The press office provides journalists with essential information about member institutions and the higher education sector as a whole, and can help journalists seeking comment or interviews with Universities UK spokespeople.
Journalists seeking background information from policy experts at Universities UK should contact the press office in the first instance.
Journalists looking for key facts and figures about UK higher education can visit the
Higher education in numbers page of our website.
The media can contact the press office during normal working hours (09.30am–5.30pm) by emailing pressoffice@universitiesuk.ac.uk or calling:
- Steven Jefferies, Head of Media: 02074195407
- Clara Plackett, Senior Media Officer: 02074195568
- Eloise Phillips, Media Officer, 02074195574
Out-of-hours service
We provide journalists with an out-of-hours service for urgent media enquiries. Urgent out-of-hours queries from journalists should be directed to 07766 997 091. Please note it is better to call at weekends or in the evening, as emails are not monitored as regularly at these times.
Non media enquiries
The press office cannot respond to phone or email enquiries from individuals not working in the media. Members of the public should
contact us via our online form.