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Civic Agreement for Surrey – Surrey County Council and universities building a thriving future for all through shared commitment to action

Surrey County Council, in partnership with Surrey’s three leading universities – Royal Holloway, University of London; University for the Creative Arts; and the University of Surrey – is proud to announce the launch of a new Civic Agreement for Surrey. This groundbreaking initiative defines a shared commitment for these organisations to work collaboratively in the … Continue reading →

Surrey County Council part of successful bid for national CoSTAR lab

Surrey is to be the home of brand new state-of-the art facilities for the UK’s creative industry sector, thanks to a successful bid involving Surrey County Council. A partnership team, led by Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), and involving Pinewood Studios, disguise, BT, Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership, University of Surrey, Abertay University and National … Continue reading →

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University technical college for Surrey gets go-ahead

  A new college was today given the go-ahead to train the next generation of cyber security, computing and engineering experts in Surrey. Plans have been approved by the government for a university technical college in Guildford for around 700 teenagers. The bid to build the college, which is set to open in September 2017, was … Continue reading →

Major study launched on impact of poor language skills on pupils’ progress

The impact of poor language skills on pupils’ academic progress will be studied in Surrey in the first project of its kind in the country. Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, aim to find out why language difficulties develop and how they affect academic achievement and success in social settings*. The four-year study, which … Continue reading →