08.07.10
1994 Group comments on outcome of the Joint Negotiating Committee meeting on USS Pension Scheme
This is an opportunity to ensure the scheme’s future for the next 35 years. These changes are the minimal requirements to retain the scheme and make it affordable and attractive. They also provide for an excellent defined benefit scheme for new members
08.06.10
1994 Group Universities secure over half of top 20 places in Guardian University League Tables
07.06.10
1994 Group comments on HEPI report on comparability of degree standards
24.05.10
1994 Group responds to further cuts to University funding
Professor Paul Wellings, Chair of the 1994 Group and the Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, has responded to the news that further cuts will be coming to university budgets
19.05.10
1994 Group responds to Sir Martin Harris' report on access to highly selective universities
1994 Group welcomes Sir Martin Harris’ conclusion that ‘widening participation as a whole has been a story of considerable success’.
14.05.10
1994 Group Chair sets out recommendations to Browne Review
Today the 1994 Group submitted their final recommendations to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Support led by Lord Browne.
01.04.10
1994 Group welcomes the publication of 'One Step Beyond: Making the Most of Postgraduate Education'
Paul Marshall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group, comments on the publication today of 'One Step Beyond: Making the Most of Postgraduate Education'
26.03.10
1994 Group responds to Martin Davidson's comments on overseas student recruitment
Paul Marhsall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities, reacts to Martin Davidson's comments at the Going Global conference
26.03.10
The 1994 Group of research-intensive universities welcomes the outcomes of Research Excellence Framework consultation
We strongly agree with the continued emphasis on research excellence and the proposal that impact must be rooted in excellent research in order to be rated highly.
24.03.10
1994 Group welcomes support for universities in budget
Today's budget indicates that the Government has listened to the serious concerns that we raised in recent months and responded by providing a £270 million Modernisation Fund to support universities in through these challenging times.
24.03.10
1994 Group welcomes HEPI report showing the strengths of the UK's research base
Welcoming the report Paul Marshall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group of leading research-intensive universities said: University research is vital to the UK's capacity to meet current and future national and global challenges
23.03.10
Good universities should have nothing to hide? - 1994 Group Executive Director calls for more transparent, accurate and accessible information for university applicants
Speaking at the Information, Advice and Guidance for Young People National Conference in London today (Tuesday 23 March), Paul Marshall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group said: Providing transparent and accurate information about universities
22.03.10
1994 Group welcomes Commons Science and Technology Committee report on science cuts
Responding to the Science and Technology Committee report Paul Marshall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group said: We strongly support the Science and Technology Committee's calls to increase investment in science and research
18.03.10
1994 Group welcomes HEFCE's approach to allocating 2010-11 university funding but calls for a stable and sustainable Government strategy
Paul Marshall, Executive Director of the 1994 Group responds to HEFCE's announcement about funding allocation
03.03.10
1994 Group Chair launches advice for an incoming government and calls on sector to make the case for investment
Professor Paul Wellings, Chair of the 1994 Group and Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University launches a 1994 Group publication entitled 'advice for an incoming government' which sets out policy recommendations to support high quality Higher Education and enhance the UK's universities.
02.03.10
Student Experience Innovative Practice Report launched
A new report gives a selection of innovative examples of how 1994 Group universities are enhancing the student experience.
25.02.10
Chair of 1994 Group sets out recommendations to deliver world-class postgraduate education
Professor Paul Wellings, Chair of the 1994 Group and Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, outlines recommendations for the future improvement of postgraduate education in the key note speech at the 8th Annual Postgraduates National Policy Conference.
11.02.10
1994 Group supports Policy Exchange recommendation to raise graduate fees to maintain quality of student experience
Having explored a full range of options we support Policy Exchange's conclusion that the only feasible option is for the graduate fees cap to be raised to a level to bring in sufficient funding to maintain high quality provision and for a sensible interest rate to be introduced on student loans, set at the current Government cost of borrowing.
05.02.10
1994 Group first submission to Funding Review
On 29 Jan 2010, the 1994 Group submitted its evidence to Phase 1 of Lord Browne's Review
01.02.10
1994 Group responds to HEFCE announcement of university funding for 2010-11
The recently announced cuts to higher education funding seem incompatible with the ambitions the government recently set out in its own framework for higher education
25.01.10
1994 Group responds to David Lammy's comments on university funding
A genuine vision for sustainably funding higher education is needed that can be shared by institutions, students, taxpayers and government - not just for the next few years but for the foreseeable future.
21.01.10
1994 Group responds to British Library/HEPI report on Postgraduate Education.
This helpful report by the British Library and HEPI that highlights the fact that 1994 Group and Russell Group universities are clearly dominant in the sector in terms of the volume of PhDs produced.
11.01.10
1994 Group report recommends introduction of quality threshold for PhD provision
1994 Group releases analysis of postgraduate productivity at UK Universities