The NHS Confederation recently hosted a webinar focused on the local growth agenda, the role of acute trusts, and how they can influence local leaders. Yorkshire Universities (YU) Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien, was invited to speak at the event to provide broad insights from the higher education sector and regional perspectives from higher education …
Lauren Hunter, YU Communications Assistant In February 2025, Yorkshire Universities (YU) hosted an informative and interactive session on Artificial Intelligence (AI). This session aimed to foster discussion around AI and its use in the higher education (HE) sector. Specifically, how AI could or should be used by communication colleagues working in HE and policy. The …
Yorkshire Universities Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien, has co-authored a Foreword to the Yorkshire & Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network‘s (Y-PERN) Year 2 Regional Report ‘Connecting the Region Through University Policy Engagement’. The report showcases the value of Y-PERN’s partnership work and highlights some of the activities and impacts happening across the Yorkshire & …
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 …
Dr Peter O’Brien The English Devolution White Paper features a series of policy proposals that are likely to have profound implications for the governance of local and regional development within England, and which will influence how and where the UK [Modern] Industrial Strategy is implemented over the coming years. The White Paper proposes the creation …
Yorkshire Universities congratulates its members on their results in the English Social Mobility Index 2024, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute and compiled by London South Bank University. The English Social Mobility Index measures the social distance travelled by socio-economically disadvantaged graduates from each higher education institution in England as well as the proportion …
Professor Karen Bryan OBE, previous Chair of Yorkshire Universities (YU), introduces the report and details YU’s achievements over last twelve months: At the end of my two-year tenure as Chair of Yorkshire Universities (YU), I am delighted tointroduce this 2023/24 Annual Report. During the past twelve months, YU has continued tostrengthen its role and impact …
A new mayoral combined authority has been confirmed for Hull & East Yorkshire. The figurehead for the Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) will be determined after the mayoral election, which is set to be held in May 2025. Welcoming the news of the laying of an order in Parliament, by the Government, …
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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 …