Our universities: maximising a national asset

UK universities are committed to four priority areas:

• building back after the pandemic
• creating opportunity across the whole country
• positioning the UK on a global stage
• ensuring we maintain our world class reputation for quality and value

Our commitments are shared across our diverse UK-wide higher education system. Many of the recommendations are focused on England, but also include areas of relevance to the whole UK.

The government can use CSR 2021 as an opportunity to support us and help delivering our commitments in the following areas:

• unlocking opportunity, skills and jobs
• levelling up and economic recovery
• achieving the UK’s global ambitions
• research and development

Targeted funding would catalyse the most wide-ranging and high impact changes needed to drive economic recovery, enhance local and regional growth and improve the student experience.