🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

🆕📢Today we are delighted to announce that Professor James Miller, Principal at UWS has been elected as our next Convener, taking up the role from 1 August 2025. Read more on our website⬇️ universities-scotland.ac.uk/convener25/

We'd like to thank Susan Stewart who retires from OU in Scotland this week for all your hard work over the last nine years for the sector and for Universities Scotland! It has been a pleasure to work with you within your roles at US and OUiS, we wish you all the best for the future!

Congratulations Professor McArthur👏 We look forward to working with you following your appointment on 31 August!

We continued our scrutiny of the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill. Sir Paul Grice, representing Universities Scotland, was among the witnesses. Watch our evidence session from this week: ow.ly/J8Ig50VTcM0

👏A very welcome announcement from the UK Government, with some research budgets reserved, this will also help deliver research and development in Scotland

Pleased to be part of the discussions on the future of Scotland's FE, HE & training sectors led by Royal Society of Edinburgh much anticipated event. So far, all agree on the value of the sectors & the need for change. The what & the how will be harder to tease out over the next 48hrs.

What are the key actions governments and sectors across Scotland must take to build a stronger economy? Join us for the launch of our 2025 Blueprint - our plan to unlock the full potential of Scotland’s industries, people and places, and to shape a vision of world class

All this week we’re shining a spotlight on the role university research and innovation play in addressing the big issues of our time. Today we’re looking at the remarkable work being done to eradicate child poverty. tinyurl.com/2w8cf5f8

Today is the second of this week’s spotlights on the role of research and innovation in solving real-life challenges. We’re looking at the work being done in universities and innovation centres to help grow the country’s economy tinyurl.com/4xhzcewf

It’s day three of our spotlight campaign on the value of Scottish research and innovation. Today we’re looking at possibly the most pressing challenge of all - tackling the climate emergency. tinyurl.com/2p6kx3wb

🚨‼️Students, don't forget to apply for your student funding from SAAS by 30 June to guarantee you receive your funding in time for your course starting‼️

🆕📰Prosper has launched a policy blueprint focused on unlocking growth. Some recommendations include setting up a review of HE funding and committing to 10-year funding for research & development and support innovation. Read the full blueprint⤵️ universities-scotland.ac.uk/scotblueprint/