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Regulation
Education

Response to OfS 2025-2030 strategy consultation

In its response to the Office for Students’ 2025-2030 strategy consultation, the Russell Group has backed the regulator’s focus on quality, the student interest and sector resilience

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Economy
Education
Research

Submission to the Spending Review 2025

The Russell Group sets out ways that the UK can maximise the strengths of its world-leading research-intensive universities

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Healthcare
Education

Universities are critical partners in the fight to protect the NHS

A new briefing from the Russell Group calls for universities to be at the heart of workplace planning

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Announcement
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Regulation
Education

Government update on free speech at universities

The Russell Group welcomes revisions to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act

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Artificial intelligence
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Economy
Innovation
Research

Russell Group responds to the AI Opportunities Action Plan

The Russell Group welcomes the government's renewed focus on compute capacity and AI infrastructure

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Financial sustainability
Education

Response to UUK Taskforce on Efficiency and Transformation

Russell Group universities look forward to engaging with the taskforce to build on efforts to deliver transformation and cost savings

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Admissions
Education

UCAS data demonstrates healthy demand for higher education

The Russell Group responds to the UCAS end-of-cycle data release, showing a record number of UK 18-year-olds accepting a place

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Equality & diversity
Access & participation

Response to SMF report on care experienced students

The Russell Group comments on a new report from the Social Market Foundation about opportunities for care-experienced and estranged students in higher education

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