Policy Documents

06 December 2016

Higher Education and Research Bill - Briefing

The HE&R Bill continues it's passage through the house with second reading in the Lords 

18 March 2016

Apprenticeships inquiry

Russell Group universities are exploring how to use apprenticeships to train staff and how they can work with employers to offer degree apprenticeships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

30 April 2015

Paper on the future of quality assurance in UK higher education

This paper builds on the Russell Group’s submission to the review of quality assessment in England, Wales and Northern Ireland conducted by HEFCE in early 2015.

30 June 2014

Government's Balance of Competences review - Education

There are significant benefits to the UK of EU action in some areas of education and training. However, these actions are advantageous because they are in addition to (rather than instead of) national government action: the key to success is that EU programmes should complement national policies.

10 March 2014

QAA consultation on the quality assurance of transnational education

It is important that any quality assurance in Transnational Education (TNE) is genuinely risk-based where the nature, frequency, and intensity of reviews vary. 

20 September 2011

Higher Education White Paper consultation