Policy Documents

Latest Documents

• 23 May 2016

  Briefing ahead of Queen's Speech debate on education and skills

  We share the Government’s desire to strengthen the UK's world-class higher education system. This is a short briefing for MPs ahead of the Queen's Speech debate on education and skills.

• 31 March 2016

  Fundraising Preference Service

  The Fundraising Preference Service should reflect the distinctive nature of the relationships we develop with alumni and the genuinely different approaches universities use in fundraising.

• 24 March 2016

  Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework

  The REF is a fundamental part of the UK’s dual support system and has driven up the quality of UK research by supporting a research culture focused on excellence.

• 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.

• 28 February 2016

  Access to university for British Muslims

  The number of Black, Asian and Mixed race students entering Russell Group universities has increased significantly since 2010, but there is still more to be done to improve the attainment in school of those from Pakistani and Bangladeshi origins and the careers advice available to them.

• 18 February 2016

  The future of Innovate UK

  Integration of Innovate UK with a new Research UK body has a number of significant risks and challenges that should not be overlooked.

• 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.

• 20 November 2015

  EU Membership and the Effectiveness of UK Science

  Science is a global pursuit and is most effective when ideas and people are mobile across borders. EU membership helps to underpin the competitiveness of our leading universities and the UK economy as a whole.

• 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.