Briefing Hub

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• 16 March 2023

  Briefing - Lifelong Loan Entitlement

  Read the Russell Group's briefing paper on the Lifelong Loan Entitlement ahead of the Bill being scrutinised by Parliament.

• 08 March 2023

  Briefing: Academic Technology Approval Scheme

  Read the Russell Group's briefing on the Academic Technology Approval Scheme, with our proposals to ensure checks are robust and able to support safe international recruitment.

• 07 March 2023

  Briefing: Horizon Europe - what next?

  Read the latest Russell Group briefing on the benefits for the UK of full association to the Horizon Europe programme and why Govt must prioritise finalising our membership.

• 03 February 2023

  Briefing: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill – Statutory Tort

  Read our briefing on the statutory tort proposed in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill ahead of the Bill returning to the House of Commons.

• 02 February 2023

  Briefing: Strengthening security and building UK resilience

  Find out more about how Russell Group universities are helping to boost national security and make the UK more resilient to threats. 

• 25 January 2023

  International Students: a UK success story

  The fact our universities attract people from around the world is an asset and should be seen as a UK success story.

• 05 January 2023

  National Security Bill: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Amendments

  The National Security Bill is currently going through legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords and amendments to the bill are due to be debated in January 2023.

• 15 December 2022

  National Security Bill: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

  The proposed Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) must complement existing protections and avoid introducing duplicative and bureaucratic requirements.

• 30 November 2022

  University spinouts: a British success story

  In 2020/21, businesses spun out of the 24 Russell Group universities alone created 33,000 jobs and brought in £4.9bn of investment to towns and cities across the country.

• 14 November 2022

  Securing a resilient higher education funding system to support students and boost the UK economy

  Russell Group analysis shows that by 2024/25, per-student funding will be at its lowest point this millennium.