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14 October 2025 Students

Fair admissions code of practice

Our Fair admissions code of practice shows the higher education sector's commitment to fair and transparent admissions practices.

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13 November 2020 Equality, diversity and inclusion

Fair admissions review

Our Fair admissions review aims to build greater levels of transparency, increase trust, and improve public understanding in admissions practices.

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12 January 2024 Funding, finance and operations

12 January 2024 Funding, finance and operations

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.
17 January 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

17 January 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

Framework for programme reviews: ensuring the value of courses

A framework to support universities in England to identify courses where value or quality might be a problem, and act on it.
24 July 2024 Teaching, learning and quality

24 July 2024 Teaching, learning and quality

Franchise governance framework

Our framework for senior leaders in universities to spot and manage risk in franchised partnerships.
19 November 2025 Impact of universities

19 November 2025 Impact of universities

Generating growth and opportunity across England: briefings

Our briefings on how universities are generating growth and opportunity across the nine regions of England.
12 May 2026 Media releases

12 May 2026 Media releases

Government must avoid further cuts to public funding for teaching undergraduates

Universities UK is warning government against further cuts to public funding for higher education, as it prepares to make decisions about the level of next years’ Strategic Priorities Grant (SPG) – the main way in which it directly funds undergraduate education.
15 February 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

15 February 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

Graduate employment: its limits in measuring the value of higher education

The pros and cons of using graduate employment measures as a way to measure the benefits of higher education.
21 October 2016 Equality, diversity and inclusion

21 October 2016 Equality, diversity and inclusion

Guidance for higher education institutions: how to handle alleged student misconduct

These guidelines, drafted by Pinsent Masons LLP, relate to all types of student misconduct which may constitute a criminal offence and provides some specific recommendations in relation to sexual misconduct.
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.
21 January 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

21 January 2022 Teaching, learning and quality

How are universities protecting degree standards?

Our review of progress made in 2020–21 shows there has been a steady increase in the proportion of first and 2:1 awards. What have universities been doing to make sure students can take pride in their achievements?

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