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 UK (UUK), on behalf of USS employers, has today issued a joint statement with the University and College Union (UCU) outlining how both parties are working together on the future of USS benefits.
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.
The higher education sector creates enormous economic impact across the country, by supporting over a quarter of a million jobs and contributing over £130 billion pounds to the UK economy.
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.
Recent headlines have argued that international students are buying their way into UK universities through back door routes. But is this true? Director of Universities UK International, Jamie Arrowsmith, fact checks these claims.