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.
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01 Mar 2023
University of Sunderland: tackling capacity issues in the north east
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27 Feb 2023
Staffordshire University: using HEE funding to set up and deliver virtual nursing placements
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27 Feb 2023
Edinburgh Napier: reducing demand on placement capacity through simulation
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24 Feb 2023
University of Cumbria fostering relationships with NHS partners to address demand and support delive
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24 Feb 2023
Virtual Practice Learning at Canterbury Christ Church University
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23 Feb 2023
University of East London’s ‘one-day-a-week’ nursing apprenticeship programme
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24 Nov 2020
UCLan: Urgent action needed to protect firefighters from risk of getting cancer, scientists find
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24 Nov 2020
Responding to the pandemic – insights from an infection prevention and control graduate
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25 Feb 2020
SPF2020: University of Wolverhampton - Brownfield Research and Innovation Centre
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10 May 2019
First cohort of lifesavers from University of Sunderland
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24 Apr 2019
Innovative Midwifery Postgraduate diploma in partnership with NHS Highland, NHS Western Isles and NH
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16 Apr 2019
Confederation for the Education of South East Teachers (CESET) led by Canterbury Christ Church Unive
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01 Dec 2021
What next for Initial Teacher Training?
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19 May 2021
Guest blog: Acting together for the sake of our students
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17 Feb 2021
Guest blog: Teaching on the front line
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29 Jan 2021
Modern universities crucial to Scotland’s success
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03 Feb 2020
Increasing access and driving growth: how University of Cumbria is using degree apprenticeships to s
Podcast
24 Jul 2019
#ThinkModern podcast: Health and Social Care at Staffordshire University
Podcast
21 Jun 2019
#ThinkModern Podcast - Maggie Hampson, Edinburgh Napier University
Blog
03 May 2019
Guest blog: Teacher education - change, complexity and challenges
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25 Apr 2019
Public sector apprenticeship - challenge and opportunity at Middlesex University
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21 Mar 2018
Forgotten Learners: Stepping up to higher education at Staffordshire
Video Case Study
25 Apr 2019
Sustainable building design to meet local community needs at Solent University
Video Case Study
24 Apr 2019
Uniformed Services degrees at the University of Wolverhampton
Video Case Study
18 Apr 2019
Empowered to learn about teaching in its widest sense - University of Bedfordshire
Report
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
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01 May 2019
Think Modern: Innovation, ingenuity and inclusion from Britain’s modern universities
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24 Apr 2019
Facts and Stats 2020: Innovation, ingenuity and inclusion from Britain’s modern universities
Press release
21 Mar 2024
MillionPlus comment on the Sutton Trust’s report on student maintenance
Press release
06 Mar 2024
MillionPlus comment on the Budget
Press release
05 Mar 2024
MillionPlus comment on public backing for loan forgiveness for nurses
Press release
29 Feb 2024
Consider fee loan forgiveness for nurses ahead of the Budget, say MillionPlus and RCN
In the news
29 Feb 2024
Consider fee loan forgiveness for nurses ahead of the Budget, say MillionPlus and RCN
In the news
19 Feb 2024
MillionPlus and other sector voices call for a cross-government health education taskforce
Press release
09 Feb 2024
Modern universities a vital part of the higher education landscape, says MillionPlus
Press release
30 Oct 2023
MillionPlus welcomes UUK’s Powering the NHS campaign
Press release
08 Oct 2023
Modern universities crucial to regional public services, MillionPlus Chair says at Labour Party Conf
Press release
17 Aug 2023
MillionPlus comment on 2023 A level results day
In the news
07 Aug 2023
Rachel Hewitt writes for Comment Central
Press release
30 Jun 2023
MillionPlus comment on the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
In the news
20 Jun 2023
Sunderland professor awarded MBE for services to education
In the news
16 Jun 2023
Nursing Times - UEL highlights significant role universities should play in NHS workforce plan
Press release
22 Feb 2023
Reform nursing training placements to help tackle the recruitment crisis, says MillionPlus
Press release
09 Dec 2022
MillionPlus comment on the ITT market review appeals process
In the news
10 Nov 2022
Rachel Hewitt writes on ITT for Research Professional
Press release
10 Oct 2022
New analysis by MillionPlus shows nearly 300,000 students will be at-risk due to the cost-of-living
Press release
01 Dec 2021
MillionPlus comment on the government’s ITT Market Review response
Press release
05 Oct 2021
Utilise anchor universities to help level up, says MillionPlus Vice-Chair
Press release
10 May 2021
MillionPlus comment on students’ return to in-person teaching in England
Press release
13 Apr 2021
MillionPlus launches Scottish election manifesto
Press release
30 Mar 2021
Summer term ITE inspections risk damaging trainee teacher pipeline, cautions MillionPlus
Press release
04 Mar 2021
MillionPlus comment on HEPI’s England Social Mobility Index report
Press release
23 Nov 2020
Support public services and invest in infrastructure to build back better, says MillionPlus
Press release
02 Oct 2020
Modern Universities instrumental to Britain’s Covid recovery, says MillionPlus Chair
Press release
29 Sep 2020
MillionPlus comment on the Prime Minister’s ‘Skills’ speech
Press release
29 Jul 2020
MillionPlus leads cross-sector call for a national recovery plan in Initial Teacher Education
In the news
23 Jul 2020
Innovative new nursing degree programme set to train the lifesavers of tomorrow
Press release
14 Jul 2020
MillionPlus comment on reforms to higher technical education
Press release
29 Apr 2020
Protect and support public service provision at universities to rebuild Britain
In the news
22 Apr 2020
Cutting-edge anti-coronavirus technology produced through UWS partnership
Press release
02 Mar 2020
Now is the time to turbocharge technical education, says MillionPlus
Press release
24 Feb 2020
Make the Shared Prosperity Fund an engine for re-balancing the economy, says MillionPlus
Press release
12 Nov 2019
MillionPlus launches election manifesto
Press release
14 May 2019