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.
The #WeAreInternational campaign works with students from around the world, based in UK universities in towns and cities across the country. Watch them tell their stories in the first part of our campaign from 2023.
Responding to the new set of Teaching Excellence Framework results released by the Office for Students, UUK President and Principle and Vice Chancellor of St Andrews University, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE FRSE, said:
Universities UK Chief Executive, Vivienne Stern MBE, responds to the Prime Minister’s comments on education made at the Conservative Party Conference 2023:
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).
We reviewed progress universities made on tackling sexual misconduct, hate crime and harasment affecting university students, one and two years after we published Changing the culture.
Published in 2022, this is our guidance for universities on how to prevent and respond to these cases of staff-to-student sexual misconduct in higher education.
Our sector guidance, published in 2022, aims to increase understanding around when it is appropriate to share personal data when managing harassment complaints.