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Sustainable funding is essential for universities. We identify risks to the financial health of the sector and influence policy to help our members be financially sustainable.

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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.
19 October 2019 Publications

19 October 2019 Publications

A guide to presenting institutional financial information to students

This guide is to help and support universities in explaining financial information to students.
30 January 2024 Explainer

30 January 2024 Explainer

Are universities letting international students in on lower grades?

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.
30 April 2026 Opinion

30 April 2026 Opinion

Autonomy is not enough: a hard truth for UK higher education

Professor Amanda J Broderick, Vice Chancellor and President at UEL shares how protecting and strengthening higher education will require renewal driven from within, with universities willing to listen and evolve how they operate.
7 September 2023 Opinion

7 September 2023 Opinion

Does the university funding system work well?

We asked experts in the sector whether they think the university funding system works well and what could be improved.
12 January 2024 Publications

12 January 2024 Publications

Financial sustainability of UK universities: PwC findings

Independent review by PwC into the financial sustainability challenges that our members are currently facing and may face in the future.
12 December 2022 Media releases

12 December 2022 Media releases

Future funding for UK universities under examination

Members of the public, students and politicians are being invited to have their say in a ‘national conversation’ on the future of university funding.
8 June 2026 Insights and analysis

8 June 2026 Insights and analysis

Government must start treating higher education like the investment in the future of our country it is

Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of UUK, and Amira Campbell, President of the NUS (National Union of Students), discuss how there needs to be a re-evaluation of who pays for higher education, moving towards a model that recognises its value to society.
30 May 2025 Media releases

30 May 2025 Media releases

Government’s key growth sectors losing out on home grown talent as university courses integral to the workforce struggle to keep up with demand

New figures show courses key to economic growth are struggling to keep up with student demand due to insufficient funding.
13 December 2021 Data

13 December 2021 Data

Higher education in facts and figures: 2021

An overview of the data on students, staff and university finances from our member institutions.
24 November 2025 Data

24 November 2025 Data

How teaching funding per student in England has declined over the last decade

Our analysis highlights how universities now receive substantially less in real terms for teaching students compared to ten years ago, as funding has not kept pace with inflation during that time.
17 October 2024 Media releases

17 October 2024 Media releases

Invest in universities in the Autumn Budget to drive economic growth and create opportunities for millions, says Universities UK

To build a country fit for the future, and not the past, government must invest in the UK’s world-class higher education sector.

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