Ukraine today thanked UK universities for supporting the war-torn country’s education system over the past seven months where 2,000 institutions have been damaged.

The UK government has announced a new package of support for Ukraine's research sector, including supporting a university twinning program and allocating nearly £10 million to support at-risk academics.

The UK is preparing to unveil its alternative to the EU's Horizon program as the two counterparts fail to agree on the UK's continued participation.

University leaders have asked the European Commission to urgently resolve the issue of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe. 

The sector has highlighted the importance of additional, non-traditional measures in assessing the success of higher education institutions.

UUK has said that visa reform and tackling immigration bureaucracy could help the UK to realise its research superpower ambitions.

Mitigating risk when starting international collaboration projects, entering markets and fostering relationships overseas took central stage at UUKi's International Higher Education Forum 2022.

The importance of studying overseas is "growing greater" as the world begins to "fracture into different spheres of influence", a UK minister has said.