Latest Documents
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18 February 2016
The future of Innovate UK
Integration of Innovate UK with a new Research UK body has a number of significant risks and challenges that should not be overlooked.
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25 January 2016
Response to the HE green paper
The Russell Group has responded to the Government's green paper, Fulfilling our potential: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice.
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21 January 2016
Careers advice and guidance inquiry
Too few students from disadvantaged backgrounds are getting the right advice at school and college, but Russell Group universities are helping to fill this gap.
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20 November 2015
EU Membership and the Effectiveness of UK Science
Science is a global pursuit and is most effective when ideas and people are mobile across borders. EU membership helps to underpin the competitiveness of our leading universities and the UK economy as a whole.
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06 November 2015
Assessing Quality in Higher Education
There are already mechanisms to improve teaching quality. The proposal to introduce an ‘excellence framework’ only increases regulation and potentially duplicates existing processes.
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18 September 2015
Quality Assessment Review Consultation
It is vital that any new quality assessment (QA) system, or adaptation of the current system, supports the globally-renowned quality of UK higher education. A new QA regime should eliminate unnecessary burdens and support a system that recognises and rewards high quality institutions.
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18 September 2015
Review of skilled worker visa route
Proposals being considered by the Migration Advisory Committee could have significant negative consequences for the UK’s universities and research base. Careful consideration is needed before any reforms are made to the Tier 2 route to ensure universities can continue to recruit and retain world-leading academics and researchers and to attract talented international students.
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07 September 2015
Comprehensive Spending Review
Our evidence sets out how investing in world-class research, innovation and higher education will build a resilient economy and create highly-skilled jobs. The positive impacts would be felt immediately and continue to deliver across the country for decades to come.
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04 September 2015
Parliamentary inquiry on the science budget
Investment in excellent research should be increased in order for the UK to continue to be internationally competitive and to strengthen the pipeline for growth and jobs.
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03 July 2015
Review of salary thresholds for skilled worker visas
We are concerned about the impact that an increase in the minimum salary thresholds for Tier 2 (skilled worker) visas could have for our universities' ability to attract and retain international staff across a range of roles, and in the attractiveness of the UK for international students who may find it harder to switch from Tier 4 into Tier 2.
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