Universities UK (UUK) recently invited tenders for a research project with the title 'Responding to international humanitarian crises: supporting the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara).' This tender closed on 14 April and was awarded to Gifted Philanthropy.
This page summarises the aims and objectives behind the project.
Higher Education Research and Academic Lead, Our Streets Now
Ammaarah Faisal is Our Streets Now's Higher Education Research and Academic Lead, as well as part of the policy and public affairs section of Our Streets Now.
With this Joint Statement, we – the undersigned European university umbrella organisations – want to express our concerns on the lack of progress and clarity regarding the association of the United Kingdom and Switzerland to the Horizon Europe research framework programme. Two years have passed since the start of the programme without any progress and the delay is causing damage to existing research partnerships between EU, UK, and Swiss knowledge institutions
Following the agreement in principle reached by the UK and EU regarding the Windsor Framework, representatives of the UK, Irish and wider European research, innovation and business communities have signed a joint statement urging rapid progress on UK association to EU programmes, including Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom:
Lecturer in Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London
Isabell is a Lecturer in Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London. She co-convenes the MA Queer History at Goldsmiths and co-teaches the adult evening course ‘Queer London’ at the Bishopsgate Institute.
Universities UK (UUK) is inviting tenders for a research project with the title 'Responding to international humanitarian crises: lessons from the UK higher education sector response to the invasion of Ukraine.'
This page summarises some of the information from the invitation to tender (ITT).
We're no longer accepting tender submissions.
On Tuesday 13 December 2022, Science and Technology Minister George Freeman announced phase one of a new global research fund, International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), at an event in Tokyo, Japan. This initial phase of the fund will be opened with £119m worth of funding to allow UK scientists and innovators to collaborate with peers around the world on some of the most pressing issues facing our planet.
Jamie Arrowsmith, Director, Universities UK International, said:
A new report from Universities UK International and the British Council finds that 162 UK higher education providers have reported students studying through transnational education (TNE) in the 2020-21 academic year, which is the highest figure to date.