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Employment data reveals added 'value' for graduates

25 April 2018

Innovation, growth and skills Student experience

UUK's Greg Wade looks at yesterday's Graduate Labour Market Statistics, and what they mean for graduates and the UK economy.

Freedom of speech at universities includes the right to protest

27 March 2018

Regulation of higher education Student experience

Equality Freedom of speech

UUK Director of Policy Chris Hale assesses the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on free speech in universities.

USS Pensions Update

18 March 2018

Pensions

UUK's Chief Executive, Alistair Jarvis, provides an update on USS Pensions.

Subject-level TEF – a done deal or the start of a consultation?

12 March 2018

Regulation of higher education

Teaching Teaching Excellence Framework

Today saw a lot of media coverage and fanfare around a new 'degree course ranking' system. In reality, this was simply the launch of a long-awaited consultation on how to implement a subject-level version of the Teaching Excellence Framework.

The Office for Students – finally starting to focus on students?

28 February 2018

Regulation of higher education

UUK Programme Manager, William Hammonds, writes on new the regulatory framework for the Office for Students which comes into effect from April 2018.

Five things the university funding review must do

19 February 2018

Funding

Today, the Prime Minister launched the government's review of post-18 education and funding in England. UUK's Deputy Director of Policy Julie Tam sets out five things the review must do.

Understanding student suicide

16 February 2018

John de Pury, UUK's policy lead on mental health, discusses the issue of student suicide, including suicide prevention and response.

Disappearing part-time and mature students: time for change

6 February 2018

Professor Julie Lydon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Wales, discusses the importance of part-time and mature students and the future needs of employers. Universities UK is launching a new project to look at the matter.

Social mobility must underpin higher education

5 February 2018

Social mobility Part-time study Access

Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, argues that the Office for Students now has a golden opportunity to put social mobility at the heart of its mission.