The UK's universities educate nearly two million students and employ some 300,000 people across the UK. Higher education is a substantial business in its own right, and it contributes massively to the UK's global competitiveness through research, innovation, technology transfer and consultancy programmes.
The IPT works with a number of established universities representing a cross-section of the higher-education sector, including:
- Bristol University: a popular, long established city university whose research programmes in computer science and chemistry are of particular note, as well as its enterprise agenda.
- Royal Holloway London University: a leading small research university with particular strengths in the humanities.
- Kingston University: a well-regarded new university with high teaching quality and strong links with the local community.
- Imperial College London: an international player competing in the world league, member of the Russell Group, delivering world-class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine.
The University Fellowship programme involves around five days of placements with each university, spread over approximately 18 months.
Case studies
Alistair Burt MP completed his higher-education Fellowship in 2006
IPT case study
