Universities Scotland is the representative body of Scotland's 19 higher education institutions. We develop policy on behalf of the university sector and campaign publicly on higher education issues.

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Scottish Government Cabinet and Ministers announced

Professor Miller congratulates the newly appointed Scottish Government Cabinet.

NHS Scotland cannot thrive without thriving universities

Professor James Miller, our Convener and Lead Member for Health as written an opinion piece for The Herald on the value of Scotland's universities to the NHS.
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Scottish Government Cabinet and Ministers announced

Universities Scotland has welcomed the recent Cabinet appointments, offering congratulations to those taking up new ministerial roles and highlighting the importance of continued collaboration between Government and the higher education sector. Professor James Miller, Convener of Universities Scotland, said: “Congratulations to John Swinney on being sworn in as First Minister, to Jenny Gilruth for her…

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Scotland an ideal place for evidence-led policy making

Universities Scotland is pleased to partner with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in publishing a new report today (Tuesday 24 March) which focuses on the role of research in developing strong, evidence-led policy making and sets out a case to make Scotland an ideal “test-bed” for research-policy exchange (RPE). The report, Research Policy Exchange…

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