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Parliamentary briefings and submissions

We produce parliamentary briefings on a range of subjects based on the current legislative programme, our policy priorities and campaigns.

These include briefings on immigration and freedom of speech.

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Parliamentary briefing: Westminster Hall Debate – Science and research in the UK and regional economies

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23 June 2015
Innovation, growth and skills Parliament and government
This briefing sets out the economic benefits of investment in science and research and the role of public investment within this.
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Parliamentary briefing: Proposed statutory guidance relating to events on university campuses

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29 May 2015
Parliament and government Universities and counter terrorism
We expect that regulations will be laid to enforce a duty on universities by the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.
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Parliamentary briefing: Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill – House of Lords Committee Stage

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4 February 2015
Parliament and government Universities and counter terrorism
This briefing covers a number of amendments to Part 5 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill which have been tabled for debate at Committee Stage in the House of Lords.

Update from Universities UK’s Student Funding Panel – emerging issues

Briefing
6 January 2015
Parliament and government
This paper by Universities UK's Student Funding Panel highlights the issues and questions emerging from the panel’s work so far.
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Parliamentary briefing: Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill – Committee Stage

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12 December 2014
Parliament and government Universities and counter terrorism
Universities UK’s briefing for MPs for the Committee Stage of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill.
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Parliamentary briefing: Immigration Bill - Lords’ Second Reading

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10 February 2014
Immigration Parliament and government
Universities UK is concerned about provisions in the Immigration Bill.

Parliamentary briefing: Immigration Bill - Commons’ Report Stage and Third Reading

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31 January 2014
Immigration Parliament and government
Universities UK’s briefing for MPs for the Report Stage and Third Reading of the Immigration Bill.

Parliamentary briefing: Intellectual Property Bill – Committee Stage, House of Commons

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29 January 2014
Parliament and government Universities and counter terrorism
Universities UK supports Clause 20 of the Intellectual Property Bill which provides a qualified exemption from Freedom of Information requests for pre-publication research.
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Universities UK submission to the 2013 Spending Round

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16 May 2013
Funding Parliament and government
Universities UK’s submission to the government’s 2013 Spending Round sets out why and how universities are critical to maintaining the UK’s economic competitiveness.
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Parliamentary briefing: Impact of current immigration policy on the attractiveness of United Kingdom universities to overseas students (Lord Giddens)

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30 October 2012
Immigration Parliament and government
This briefing covers the topic of an Oral Question asked by Lord Giddens on the impact of immigration policy on the UK's ability to continue to attract overseas students to study at its universities.
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Blogs

General election 2019: what the parties say on higher education

27 November 2019
UUK's Karmjit Kaur takes a look at the policy commitments on higher education in party manifestos ahead of the general election.
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General election 2019: skills, jobs and opportunity

11 November 2019
UUK's Karmjit Kaur on the policies that all parties should commit to, to ensure UK universities remain a global success story.

News

Clock is ticking for UK to make clear that visa system changes will support international students

5 June 2020
The UK government must make clear to international students in the next few weeks that they can still have confidence in studying at UK universities, otherwise the UK risks losing them to overseas competitors.

Universities UK response to UK-EU trade negotiations proposals

27 February 2020
​Today (Thursday 27 February), UK Government has set out its position for UK-EU negotiations over future trade agreements, with student mobility and research programmes an important part of the discussions.

Universities UK responds to Labour manifesto

21 November 2019
UUK President Julia Buckingham responds to the release of the Labour manifesto