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8 May 2025 Data

8 May 2025 Data

How can higher education better deliver on social mobility?

Higher education can be a powerful driver of social mobility, but data shows that significant barriers still remain for people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access and benefit from it.
30 April 2025 Opinion

30 April 2025 Opinion

'Win-win-win': how the University of Exeter is driving solutions to prior attainment challenges

Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility at the University of Exeter explains how a pioneering model of tutoring developed at the university can help support attainment in schools and the students of the future.
28 April 2025 Opinion

28 April 2025 Opinion

Enabling care-experienced and estranged students to access and thrive at university

Fiona Ellison, Director of the Unite Foundation shares the importance of providing opportunity for care leavers.
22 April 2025 Explainer

22 April 2025 Explainer

Placing contextual admissions in context

Policy Adviser, Naomi Abayasekara, breaks down how contextual admissions work in universities, highlighting how these practices create opportunities for applicants facing barriers to achieve their full potential.
2 April 2025 Case study

2 April 2025 Case study

What action are universities taking on sexual misconduct and harassment?

How are universities improving responses to harassment and sexual misconduct on campuses?
9 December 2024 UUKi blog

9 December 2024 UUKi blog

Global experiential learning: a pathway to inclusive international education

Lisa Beare, University of Leeds, highlights how global experiential learning drives inclusivity and student success.
30 October 2024 Opinion

30 October 2024 Opinion

In conversation with: Professor David Mba

We spoke to Professor David Mba about his experience as a Black vice-chancellor and the change he wants to see in higher education.
30 September 2024 Publications

30 September 2024 Publications

Opportunity, growth and partnership: a blueprint for change

Our blueprint to create a UK university sector that's better in ten years’ time than it is today.
24 July 2024 Media releases

24 July 2024 Media releases

New paper to set out the role of universities in addressing the government's priorities

A group of experts will outline the role universities can play in powering the new government’s growth strategy and creating opportunity.
17 July 2024 Media releases

17 July 2024 Media releases

UUK respond to UJS' letter on behalf of university sector

On behalf of the sector, UUK have responded to the Union of Jewish Students' (UJS) letter to university leaders.
24 June 2024 Publications

24 June 2024 Publications

Enabling student health and success

We have published a report covering the work of our taskforce into tackling supply and demand for drugs in the context of student health and wellbeing.
13 June 2024 Data

13 June 2024 Data

What did graduates do after higher education in 2023?

Despite facing significant challenges during their studies, graduates view their outcomes positively and data shows good outcomes.
16 May 2024 Case study

16 May 2024 Case study

Running consent workshops: guidance from Nottingham Trent

Katrina Daoud, Wellbeing Team Leader at Nottingham Trent University, shares why educating about consent is important on campuses.
9 May 2024 Media releases

9 May 2024 Media releases

Universities UK meets with Prime Minister to discuss tackling antisemitism on campus

Universities UK today attended the meeting hosted at Downing Street by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Education, to discuss tackling antisemitism and harassment on campus.
15 April 2024 Media releases

15 April 2024 Media releases

University helps three quarters (73%) of ‘first-in-the-family’ graduates get over their imposter syndrome but, without financial support, over 4 in 10 couldn’t have afforded to go at all

New research from Universities UK demonstrates the extraordinary power of university for those students who are the first in their family to attend
15 April 2024 Publications

15 April 2024 Publications

Tackling harassment

Our universities aim to do their very best to make sure all staff and students can live, work and study in a safe environment. Take a look at our work with universities to provide guidance and recommendations to tackle all forms of harassment.
27 March 2024 Media releases

27 March 2024 Media releases

New guidance to support universities in tackling harassment and sexual misconduct

Today, Universities UK (UUK), in collaboration with Coventry University and Pinsent Masons, has published updated guidance on tackling harassment and sexual misconduct on university campuses.
27 March 2024 Publications

27 March 2024 Publications

How to handle alleged student misconduct: case studies

This guidance, building on a UUK and Pinsent Mason publication from 2016, sets out principles and practical case studies to help navigate these judgements.
15 March 2024 Media releases

15 March 2024 Media releases

Universities UK respond to the government's new definition of extremism

Our response to the government's new definition of extremism.
23 February 2024 Publications

23 February 2024 Publications

Opportunity and growth: a manifesto from Universities UK

The UK’s universities are a success story and one of the UK’s greatest assets. We’re calling on political parties to commit to policies in their manifestos to help our universities continue to transform lives.