Making Britain Work
Making Britain Work

Modern universities are directly responsible for training thousands of the backbone public service staff that keep Britain working. From high-profile roles such as teachers, nurses, social workers and police officers to the less well acknowledged town planners, architects or environmental health officers, year after year modern universities create the highly skilled workforce that keeps the economy growing and society thriving.

Report

14 Jul 2024

New Government, new start

Report

17 Jun 2024

Building a Modern Britain - manifesto for teacher education, recruitment and retention

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22 Feb 2023

Who trains the nurses? Universities and the placements shortfall

Policy Briefing

10 Oct 2022

Learning with the lights off: students and the cost-of-living crisis

Report

14 Apr 2021

Scottish Election Manifesto 2021: Supporting universities to drive growth and opportunity in Scotlan

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09 Dec 2020

Facts and stats: Modern universities in Scotland 2021

Policy Briefing

29 Jul 2020

The future of Initial Teacher Education: Living in the age of Covid-19 and beyond

Report

28 Apr 2020

Strengthening and enhancing UK public services in response to Covid-19

Report

12 Nov 2019

General Election Manifesto 2019: The Soaring Twenties

Report

01 May 2019

Think Modern: Innovation, ingenuity and inclusion from Britain’s modern universities

Report

24 Apr 2019

Facts and Stats 2020: Innovation, ingenuity and inclusion from Britain’s modern universities

Press release

14 Jul 2024

By working together, universities and the new Government can deliver for Britain, says MillionPlus

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Press release

17 Jun 2024

MillionPlus launches teacher education manifesto

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Press release

29 May 2024

MillionPlus comment on the Conservatives’ apprenticeships announcement

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In the news

13 May 2024

Universities warn of fall in number of international student applications

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Press release

21 Mar 2024

MillionPlus comment on the Sutton Trust’s report on student maintenance

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Press release

06 Mar 2024

MillionPlus comment on the Budget

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Press release

05 Mar 2024

MillionPlus comment on public backing for loan forgiveness for nurses

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Press release

29 Feb 2024

Consider fee loan forgiveness for nurses ahead of the Budget, say MillionPlus and RCN

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In the news

29 Feb 2024

Consider fee loan forgiveness for nurses ahead of the Budget, say MillionPlus and RCN

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In the news

19 Feb 2024

MillionPlus and other sector voices call for a cross-government health education taskforce

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Press release

09 Feb 2024

Modern universities a vital part of the higher education landscape, says MillionPlus

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Press release

30 Oct 2023

MillionPlus welcomes UUK’s Powering the NHS campaign

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Press release

08 Oct 2023

Modern universities crucial to regional public services, MillionPlus Chair says at Labour Party Conf

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Press release

17 Aug 2023

MillionPlus comment on 2023 A level results day

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In the news

07 Aug 2023

Rachel Hewitt writes for Comment Central

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Press release

30 Jun 2023

MillionPlus comment on the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

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In the news

20 Jun 2023

Sunderland professor awarded MBE for services to education

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In the news

16 Jun 2023

Nursing Times - UEL highlights significant role universities should play in NHS workforce plan

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Press release

22 Feb 2023

Reform nursing training placements to help tackle the recruitment crisis, says MillionPlus

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Press release

09 Dec 2022

MillionPlus comment on the ITT market review appeals process

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In the news

10 Nov 2022

Rachel Hewitt writes on ITT for Research Professional

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Press release

10 Oct 2022

New analysis by MillionPlus shows nearly 300,000 students will be at-risk due to the cost-of-living

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Press release

01 Dec 2021

MillionPlus comment on the government’s ITT Market Review response

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Press release

05 Oct 2021

Utilise anchor universities to help level up, says MillionPlus Vice-Chair

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Press release

10 May 2021

MillionPlus comment on students’ return to in-person teaching in England

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Press release

13 Apr 2021

MillionPlus launches Scottish election manifesto

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Press release

30 Mar 2021

Summer term ITE inspections risk damaging trainee teacher pipeline, cautions MillionPlus

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Press release

04 Mar 2021

MillionPlus comment on HEPI’s England Social Mobility Index report

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Press release

23 Nov 2020

Support public services and invest in infrastructure to build back better, says MillionPlus

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Press release

02 Oct 2020

Modern Universities instrumental to Britain’s Covid recovery, says MillionPlus Chair

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Press release

29 Sep 2020

MillionPlus comment on the Prime Minister’s ‘Skills’ speech

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Press release

29 Jul 2020

MillionPlus leads cross-sector call for a national recovery plan in Initial Teacher Education

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In the news

23 Jul 2020

Innovative new nursing degree programme set to train the lifesavers of tomorrow

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Press release

14 Jul 2020

MillionPlus comment on reforms to higher technical education

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Press release

29 Apr 2020

Protect and support public service provision at universities to rebuild Britain

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In the news

22 Apr 2020

Cutting-edge anti-coronavirus technology produced through UWS partnership

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Press release

02 Mar 2020

Now is the time to turbocharge technical education, says MillionPlus

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Press release

24 Feb 2020

Make the Shared Prosperity Fund an engine for re-balancing the economy, says MillionPlus

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Press release

12 Nov 2019

MillionPlus launches election manifesto

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Press release

14 May 2019

MillionPlus launches the Think Modern campaign

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