Impact

Impact

Real-world examples highlighting the positive economic, societal and cultural impacts of Russell Group universities in every region and nation of the UK.

Feature: Access & participation

19 February 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
University of Exeter

University of Exeter's bespoke access pathway for mature students

A mature student working in a classroom
20 January 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
UCL

UCL partnerships are widening access to HE for pupils across London

15 February 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
Research
University of Warwick

The Warwick study making life better for care leavers

17 January 2025
Impact story
Access & participation
University of Oxford

Opening new access pathways to Oxford

Access & participation
LSE

LSE Generate: providing entrepreneurship skills to school pupils

The entrepreneurship team at the London School of Economics (LSE) worked with OakNorth, an alumni-founded business, to develop LSE Generate: a schools partnerships initiative designed to help participants develop…

Access & participation
University of Liverpool

Supporting first-generation and care experienced students in Liverpool

The University of Liverpool offers a wide range of schemes to support first-generation students once they arrive on campus, during their studies, and after they graduate.

Liverpool student Amy Jo Mook
Innovation
King's College London

KCL business students supporting London SMEs and charities

Since 2017/18, King’s Business School (KBS) has run a project which has provided KBS student consultancy support to over 100 SMEs and charities, primarily based in the London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and…

Access & participation
King's College London

KCL extended medical degree is widening participation to medicine

The 6-year Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) offered by King’s College London is aimed at educationally disadvantaged students and students from non-traditional backgrounds who have the potential to complete a…

A group of students on the extended medical degree programme
Access & participation
Innovation
Imperial

Imperial's Invention Rooms invite the local community to innovate together

The Invention Rooms is a unique space in Imperial’s White City Deep Tech Campus at the heart of the Imperial WestTech Corridor, where the local community and Imperial come together to collaborate, innovate and make…

Two young men in the workshop during the Maker Challenge at the Invention Rooms
Research
University of Glasgow

Tackling climate resilience and social inequalities in Glasgow

University of Glasgow researchers are working on a £10.5 million research programme that is helping Scotland’s largest city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities…

Access & participation
Research
Durham University

The Bishop Big Dig: building strong places and communities in County Durham

The Bishop Big Dig used innovative archaeology ‘intervention’ to restore people’s mental health and sense of belonging

Access & participation
Education
Durham University

Durham Learning Alliance: giving people the skills they need to get on in life

Durham University and four County Durham colleges are working together to expand education opportunities and drive economic growth in North East England.

Access & participation
Education
Durham University

Durham Learning Alliance: giving people the skills they need to get on in life

Durham University and four County Durham colleges are working together to expand education opportunities and drive economic growth in North East England.

Access & participation
University of Cambridge

A stepping stone to Cambridge for students facing disadvantage

The Cambridge Foundation Year is a unique course intended to provide a stepping stone to Cambridge for students who have been prevented from realising their potential due to educational disadvantage or disruption.​…

Access & participation
Education
University of Bristol

The Bristol researchers shifting thinking on education policy

Research led by the University of Bristol has redefined how school performance data is understood in England, challenging entrenched assumptions and shaping policies to promote social mobility

A teacher leads a secondary school class
Access & participation
Education
University of Bristol

The Bristol researchers shifting thinking on education policy

Research led by the University of Bristol has redefined how school performance data is understood in England, challenging entrenched assumptions and shaping policies to promote social mobility

A teacher leads a secondary school class
Research
University of Bristol

Transforming engagement with local heritage in Bristol

University of Bristol historians have transformed local heritage engagement with Know Your Bristol, a flagship project developed in partnership with Bristol City Council.

A map of Bristol city centre
Research
University of Birmingham

Everything to Everybody: restoring Shakespeare to Birmingham residents

Everything to Everybody (E2E) was an ambitious four-year project led jointly by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council’s Library of Birmingham to restore the world’s first, oldest and largest…