Welcome to the North West Universities Association

The North West Universities Association (NWUA) aims to foster collaboration between its fourteen members and regional partners for the benefit of Higher Education and the North West region.

For further information on the work of NWUA, click on any of the links to the left or on one of our four main projects below.

NWUA Response to the Economic Downturn

NWUA has been successful in securing funding from HEFCE to deliver a linked set of actions to support the engagement of the Higher Education sector with the regional response to the economic downturn. For more information on this project, including the HLSP Redundancy Response Fund, research and intelligence and the university offer please click here.

Universities UK: ‘Making an Economic Impact: Higher Education and the English Regions’ (2010)

Universities UK published the report ‘Making an Economic Impact: Higher Education and the English Regions’ on the 15th June to coincide with Universities Week. The report highlights the importance of the North West’s fourteen universities to both the regional and national economy. The press release can be viewed here (pdf).

To download this report please click here (pdf).

The Higher Education Sector in the NW - Fighting recession and supporting recovery (2010)

NWUA has produced this report to highlight the ways in which North West HEIs have supported businesses and individuals affected by the economic recession and to underscore the extremely important role of the sector in driving sustained economic recovery. To download this report please click here (pdf).

Working Together - Building on 10 years of success in the NW universities (2010)

This set of information sheets provides a snapshot of the activities of NWUA and its member institutions over the past ten years and has been produced to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the launch of NWUA. Please click here (pdf) to download.

NWUA Facts and Figures 2009

The latest version of the NWUA Facts and Figures can be downloaded here (pdf).

Shared Interest: Collaboration between museums, visual arts organisations and universities in England’s North West.

Shared Interest is the result of a collaborative project between North West Universities Association, Renaissance North West and Arts Council England, North West. The project aims to encourage greater collaboration between museums, visual arts organisations and universities in the region. The report demonstrates how these sectors can achieve more by working together. It is based on research commissioned from Abigail Gilmore and Jane Dawson. The research set out to identify compelling regional examples of collaboration and the key features of successful partnerships.

The report can be downloaded here (doc). The brochure can be download here (pdf).

Enhancing Higher Level Sport Volunteering & Coaching Skills

This project, funded by HEFCE, aims to contribute to the regional legacy of the London 2012 Games by facilitating the development and delivery of higher level sport volunteering and coaching skills to meet the needs of North West sport community partners.

Please click on the link for more information.