Universities UK will look to build a consensus that “things can’t go on like this” in university funding, and on agreeing long-term solutions, according to its new chief executive.
Vivienne Stern took up the top job at UUK in September, having worked her way up over a 20-year career at the representative and lobbying organisation, starting as a parliamentary officer and most latterly serving as head of UUK International.
UUK is “an organisation that could potentially change the weather for a bunch of institutions that really, really matter”, and she was focused on “making the right choices about priorities”, she told Times Higher Education.
