Commenting on the Government's decision to increase hardship funding and award an uplift to the maintenance loan, Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK, said:
Responding to the announcement made in the Spring Budget of funding for investment zones, Professor Steve West CBE, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of UWE Bristol, said:
Across the past twelve months we have been faced with a variety of challenges including; the ongoing pandemic, significant and frequent policy developments, and the crisis in Ukraine.
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Professor Steven West, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2023.
Professor Sir Steve West CBE, President of UUK has responded to the release of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
See the full press release from NHS England here.
Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of University of St Andrews, has been elected as the next President of Universities UK (UUK).
The role runs for two academic years from 1 August 2023 and is elected through a ballot of UUK’s 140 members.
After a record number of applications to UK universities, hundreds of thousands of students across the country have been admitted to their first-choice universities, with more anticipated to find places as Clearing opens today.