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12 December 2024 UUKi blog

12 December 2024 UUKi blog

UK-Ukraine Twinning: Newcastle University and National University of Water and Environmental Engineering

Find out how Newcastle University and National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (Ukraine) are supporting Ukraine's recovery and academic development.
21 October 2025 International

21 October 2025 International

UK-Ukraine Twinning: Odesa Polytechnic and University of Portsmouth tackle fuel station safety

We caught up with the teams from Odesa Polytechnic National University and the University of Portsmouth to find out about their UK-Ukraine Twinning scheme collaboration.
16 January 2025 UUKi blog

16 January 2025 UUKi blog

UK-Ukraine Twinning: University of East London and Cherkasy State Technological University

Sam Jelliman, University of East London (UEL), discusses UEL's Twinning partnership with Cherkasy State Technological University (ChSTU).
24 February 2025 UUKi blog

24 February 2025 UUKi blog

UK-Ukraine Twinning: University of Nottingham and Ukrainian Catholic University

Jim Green discusses the Twinning collaboration between University of Nottingham and Ukrainian Catholic University.
7 March 2023 International

7 March 2023 International

Universities and foreign direct investment: what, why and how?

Universities are major players in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), bringing in over a billion pounds in international business investment every year through their R&D and contributing to the government’s Science Superpower agenda. But often the shape, scale and impact of this investment is hard to describe at a sector level due to incomplete data and the variety of ways in which universities work with overseas business partners.
28 August 2024 International

28 August 2024 International

What are the key factors underpinning future growth of high-quality UK Transnational Education (TNE)?

Eduardo Ramos, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, discusses the future growth of UK TNE.
3 February 2026 International

3 February 2026 International

What does the International Education Strategy mean for international student recruitment?

With the UK Government's International Education Strategy 2026 now published, Suraj Modhvadiya, Policy Adviser (International Recruitment and Immigration), examines what it signals for international student recruitment, and what universities need to prepare for next.
23 March 2026 International

23 March 2026 International

What does the International Education Strategy mean for research and innovation?

The government’s new International Education Strategy (IES) signals an increasingly prominent role for research and innovation in UK higher education’s global engagement.
28 September 2023 UUKi blog

28 September 2023 UUKi blog

What keeps an international student recruitment expert awake at night?

Shivani explains some of the challenges that keep international student recruitment experts like her awake at night and gives a taster for what attendees can expect when Shivani takes the stage at International Student Recruitment Conference 2023.
21 May 2025 International

21 May 2025 International

What makes a good international and transnational student digital experience? From lived experiences to sector advice

In this blog, Dr Tabetha Newman (Timmus Research Ltd & Jisc Associate), Elizabeth Newall (Senior Sector Specialist, Jisc), and Sarah Knight (Director of Digital Transformation, Jisc) share findings from three years of research across 25+ UK institutions. They explore the digital “shocks” students face, from Wi-Fi access and multifactor authentication to cultural expectations around e-learning, and offer practical guidance for universities delivering both on-campus and TNE programmes.
30 May 2024 International

30 May 2024 International

What practical steps can UK universities take to manage risk and develop responsible transnational education (TNE)?

With over half a million UK TNE students worldwide, we must evaluate how the UK can develop and maintain safe, secure and sustainable TNE.
31 March 2023 International

31 March 2023 International

What’s happening in higher education regulation and what does this mean for transnational education (TNE)?

From 1 April 2023, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) will no longer perform the role as designated quality body (DQB) in England. Since the announcement last summer, debates over quality assurance have caused questions outside of the UK about the meaning of these changes.

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