Our goal is to help UK universities flourish internationally through our unique ability to represent them and act in their collective interests.
Our aims
Our aims are to:
- Grow and diversify onshore recruitment of international students.
- Enhance the scale and impact of international research collaboration.
- Support the development of sustainable, scalable transnational education.
- Increase the proportion of students with international experience (especially students from low participation backgrounds).
- Help UK universities develop the capabilities, understanding and resilience to meet new challenges.
What we do
To achieve our aims, we:
- Enable UK universities to develop and realise their international ambitions.
- Influence the framework conditions that enable UK universities to thrive internationally.
- Create new opportunities that deliver clear benefits to our members.
Governance
We are accountable to the UUK board. UUK’s International Policy Network (IPN) advises and steers our work.
The IPN is chaired by UUK’s International Policy Lead Sir Gerry McCormack.
The IPN comprises Vice-Chancellors and senior university leaders from across UUK’s membership. It helps shape our thinking on increasing the international profile of UK universities across a range of issues, from enhancing the competitiveness of UK higher education as an export, to fostering international partnerships and managing risks associated with international higher education.
Read more about our work.