Policy Documents

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• 07 March 2023

  More help is needed to support students with cost of living

  Read the Russell Group response to the inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group for students into the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on students. 

• 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.

• 16 December 2022

  Russell Group and German U15 Partnership

  In June 2022, the Russell Group and German U15 signed a new agreement to work together and build on their long history of partnership to boost education and science. 

• 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.

• 27 October 2022

  Diversifying international student recruitment

  International students bring a range of cultural, social and economic benefits to the UK. Read a Russell Group briefing on diversifying the UK international student intake.