The five universities of North East England, which collectively contribute £2.7 billion and 33,500 jobs to the UK’s economy*, will later this year launch a new partnership to strengthen their collaboration to achieve even greater social and economic impact.
Through working even more closely together, the collective, to be known as Universities for North East England (UNEE), will enable the universities to make an even greater contribution to inclusive economic growth and social transformation.
Joint working
The partnership seeks to ensure higher education is even more accessible to students, regardless of their background. At the same time it aims to ensure businesses and other organisations can work with the sector as easily as possible.
It will work with the Tees Valley and North East Combined Authorities as a unified voice of higher education in North East England.
Universities for North East England, consisting of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities, will build on many years of joint working and existing successful and wide-ranging collaborations already in place between the institutions.
