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Read our latest updates, press releases and responses to sector news. Our policy experts are available to provide insights across a wide range of higher education and R&D topics. For interview requests and all other media enquiries, see Contact Us to get in touch with our press office.

Europe
Research collaboration
International
Research

Joint statement on the future of the EU R&I Framework Programme

Representatives of universities in the UK, Canada and Switzerland have together welcomed the EU's commitment to a stand-alone research programme

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Announcement
Education

Response to changes to Level 7 apprenticeship funding

The Russell Group responds to news that the Department for Education will remove funding for most Level 7 (masters-level) apprenticeships

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Announcement
Financial sustainability
Education

Response to 2025-26 Strategic Priorities Grant funding

The Russell Group's statement on cuts to the Strategic Priorities Grant funding for 2025-26

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Financial sustainability
Research

DSIT announces new 10-year R&D budget plans

The Russell Group responds to the announcement of plans to support ten-year funding for certain R&D activities

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Announcement
International students
International

Response to the government's immigration white paper

The Russell Group responds to the government's new white paper and the likely impacts on the university sector

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Financial sustainability
Education

New OfS analysis on the pressures on university finances

The Russell Group responds to the OfS's latest report on the financial sustainability of universities, with continued pressures across the sector

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Research collaboration
International
Research

Global Research-Intensive Universities Network issues Ottawa Declaration

Leading research universities from across the world have issued a joint declaration to call for intensified international collaboration amid international uncertainty

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Financial sustainability
QR funding
Research

Flexible funding for universities drives research excellence, new analysis shows

A comparison of different nations’ research funding systems reveals the importance of block grants (like quality-related research funding) and maintaining both discovery and applied research

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