House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee - Economics of Higher Education

01 November 2017

Russell Group universities are committed to providing an outstanding education and learning experience for all students, which also has much wider benefits to society the economy and industry.

As the core of a genuinely world-class sector in the UK, our universities play a vital wider role in their local communities, nationally and internationally.

They educate and train the highly-skilled and adaptable workforce the UK needs for the future, support students to develop the personal and professional skills that are integral to graduate-level jobs and drive economic growth and productivity across all the regions and nations of the UK.

High quality universities need to be appropriately funded and this investment must be sustainable. Find out more in our submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry on the economics of higher education. 

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