Research and innovation

We help universities secure the resources they need to carry out cutting-edge research. We also provide leadership in areas such as researcher career development and research integrity.

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1 March 2023 Explainer

Can we save the research and innovation projects currently supported by European structural funds?

Over the coming weeks and months, we will begin to see 166 university led research and innovation projects across the UK put at risk as EU structural funding comes to an end.

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27 February 2023 News

Our statement on the agreement of the Windsor Framework

Responding to the announcement today of the agreement of the Windsor Framework, UUK Chief Executive, Vivienne Stern MBE, said:

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2 February 2023 Media releases

2 February 2023 Media releases

Higher education research and innovation in facts and figures

New report underlines university research and innovation’s central role in delivering government ambitions on growth.
2 February 2023 Publications

2 February 2023 Publications

Research and innovation facts and figures: 2022

The UK's research is world-leading and internationally excellent. The latest data shows that universities are at the heart of research and innovation across the country.
9 December 2022 Opinion

9 December 2022 Opinion

Failing to protect innovation funding risks 'levelling down’

The UK Government’s blind spot to research and innovation projects funded through EU structural funds risks 'levelling down', argues Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University Professor Paul Boyle CBE.
22 November 2022 News

22 November 2022 News

Universities UK reiterates desire to see association to Horizon Europe ratified

Our response to the government's announcement of immediate investment for the UK research and development and fusion sectors.
13 November 2022 Media releases

13 November 2022 Media releases

Universities call on government to back world-leading UK research and innovation ahead of autumn statement

Ahead of the autumn statement on 17 November, we are urging the Chancellor to recommit to uplifting investment on research and development. This long-term investment will ensure that universities can continue to support growth and prosperity across the whole of the UK.
26 October 2022 Opinion

26 October 2022 Opinion

To kickstart growth in left-behind areas, we need to empower universities

The UK is facing crisis. To build a strategic response, the government must embed universities at the centre of local and national growth strategy.
26 October 2022 Publications

26 October 2022 Publications

Our universities: generating growth and opportunity

Our universities generate growth and opportunity across the UK. They bring jobs, investment and facilities to our local communities, and will be at the heart of addressing economic and social disparities. But to do more, we need the government to work with universities.
24 October 2022 Media releases

24 October 2022 Media releases

Universities suggest ways of sparking growth across the UK

Universities across the UK are today insisting they can play a bigger role in generating economic growth and are calling on the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and his government, to create the conditions to accomplish this in a new report.
29 September 2022 Explainer

29 September 2022 Explainer

How do universities turn research into products and services?

Research at UK universities is some of the best in the world. One way they turn that research into change is through commercialisation.