Universities UK

Hear from Hannah M., from our very own Digital Team, about her results day and clearing experience at the University of Liverpool. #HigherEducation #Clearing #UCAS

"In an increasingly competitive and uncertain world, the fact that the UK’s universities and broader R&D sector are genuinely world-leading is a significant competitive advantage." Find out more on why university research needs a long-term funding strategy ⬇️ https://loom.ly/bNgaMqE

Have you registered your place at our annual 'Access, participation and student success' #conference? Our discounted early-bird offer is ending soon: https://loom.ly/rCMa1bQ Join us for a day of plenaries, interactive breakout sessions and networking. Don't miss out on securing your tickets! #UUKAccess Date: 7 November 2024 Location: London and online Read about what our past attendees thought 👇

A project funded by Innovate UK and led by Northumbria's Dr. Jibran Khaliq FHEA MIMMM aims to create renewable energy from agricultural waste such as banana skins, while creating sustainable textiles in the process - improving life for people in rural Pakistan.

With four thriving Global Research Institutes (GRIs), Heriot-Watt University is tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. From environmental stewardship to health and care technologies, our research drives real-world impact. Our GRIs ensure that the learning and teaching in our programmes is informed by impactful research seeking to address some of the biggest global challenges. Find our more about our GRIs https://lnkd.in/eDuP86jm #GlobalResearch #Innovation #HeriotWattUni #FutureShapers

Photos from July 📸💛 ☀️ Sunshine and blue skies in between the rain 🎓 Med School Graduation 🤩 Awarding Dr Nighat Arif with a Doctor of Science, honoris causa 🎈 Throwback to our first 2024 Summer Open Day 😍 Can't get enough of the new Chandos Road Building spaces 👀 Idyllic campus views #UniOfBuckingham

The first athlete from Kuwait to compete in sailing! 👏   Huge congratulations to UofG alumna Ameena Shah (Politics, 2022), representing Kuwait in the Women's Dinghy sailing event. ⛵   Competition gets underway tomorrow onwards- good luck from all of us here at #TeamUofG! 🤩

NEW updates to the sector Fair Admissions Code of Practice, co-owned by GuildHE and Universities UK ⬇ The key change is that the Code and its principles now explicitly apply to international students, including the expectation that signatories ensure that third parties (including agents and franchised provision) act in accordance with the Code.  https://lnkd.in/dVNnnHGw

Universities are in deep financial crisis, with mass cuts and potential institutional failures. How can we collectively change the narrative to earn the public and political support we need for the sector - not just to survive in the short term, but to thrive long term? The video recording of this vital and timely panel discussion about how universities can win the challenging arguments about their worth and value, in the face of relentless attacks, is now live. It is about the UK sector, but has resonance much more globally. You can view it here: https://lnkd.in/dRu-Ev5H Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, said that we have got to "reset the narrative" around who benefits from higher education, to move "from the idea of universities as a private good to something which is essential national infrastructure which conveys great public benefit." A dramatic change of rhetoric from the new UK government has been hugely welcome - stating clearly that universities are a great public good, an asset to protect, and that international students are very welcome in the UK. But we still need to fill a policy vacuum on higher education and turn warm rhetoric into reality - and we must not be naive to think that the forces against universities, that say there are "too many" universities and that they do not deliver value, are no longer present. Nick Jennings, vice chancellor of Loughborough University, said: "We haven't always been good at explaining why we exist and what we do... we used to be able to take it broadly for granted that folk would appreciate the value of universities. That is no longer the case. We need to make the case." Lisa Roberts, vice chancellor of the University of Exeter, said that the sector has to to a much better job to explain how university funding works, and how student tuition fees are spent. "The public have seen other national institutions having a tough time and having to cut costs... so it is not surprising that the public are not prioritising universities in the list of priorities where we need to fix funding." On protecting the sector against caps or reductions in international students, Nishan Canagarajah, vice chancellor of the University of Leicester said the great financial value of international students is very well documented, but "more work to be done" to change the mistaken perception that "universities are favouring international students over domestic students" or compromising quality to admit them. Do listen to the full, rich conversation, and share your own views below. This is vital to get right and to keep working on.

Universities are in deep financial crisis, with mass cuts and potential institutional failures. How can we collectively change the narrative to earn the public and political support we need for the sector - not just to survive in the short term, but to thrive long term? The video recording of this vital and timely panel discussion about how universities can win the challenging arguments about their worth and value, in the face of relentless attacks, is now live. It is about the UK sector, but has resonance much more globally. You can view it here: https://lnkd.in/dRu-Ev5H Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, said that we have got to "reset the narrative" around who benefits from higher education, to move "from the idea of universities as a private good to something which is essential national infrastructure which conveys great public benefit." A dramatic change of rhetoric from the new UK government has been hugely welcome - stating clearly that universities are a great public good, an asset to protect, and that international students are very welcome in the UK. But we still need to fill a policy vacuum on higher education and turn warm rhetoric into reality - and we must not be naive to think that the forces against universities, that say there are "too many" universities and that they do not deliver value, are no longer present. Nick Jennings, vice chancellor of Loughborough University, said: "We haven't always been good at explaining why we exist and what we do... we used to be able to take it broadly for granted that folk would appreciate the value of universities. That is no longer the case. We need to make the case." Lisa Roberts, vice chancellor of the University of Exeter, said that the sector has to to a much better job to explain how university funding works, and how student tuition fees are spent. "The public have seen other national institutions having a tough time and having to cut costs... so it is not surprising that the public are not prioritising universities in the list of priorities where we need to fix funding." On protecting the sector against caps or reductions in international students, Nishan Canagarajah, vice chancellor of the University of Leicester said the great financial value of international students is very well documented, but "more work to be done" to change the mistaken perception that "universities are favouring international students over domestic students" or compromising quality to admit them. Do listen to the full, rich conversation, and share your own views below. This is vital to get right and to keep working on.