Our consortium of six universities – Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Warwick and York – is currently embarking on a HEFCE-funded project aimed at improving progression to and success in postgraduate study among students from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, or from neighbourhoods with low progression to higher education (POLAR quintiles 1 & 2). More...
The KEF metrics system will provide more information for the public and businesses on the performance of universities in knowledge exchange – how they share knowledge, expertise and other assets for the benefit of the economy and society. The aim is to provide regularly updated data that enables fair comparison between institutions’ performance in knowledge exchange. More...
HEFCE has published a report that shows graduates in the UK have a greater sense of personal wellbeing and life satisfaction than those without a higher education qualification.
The findings show that individuals are more likely to feel that their life is worthwhile when they have completed a higher education qualification. Graduates also tend to measure their lives higher in terms of overall happiness than non-graduates. More...
The UK higher education funding bodies have made the final decisions on the operation of the next Research Excellence Framework process, REF2021. The conclusions, which follow a year of consultation, confirm the arrangements for returning research staff and outputs to the exercise. More...
A new online platform to promote and enable university-business collaboration, konfer, has been officially launched by Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive Designate of UK Research and Innovation. Including well over a million pieces of data including research, researchers, facilities, equipment, funding and support, the online tool has been designed to help businesses find opportunities for collaboration. More...
The key role of each sub-panel chair is to lead their sub-paneI in developing criteria for the assessment and in consistently applying assessment standards. The chair will also play a key role in engaging with the UK higher education sector on the REF.
A full list of the sub-panel chairs for each of the 34 sub-panel areas is available. More...
In Spring 2018, student representatives will gather for the General Assembly (Board Meeting 74) in Slovenia and for the 35th European Students’ Convention in Estonia. In Autumn 2018, the General Assembly (Board Meeting) will be held in Montenegro and the 36th European Student Convention in Austria. More...
BizMOOC in partnership with European Students’ Union (ESU) is launching a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The course is online, free of charge and anyone can register and follow it at his/her own pace.
The course is focused on the creation of innovative ideas, how to develop them, and also how to sell these ideas. More...
Student representatives across Europe are discussing higher education policies and new strategic priorities for the upcoming 3 years during their 73rd General Assembly (Board meeting) taking place from 29 November to 3 December 2017, in Jerusalem. The meeting was preceded by the Seminar "Academia 2.0: Innovation, entrepreneurship and linking networks" organised by the National Union of Students in Israel (NUIS). More...
From 23 to 25 November 2017, the 12th edition of European Quality Assurance (EQAF), took place in Riga, Latvia with the attendance of 450 participants: staff members from higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies, students, researchers and policy makers. More...
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