We've called for an urgent resolution to the ongoing discussions about UK access to Horizon Europe, with the future of the EU-UK research scheme ‘close to the precipice’.
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.
Vivienne Stern MBE has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Universities UK (UUK), the organisation which represents 140 universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. She will take up this role from September 2022.
Urgent action is needed from the UK Government to bridge the funding gap while it sets up its replacement for European Union funding for local skills and training partnerships.
Our new Fair admissions code of practice sets the behaviours for universities to improve fairness and transparency in the admissions system while maintaining high academic standards.
Responding to the UK Government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Professor Steve West CBE, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of UWE Bristol, said:
New research shows that UK parents are strongly in favour of university creative courses, recognising their economic benefit and the way in which they power the UK’s creative industries.
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.