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7 Dec 2021 Teaching, learning and quality

7 Dec 2021 Teaching, learning and quality

We support the Technician Commitment

Today we have become a formal supporter of the Technician Commitment. The initiative aims to make sure there is visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research.
15 Nov 2021 News

15 Nov 2021 News

Partnership announcement: UUK and Ahead by Bett

Higher education institutions around the world are working fast to adapt to new ways of teaching and learning.
19 Oct 2021 Teaching, learning and quality

19 Oct 2021 Teaching, learning and quality

A statement from our Board: free speech and academic freedom

At the start of the academic year 2021–22, the Universities UK Board has reaffirmed the sector’s commitment to free speech and academic freedom.
20 Aug 2021 News

20 Aug 2021 News

Our support for the Teacher Education Advisory Group's response

Universities UK has given support to the Higher Education Teacher Education Advisory Group response to a government consultation on the Initial Teacher Training market.
5 Aug 2021 Media releases

5 Aug 2021 Media releases

Universities to improve external examining systems

Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE have asked the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) to work with them to support universities review and improve their external examining practices.
17 Jan 2022 Media releases

17 Jan 2022 Media releases

Universities step up efforts to tackle low value degrees

Universities UK has published a new framework to assess the value of university courses to students and wider society.
24 Feb 2022 Media releases

24 Feb 2022 Media releases

UUK response to government’s announcement on funding for post-18 education

Alistair Jarvis CBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK, responds to the government's announcement.
29 Nov 2021 Media Releases

29 Nov 2021 Media Releases

Lessons from the pandemic: making the most of digital technologies

Universities have learned lessons from the pandemic and are harnessing digital technologies alongside in-person teaching to deliver courses best suited to student needs, a Universities UK briefing concludes.
15 Mar 2022 Media releases

15 Mar 2022 Media releases

Excessive admin will take focus away from teaching, universities warn regulator

Today [Tuesday 15 March 2022] we responded to three consultations launched by the Office for Students (OfS) on 20 January 2022.
13 Apr 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

13 Apr 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

Our new role as secretariat of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment

We are now the independent secretariat of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment. The UKSCQA brings together academics and students as well as partners from across the sector and provides oversight of higher education quality assessment arrangements.
9 May 2022 Media releases

9 May 2022 Media releases

Capping student numbers a flawed and backward move, university leaders warn

University leaders are warning that proposed reforms to post 18 education and funding in England would turn back the clock on social mobility while limiting the government’s own levelling up agenda.
2 May 2022 Media releases

2 May 2022 Media releases

University leaders support much-needed flexible learning revolution

University leaders are backing reforms in England that would allow people to upskill and retrain through flexible higher education courses.