The Russell Group

The Russell Group represents the 20 leading UK universities which are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.

The Russell Group - strength in depth

Welcome to the Russell Group’s website. Behind it lie the massive resources of our members’ 20 websites – you can search them all via the box at the top right hand side of each page and you will also find links to their sites under Our Universities.

If you are interested in studying at a Russell Group university, either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, there is advice in the Study section and links straight to the relevant information at each university.

In research the Russell Group displays strength in depth and we illustrate some of the ways in which this is having an impact far beyond the lab.

The website is a work in progress and we would be interested in your comments and suggestions.

Russell Group and 1994 Group universities launch £4 million scholarships scheme

The  Russell Group and 1994 Group of universities have launched a groundbreaking £1000 scholarship for students who wish to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects at university.
 
The ‘Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships’, launched with a £3 million donation over three years, will be one of the largest private bursary or scholarship schemes in the UK, and will be administered across Russell Group and 1994 Group universities. Matched funding from government is expected to bring the total funding available to over £4 million. You can learn more about the scholarship and hear from previous Dangoor scholars in this video.

Thanks to the generous donation from  Dr Naim Dangoor this scholarship will assist up to 4000 students, most from under-privileged backgrounds, to study vital science and maths-based subjects at the UK’s leading research-intensive universities.
 
Dr Dangoor has said that this scholarship, named in honour of his father Eliahou Dangoor, is his way of thanking the country that gave him refuge after he left Iraq in the 1960s. It is hoped that this ambitious scheme will encourage more young people to consider studying STEM subjects at one of the country’s leading universities.

More information on the scholarships and the universities involved in the scheme is available here

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