YU response to the York & North Yorkshire Local Growth Plan consultation

Yorkshire Universities (YU) has responded to the York & North Yorkshire Local Growth Plan consultation and welcomes the publication of the draft Local Growth Plan — which sets out a ten-year strategy to drive opportunities within growth sectors. Read the YU response to the York & North Yorkshire Local Growth Plan consultation here.

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YU response to the Select Committee for Science, Innovation & Technology’s Call for Evidence: Innovation, growth and the regions

Yorkshire Universities (YU) has responded to the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee’s inquiry into “Innovation, growth and the regions”. The inquiry sought to assess the role of the UK’s innovation ecosystem in achieving the Government’s mission to kickstart economic growth across the country. Read the YU response to the Innovation, growth and the regions …

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Yorkshire Universities’ response to the Green Paper ‘Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy’

On 14 October 2024, the Government published a Green Paper Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and opened a public consultation. At Yorkshire Universities (YU), we welcome the opportunity to shape the UK’s next Industrial Strategy, and we have submitted a response to the consultation, with a particular focus on place-based economic development and …

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Yorkshire Universities expresses support for the Hull and East Yorkshire Devolution Deal

Yorkshire Universities (YU) Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien, has written to the leaders of Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire councils to respond to the public consultation on the Hull and East Yorkshire Devolution Deal. You can read the full open letter below, which outlines YU’s support for continuing devolution across Yorkshire and the potential …

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YU’s Contribution to the Skills 2030 Inquiry

Marina Tapley, Yorkshire Universities Between September and November 2023, Policy Connect and the Skills Commission conducted a Call for Evidence to support a new inquiry ‘Skills 2030 – A World-class Skills System’. The Commission is working to develop a set of recommendations that build cross-party consensus for the reforms needed for the skills system to …

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YU responds to DfE Higher Education and Lifelong Loan Entitlement consultations

Further to our initial response to the the publication of the government’s proposals to reform higher education funding in England, we are sharing our full consultation responses below: Read our full consultation response to HE reform. Read our full consultation response on LLE.

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PERN Academic Steering Group / Women in Economics joint submission to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee

Responding to a call by the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, which is holding an inquiry entitled, ‘An Equal Recovery’, the Place-based Economics Recovery Network (PERN) academic steering group, and Women in Economics research community initiative have submitted written evidence to the Committee. You can read the submission here.

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