News and blog

  • House of Lords publish response

    The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has today published the Government response to its report: International STEM students. 
    16 July 2014 

  • Is the structured doctorate here to stay?

    Professor Mick Fuller, UKCGE Chair drew a close to proceedings at the Council’s International Annual Conference 2014 in Dublin concluding that, ​“Yes, in some form or another, the structured doctorate is here to stay”. 
    7 July 2014 

  • UKCGE Executive Committee Election Results

    Chair formally welcomes new Executive Committee members 
    6 July 2014 

  • Bristol Postgraduate Researcher wins the UKCGE BIG 2014 Image competition

    Richard Craig, an EPSRC funded EngD student in Systems Programming, at the University of Bristol’s Industrial Doctorate Centre has been awarded 1st prize with his abstract entry ​‘Hidden Threats’. 
    3 July 2014 

  • Council Launches Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools Network

    UKCGE Vice-Chair Gill Clarke along with Prof Ken Wann (UKCGE Executive Committee & Cardiff University) and Dr Darren Van Laar (University of Portsmouth) officially launched the specialist network for senior leaders of graduate provision at the Council’s International Annual Conference 2014 in Dublin. 
    3 July 2014 

  • Annual Conference Working Group Update

    Last week at the council’s International Annual Conference 2014 in Dublin, the Executive Committee liaison representatives each presented an update on the progress of each working group to date. 
    2 July 2014 

  • Postgraduate taught education: the funding challenge (UUK)

    Universities UK (UUK) has published new report which explores the overall changes in the postgraduate taught population in more detail, with a particular focus on UK students. 
    1 June 2014 

  • Chair Quarterly Blog

    The latest edition of UKCGE Chair, Prof Mick Fuller’s quarterly blog. In this blog Mick talks about the issues facing the sector as the academic year begins to draw to a close, and more worryingly, matters looming for the next academic year. 
    29 May 2014 

  • Masters with a purpose

    Taught postgraduate employability and employer engagement summary report released by HECSU and Universities UK. 
    14 May 2014 

  • 4th UKCGE official Working Group launched

    UK Council for Graduate Education are delighted to release the names of colleagues who will form the working group ​“Sustainability of Organisational Structures for Doctoral Provision” 
    7 May 2014