This op-ed was originally published online by the Yorkshire Post on 27 April 2024. Every year, our region welcomes thousands of international students to universities across Yorkshire. At a time when international student applications are declining as a result of changes to visa policies, it is important that we remind ourselves of how international students are …
Yorkshire Universities (YU) recently hosted a webinar with Peter Glover, Economic Evidence Manager at West Yorkshire Combined Authority, exploring labour market use of higher level skills across Yorkshire and the Humber. This webinar supports YU’s Graduate Talent workstream that brings together our members and partners to improve support for graduate employment and employability across the …
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 …
Marina Tapley, Policy and Research Officer at Yorkshire Universities In April 2023, Yorkshire Universities (YU) held a joint roundtable on Opportunities for students and graduates within local government organisations. This roundtable brought together careers staff from the universities and recruitment and HR staff from local government to explore potential for further collaboration and coordination around …
This briefing provides an overview of key Higher Education (HE) policy developments up to July 2023, highlighting national updates that will impact HE in Yorkshire, as well as examples of key developments within the region. This briefing was originally shared to provide context and updates about the HE landscape to external partners that YU is working with across local government and has been adapted for our website.
To view conference proceedings including the event recording, agenda, slides, the Regional Inclusive Recruitment Guide and Case Study Impact Award results please Go to this Sway. Read the related press release and op-ed piece on why graduates matter to Yorkshire by Dr Peter O’Brien below: Find out how to get involved in our ‘Navigating the …
In the 2023/24 work programme, Yorkshire Universities will be running a Task & Finish Group on navigating the HE offer and signposting to entry points at the member universities across the region to ease engagement for employers.
The Task & Finish Group will provisionally run for six months between August 2023 and January 2024 with monthly online focus group meetings.
We’d like to co-develop this work with a range of stakeholders, including higher education sector partners, local authorities and employers. If you are interested in collaborating with us on this project, we want to hear from you!
Op-ed by Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director for Yorkshire Universities The higher education sector is one of the UK’s greatest assets, generating significant economic, social and cultural value. Research commissioned by Universities UK, in 2022, found that universities in England contribute around £95 billion to the economy and support more than 815,000 jobs, Higher education …
Universities in Yorkshire undertake significant work to support students through their studies, and as they move into and beyond graduation. The most successful regions are those able to attract and retain large numbers of graduates. These places prioritise improving graduate utilisation within the labour market to encourage and enable more students and graduates to achieve employment and career success.
Commenting on today’s publication of ‘The benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy’, by London Economics, for the Higher Education Policy Institute, Universities UK International, and Kaplan International Pathways, Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities, Dr Peter O’Brien, said: This new report reveals a significant increase in the economic benefits of …
