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Launched in May 2021, our Getting Results campaign showcased the role universities were set to play in the UK’s recovery from Covid-19.
Following on from We Are Together, which highlighted our members’ contributions during the pandemic, Getting Results focuses on how universities will help the country bounce back stronger in the next five years. Â
Our launch in May 2021 aimed to showcase the key role UK universities are set to play in the economic and social recovery from Covid-19.
We set out how university partnerships can create thousands of jobs, new businesses, and prosperity across the UK over the coming years. Universities renewed their commitment to work closely with a wide range of organisations and seek out new partnerships nationally and locally, to deliver the greatest impact possible.
Alongside our campaign work, we published ‘Universities and the UK’s economic recovery: an analysis of future impact’, a report by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE).
For the next phase in October 2021, we showcased how universities are working closely with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to boost economic growth across the country. We aimed to remind politicians about the importance of universities in building the future workforce, levelling up and enterprise.Â
We featured success stories and insights on our website and across our social media channels.
In March 2022, we launched a phase of campaigning promoting the importance of the Shared Prosperity Fund to universities and their local communities.
We urged the UK Government to bridge the funding gap while it established a replacement by 2025 for the EU Shared Prosperity Fund, which funds local skills and training partnerships.
In April 2022, we brought back #GettingResults with the launch of a new report:Â Busting graduate job myths.
The report tackled common misperceptions that there are too many graduates, not enough jobs for them, and that some degrees have little value for employers.
We found that employer demand for UK graduates is significant, had increased year-on-year, and was likely to grow in the future as the country has a skills shortage.
In summer 2022, we promoted the vital role universities have to play in levelling up their local communities.
Our October 2022 report, Our universities: generating growth and opportunity, made several recommendations for how universities, governments, and employers could work together to create jobs, innovation, and economic growth to make life better for everyone, especially communities in greatest need.
In March 2023 we followed up on this work with our briefing, University Enterprise Zones: boosting local business, building on our recommendation for the government to establish a UEZ in every university in England.
I never saw university as being a place for someone like me. I’m just a working-class lad from Allenton. And then, when you come to the realisation that not only is it a place for someone like you but you can do really well there, it’s empowering.
Jamie Thrasivoulou
University of Derby Graduate
Manchester Met are changing the stigma around apprenticeships and I can’t help but feel committed to give something back.
Andrew Taylor
Manchester Metropolitan University, Chartered Manager Degree Apprentice
Our monthly updates are a great way for you to stay up to date with our work, events, and higher education news.