Latest Statements
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07 March 2024
Russell Group responds to new report on UK foundation year programmes
The Russell Group responds to a new report by HEPI on foundation years.
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06 March 2024
Spring Budget response: UK's research and innovation capabilities require robust funding
The Russell Group responds to the 2024 Spring Budget.
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04 March 2024
Backing R&D in the Budget can deliver jobs and sustainable growth to help tackle cost-of-living challenges
Leading research-intensive universities say that backing research and development at Spring budget can deliver the jobs and sustainable growth needed to tackle cost-of-living challenges.
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28 February 2024
Research-intensive universities generate nearly £38 billion for UK economy
A new report by London Economics has revealed the economic impact of research and commercialisation activities at Russell Group universities across the UK, with nearly £38billion contributed to the UK in 2021/22 alone.
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19 February 2024
University groups call for cross-government health education taskforce
Higher education leaders, including the Russell Group, are calling for a new taskforce to effectively deliver the NHS England’s Long-Term Workforce Plan.
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12 February 2024
Russell Group hosts Dutch universities to discuss AI in education
The Russell Group recently hosted 14 Dutch universities to discuss principles of AI in education.
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02 February 2024
Russell Group statement on recruitment agent practices
Not every Russell Group university uses recruitment agents, but all that do use recruitment agents are now pledged to the UK Agent Quality Framework (AQF).
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27 January 2024
Russell Group response to Sunday Times article on international student pathways
The Russell Group responds to the Sunday Times article published on 27 January 2024.
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25 January 2024
Russell Group responds to 2024-25 maintenance loan increase
The Russell Group is disappointed to see that there has been no move to correct the maintenance loan shortfall suffered by students in recent years.
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17 January 2024
Universities spending tens of millions to financially support students, as maintenance loans fail to keep up with inflation
New Russell Group projections reveal that students in England will be almost £2000 worse off next year than if the government had increased loans in line with inflation since 2020/21.