Universities for North East England is a collaboration between the Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside Universities, working alongside the Tees Valley and North East Combined Authorities. Speaking in a unified, place-informed voice to make higher education accessible for study, business, innovation, and investment and offering regional insight to help inform national Higher Education policy.
“Through Universities for North East England, we can strengthen our existing close partnerships and collaborations and act as a strong unified voice for the higher education sector and the North East region.”
The Vice-Chancellors from the five North East England Universities.
Advocacy for the 5 Regional Universities and for the NE
Work Packages
Innovation and Business – Working with industry in the UK and internationally to promote North East England as an attractive place to invest in business, infrastructure and innovation.
Widening Access and Participation – Enabling access to
Higher Education through our collective widening participation efforts,
supporting global social mobility and through our civic responsibilities.
Work in this area is through our collective partnerships with the North East Raising
Aspirations Partnership, Outreach North East and through our
partnership work overseas.
Positioning and Marketing North East England – Our global ambition is to position the North East universities collectively as anchor institutions. We will ensure that the universities’ shared commitment to the economic, social and cultural success of the North East is fully understood by our audiences.
Dan Monnery
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