Following the publication by the Home Office of the terms of reference for the Migration Advisory Committee's review into the Graduate route, Universities UK has responded to the detail.
Following the March 2023 Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) meeting, we wish to provide a progress update on three of the key commitments we made within the interim joint statement (dated 17 February 2023). These commitments were:
Universities in England have committed to reversing pandemic grade inflation in first and 2.1 degrees.
In a first of its kind statement Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE members have committed to return to pre-pandemic levels of ‘upper’ degree classification by 2023.
UK government ministers are being warned that any U-turn on their commitments to grow international student numbers could result in billions of pounds in lost revenue, wreck their growth plans, and damage local economies in their own constituencies.
As universities prepare to welcome a new cohort of students, a new report by London Economics has revealed that higher education makes a £116 billion contribution to the UK economy - £130 billion including the spending of international students.
In response to the recent government announcement to 'crackdown' on 'rip-off university degrees', Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK said:
On 23 April, join us in London for a day of exploring where the sector is at with addressing ethnicity awarding gaps, and what the future can look like.
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.
The Government’s ambitious plans to strengthen the NHS can only be achieved if significant changes are made to healthcare education and training now, warns Universities UK (UUK).
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.
Join Universities UK International (UUKi), to discuss everything from the strategic, high-level issues facing global mobility, to the individual impact a life-changing mobility experience can have on students.