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 …
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 …
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.
Read the written evidence submitted by the PERN Academic Steering Group. Authors: Caroline Bentham, Andrew Brown, Gary Dymski, Richard Whittle.
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.
Read the joint YU/N8 submission to Higher Education Commission’s inquiry here.
Read our response to the Subsidy control consultation here.
Read the YU response to the Inwards Foreign Direct Investment inquiry here.
Responding to the launch today of the Skills for Jobs White Paper, Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director of YU, said:
“Education, training and skills are vital to the prosperity of regions like Yorkshire. The commitment by the government to invest more resources in technical education, and introduce new mechanisms for individuals to participate in lifelong learning, is important, especially as the nature of employment and the economy undergoes continued change.”
Responding today to the publication by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) of a new report into the future demand for higher education (HE), Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities, Dr Peter O’Brien, said:
