UK higher education as a strategic national asset (May 2011)

Paul Clark, Director of Policy at UUK is one of the contributors to Blue Skies (www.pearsonblueskies.com), a collection of new ideas about the future of higher education, published by the Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning (www.pearsoncpl.com).

The future is more than just tomorrow: Higher education, the economy and the longer term (September 2010)
This report is published as part of the second strand of Universities UK’s From Recession to Recovery project, supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The commentary, which has been written by Professor Geoffrey Crossick at the invitation of Universities UK, reflects on longer-term issues facing higher education in the context of recession and crisis in public finance. The views expressed are written from a personal perspective with the aim of stimulating and encouraging a wider and ongoing debate around the themes presented. Professor Crossick draws upon the findings of three mini-reports, recently commissioned by Universities UK to consider some of the key consequences of the current economic climate:

1) Adapting business models in a changing environment considers how diversification of income streams has affected universities’ activity to respond to the current economic and fiscal environment.

2) Changes in student choice and graduate employment considers the recessionary (and anticipated post-recessionary) trends in student choices and current and future graduate employability.

3) The Global Picture considers how the reactions of national governments to recent economic developments have impacted on HE sectors in our main competitor countries.

From recession to recovery (July 2009)
This report demonstrated how universities have responded to the pressures created by the recession providing extra help for recent graduates, making it easier for companies to access university expertise, and providing support for industries which are in difficulty, helping them innovate to survive.

Future fit: Preparing graduates for the world of work (March 2009)
This second report from the UUK/CBI partnership illustrates how universities and business can work together to help equip graduates for their future working lives.

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