{"id":239949,"date":"2022-03-11T16:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T16:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/news\/meet-russell-group\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:17:42","slug":"meet-russell-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/news\/meet-russell-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Russell Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Meet the Russell Group (Wednesday, April 27)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Russell Group represents 24 leading UK universities. Russell Group universities produce 68% of the UK&rsquo;s world-leading research and within the UK teach a quarter of all undergraduate students, more than a third of engineers, four out of five doctors and dentists, 45% of linguists, and 50% of physical scientists and mathematicians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All 24 Russell Group universities will be available to meet at a virtual event for students, parents, counsellors, and teachers. Student ambassadors and staff will be available to answer questions live, and webinars will run across a range of topics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participating universities are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>University of Birmingham, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Bristol, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Cambridge, England<\/li>\n<li>Cardiff University, Wales<\/li>\n<li>Durham University, England<\/li>\n<li>The University of Edinburgh, Scotland<\/li>\n<li>University of Exeter, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Glasgow, Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Imperial College London, England<\/li>\n<li>King&rsquo;s College London, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Leeds, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Liverpool, England<\/li>\n<li>London School of Economics and Political Science, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Manchester, England<\/li>\n<li>Newcastle University, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Nottingham, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Oxford, England<\/li>\n<li>Queen Mary University of London, England<\/li>\n<li>Queen&rsquo;s University Belfast, Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<li>The University of Sheffield, England<\/li>\n<li>University of Southampton, England<\/li>\n<li>University College London, England<\/li>\n<li>The University of Warwick, England<\/li>\n<li>University of York, England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The event is split into 2 sessions <\/strong>(webinar schedule and live chat\/video schedule)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Chat and Live Video Schedule:<strong> 11:30 am &#8211; 3 pm ET<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Webinar Schedule: <strong>7 am &#8211; 9:30am ET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recordings of webinars will be available to registrants until Friday, May 27.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Registration, FAQs, and further information can be found here:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647117569802000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bWZ4He6t00Yo0KE9OdTwf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UK school year groups correspond to K-12 as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p><strong>UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">\n<p><strong>K-12<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Year 13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">\n<p>Grade 12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Year 12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">\n<p>Grade 11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"84\">\n<p>Year 11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">\n<p>Grade 10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Meet the Russell Group Warm-Up Webinars (Wednesday, April 20 and Monday, April 25)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be two pre-event webinars in the week leading up to the main event.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Why study at a Russell Group university, a perspective from current students of 7 RG universities:<strong> Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 &#8211; 9 am ET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Why study at a Russell Group university, with RG Director of Policy, Sarah Stevens and a panel of 5 RG universities: <strong>Monday, April 25 at 11:30 am &#8211; 1 pm ET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recordings of webinars will be available to registrants.<\/strong> Registration and recordings are available as per the main event.&nbsp; Further information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en\/warm-up-webinars\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en\/warm-up-webinars&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1647117569802000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_QT9g13-AR9ixPnjp3FA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/russellgroup.vfairs.com\/en\/warm-up-webinars&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speak to an <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SI-UK consultant<\/a> to learn more about Russell Group universities and get advice on which university may be the best path for your academic journey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russel Group universities virtual event. All 24 Russell Group universities will be available to meet at a virtual event for students, parents, counsellors, and teachers.&nbsp; Student ambassadors and staff will be available to answer questions live, and webinars will run across a range of topics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-239949","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/239949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}