Tag Archives: 2025
The Economic and Social Impact of United Colleges Group
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | United Colleges Group | |
| Published: | 11 November, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the economic and social impact of United Colleges Group to the United Kingdom. The total economic impact on the UK economy associated with United Colleges Group’s activities in the 2024-25 academic year was estimated at approximately £470 million. Of this total: United Colleges Group’s teaching and learning activities accounted […]
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What Employers Want: The Future of Graduate Skills and Recruitment – September 2025
| Sector: | Growth. | |
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| Client: | University of East London | |
| Published: | September, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the University of East London to undertake research on UK employers’ views about the future of talent identification, selection, and retention. The study focussed on four key themes: Desirable attributes and skills gaps among graduate recruits; Employers’ views and use of Skills-Based Hiring; The extent to which organisations embed diversity […]
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The Economic Impact of the University of Warwick
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | University of Warwick | |
| Published: | 2 July, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the economic impact of the University of Warwick, focusing on the 2022-23 academic year. The total economic impact of the University’s activities on the UK economy in 2022-23 was estimated at approximately £3.8 billion. Of this total: The University’s research and knowledge exchange activities accounted for £1.1 billion of […]
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Estimating the Economic and Social Value of Volunteering
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | |
| Published: | 11 July, 2025 |
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned London Economics, working with The Social Agency and New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to monetise the economic and social value of volunteering in England. The work implements a methodology developed by London Economics for DCMS by combining desk research and stakeholder workshops with academics, local government officials, […]
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The Growth Dividend: How Expanding Tertiary Education Fuels Economic Development in the Commonwealth – July 2025
| Sector: | Growth. | |
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| Client: | The Association of Commonwealth Universities | |
| Published: | July, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Association of Commonwealth Universities to examine the relationship between investment in tertiary education and GDP growth, with a particular focus on Commonwealth countries. Through the use of an ordinary least squares econometric regression model, the analysis identifies a positive and statistically significant relationship between the attainment of tertiary qualifications […]
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Closing the Gaps: Funding, Inclusion, and Quality in Childcare in England
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Save the Children | |
| Published: | 16 June, 2025 |
Government support for childcare has been expanding rapidly since the announcement in the Spring 2023 Budget. By September 2025, children aged two and younger from eligible working households will be eligible for 30 hours of entitlement funded childcare. However, work by London Economics for Save the Children estimated that the funding proposed by the government […]
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The State of the UK Higher Education Sector’s Finances – June 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 25 June, 2025 |
In recent years, financial pressures have mounted across the entirety of the UK higher education (HE) sector and left many institutions in an exceptionally vulnerable position. In England alone, 43% of institutions are expected to face a financial deficit for 2024-25, prompting the House of Commons Education Select Committee to announce an inquiry into university […]
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Funding of Tertiary Education in Scotland: What Can We Learn from Elsewhere in the UK?
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| Client: | Royal Society of Edinburgh | |
| Published: | 30 May, 2025 |
London Economics participated in a two-day conference (on 28th and 29th May 2025) organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh to discuss the future of the funding of tertiary education in Scotland. As part of a session on what can be learned from elsewhere in the UK, we presented a birds-eye view and comparison of […]
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The Economic Impact of the University of York – May 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | University of York | |
| Published: | 19 May, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the economic impact of the University of York’s research, knowledge exchange activities, institutional expenditures, and student expenditures on York and North Yorkshire and the UK, focusing on the 2023-24 academic year. The total economic impact on the UK economy as a whole associated with the University’s research, knowledge exchange […]
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The Economic Impact of the N8 Research Partnership – May 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | The N8 Research Partnership | |
| Published: | 21 May, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the impact of N8 universities’ research, knowledge exchange activities and institutional expenditures on the UK economy, focusing on the 2021-22 academic year. The N8 Research Partnership consists of the eight most research-intensive universities in the North of England, including: Durham University, Lancaster University, Newcastle University, The University of Leeds, […]
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Modelling a Stepped Repayment System for Student Loans in England – April 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | National Union of Students and University of the Arts London | |
| Published: | 23 April, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the National Union of Students and University of the Arts London to model the costs of the existing undergraduate higher education fees and funding regime, and an alternative funding system proposed by the NUS consisting of the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the least well-off students, combined with a ‘stepped […]
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Quantifying Retention Benefits for Public Sector Nurses in England – March 2025
| Sector: | Public Policy. | |
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| Client: | Royal College of Nursing | |
| Published: | 21 March, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to examine the effect of various factors relating to the remuneration and working conditions of public sector nurses in England on the number of years that they will remain working in the public sector. In addition, we also monetised the likely societal benefits associated […]
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The Economic and Social Impact of the University of Sheffield – March 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | The University of Sheffield | |
| Published: | 27 March, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the economic and social impact of the University of Sheffield on the local and national economy. The total economic impact on the UK economy of the University’s activities in the 2022-23 academic year was estimated at approximately £4.82 billion. Of this total: The University of Sheffield’s research and knowledge […]
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The Economic and Social Impact of The University of Manchester – February 2025
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | The University of Manchester | |
| Published: | 12 February, 2025 |
London Economics were commissioned to assess the economic and social impact of The University of Manchester to the United Kingdom. The total economic impact on the UK economy associated with The University of Manchester’s activities in the 2022-23 academic year was estimated at approximately £7.3 billion. Of this total: The University of Manchester’s research and […]
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Nuffield Foundation Grant Award: The Impact of the Cost of Childcare on Parental Mobility
| Sector: | Education and Labour Markets. | |
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| Client: | Nuffield Foundation | |
| Published: | 2 January, 2025 |
London Economics are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to investigate the impact of the cost and availability of childcare on parental mobility, and potential impacts on the wider economy and in particular economic inequality. Over a third of parents with young children find it difficult to meet […]