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Today, on World Refugee Day, we celebrate the many UK universities working hard to aid the integration of refugees and asylum seekers by increasing access to higher education in the UK.
The UK’s economy relies on graduates gaining the right skills for the modern workplace. We foster collaboration between universities and UK industry so courses better reflect changes to industry and provide students with practical experience.
Universities transform lives. Going to university leads to new ways of seeing the world, to new horizons and networks, and to significantly enhanced job opportunities. But not everyone benefits in the same way. Fewer students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds go to university, and when they do they tend not to do as well as their more privileged peers. The influence of background continues long after graduation.
Students who spend some time abroad working, studying or volunteering achieve better degrees and get better jobs, and the number of students going abroad is rising each year. However, not all students in the UK participate in outward mobility at the same rate.
Students who spend some time abroad working, studying or volunteering achieve better degrees and get better jobs, and the number of students going abroad is rising each year. However, not all students in the UK participate in outward mobility at the same rate.
Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, Chair of Universities UK’s advisory group for programme reviews, runs through our new framework to assess the value of university courses.
We work with universities, the government and stakeholders to continue improving the UK's world-leading higher education sector. We also promote the important role universities have in our society and globally.
Two years after the publication of the #ClosingTheGap report, Amatey Doku looks at progress that has been made to close UK universities’ ethnicity degree awarding gaps.