domestic demographics according to need, we should not forget that many other marginalised people around the world also have immediate needs. One organisation supporting this goal, Ashinaga, explain their work and the importance of a global perspective in widening participation.
Universities are major players in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), bringing in over a billion pounds in international business investment every year through their R&D and contributing to the government’s Science Superpower agenda. But often the shape, scale and impact of this investment is hard to describe at a sector level due to incomplete data and the variety of ways in which universities work with overseas business partners.
Simon Emmett, CEO of IDP Connect, will be delivering a keynote at #IHEF2023 on their latest data on international student recruitment. Join us at next week's event to tune in, and read on for a flavour of their insights.
Join more than 300 senior leaders from across the sector at our flagship two-day event to discuss and debate the latest challenges faced by international higher education.