Northumbria University is one example of a modern university which has embedded quality research at the centre of everything it does, alongside a clear social mobility mission, and alignment to business and the demands of the regional and local economy.

The Purpose Coalition is working with some of the best purpose-led NHS organisations to address the range of challenges the NHS is currently facing.

In a year of political turmoil and economic uncertainty, our higher education sector has continued to play its part in finding the potential in every community, nurturing it to produce graduates who have the skills that employers need and forging local partnerships to encourage investment and entrepreneurship across their regions.

In partnership with former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, the University of Stirling will produce an impact report that will map its activities against the Purpose Goals framework.

Loughborough University has partnered with the Purpose Coalition and former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening by signing up to an innovative framework that will measure Loughborough’s social impact.

Glasgow Caledonian University has committed to spreading opportunity by signing up to a new framework to measure its social impact.

The most recent Roadshow was held at Southampton University during Freshers’ Week. Students had a chance to hear speakers from the University and Adecco talk about the importance of purpose in an organisation and how that translated into real action.

The University of Greenwich is a multi-campus university with bases in Greenwich, Avery Hill and Medway. While each campus has a unique identity, everyone on our campuses has a shared purpose: to create opportunities and change lives for the better.

Recruitment specialist Pertemps has launched a Levelling Up Impact Report highlighting its social mobility across the country.

The report, developed in partnership with Rt Hon Justine Greening and the Purpose Coalition, sets out best practice and makes recommendations on where further action can be taken.

Rt Hon Justine Greening and Lord Walney have today launched the Cost of Living Taskforce, made up of businesses and public sector organisations committed to helping their customers, colleagues and communities through this difficult time.

Yet some of the biggest steps forward in the past 20 years in driving social mobility have come from universities working hard to open up higher education to more people and communities, often those the first in their family to go to university, as I was, and it must continue.

Purpose-led businesses identify those amongst their employees, customers and communities who need the most support, whatever their background, wherever they live. They are leading the way in ensuring that resources are properly targeted so that they are most effective.

There was a warm welcome for this week’s historic devolution deal that will see a transfer of new powers to a directly elected mayor serving York and North Yorkshire, with £540 million of government investment over the next 30 years.

As the Conservative leadership race enters its most important phase, there is increasing speculation over how committed the next prime minister will be to levelling up the United Kingdom.

And then there were five. As we hit the weekend, the Conservative Party is whittling down its leadership contenders to the final two, before the 160,000 strong membership make their choice over August. With leadership campaigns reaching fever pitch, any thought of a quiet summer recess for Conservative MPs seems to be rapidly receding.

As we prepare for a summer of sport, with the UK hosting the UEFA Women’s Euros, Professor Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor at Solent University, Southampton looks at the role universities and civic partnerships can play in levelling up our communities.

A new report has been launched to celebrate the wide ranging role that universities in the UK play in spreading opportunity. 

The University Best Practice White Paper sets out just some of the actions and projects that are having a direct impact on students and communities.

Universities playing a leading role in levelling up the UK and spreading opportunity have been celebrated at the the Levelling Up Universities Awards 2022.

Every month on our guest blog we get the thoughts of leaders in the higher education sector.

This month we hear from Professor Mark Smith, Vice Chancellor of Southampton University, about levelling up and the importance of diverse views to drive change.

In our latest blog, Anne Milton talks obesity and its extensive impact on physical and mental wellbeing.