英国教育联盟（UK Education Network, 简称UEN）成立于2012年，是一个由来自
英格兰、
威尔士、
苏格兰、
北爱尔兰的70所科研型大学组成的在科研、教学、知识转化等各方面开展横向合作的全球性大学联盟组织，其活动均以促进大学之间学术合作以及大学与企业及社会的合作为主。
职能
英国教育联盟旨在加强成员学校间跨学科科研合作，目的是整合大学的资源用于合作进行全球性关心的问题及研究项目，用国际眼光改善社会环境。
成员
Bath University 巴斯大学
Lancaster University兰卡斯特大学
York University 约克大学
Glasgow University 格拉斯哥大学
Leicester University 莱斯特大学
Southampton University 南安普顿大学
Sussex University 苏塞克斯大学
Nottingham University 诺丁汉大学
Sheffield University 谢菲尔德大学
Reading University 雷丁大学
Surrey University萨里大学
Royal Holloway, University of London 伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院
Liverpool University 利物浦大学
School of Oriental and African Studies 亚非学院伦敦大学
Cardiff University 卡迪夫大学
Kent University 肯特大学
Queen Mary, University of London 伦敦大学女皇学院
Essex University 埃塞克斯大学
Buckingham University 白金汉大学
Heriot-Watt University 赫瑞瓦特大学
Brunel University 布鲁内尔大学
Dundee University 邓迪大学
Keele University基尔大学
Aberystwyth, University of Wales 阿伯斯维斯大学
Stirling University 斯特林大学
Robert Gordern University 罗伯特哥顿大学
Swansea University 斯旺西大学
Oxford Brookes University 牛津布鲁克斯大学
Coventry University
考文垂大学
Bangor, University of Wales 班戈大学
Northumbria University 诺桑比亚大学
Chichester University
齐彻斯特大学
University of the West of England 西英格兰大学
Portsmouth University 朴茨茅斯大学
Plymouth University 普利茅斯大学
Gloucestershire University 格罗斯特郡大学
Ulster University 阿尔斯特大学
Bradford University 布拉德福德大学
Hertfordshire University 赫特福德大学
Brighton University 布莱顿大学
Bath Spa University College 巴斯泉大学
UCLA中央兰开夏大学
De Montfort University 德蒙特福德大学
Sheffield Hallam University 谢菲尔德哈雷姆大学
Winchester University温彻斯特大学
Sunderland 桑德兰大学
Nottingham Trent University 诺丁汉特伦特大学
Bournemouth University 波恩茅斯大学
Glasgow Caledonian University 格拉斯哥喀里多尼亚大学
Queen Margret University College 玛格丽特学院
Napier University 龙比亚大学
Canterbury Christ Church University 坎特伯雷基督教会大学
Roehampton University 罗汉普顿大学
Bedfordshire University贝特福德大学
Middlesex University 密得赛斯大学
University of Salford索尔福德大学
Greenwich University 格林威治大学
University College Worcester 沃赛斯特学院
Westminster University威斯敏斯特大学
Glamorgan University 格拉摩根大学
Kingston University金斯顿大学
Leeds Metropolitan University利兹都会大学
Anglia Ruskin University 安格利亚鲁斯金大学
South Bank University南岸大学
Abertay Dundee University 阿伯泰邓迪大学
Southampton Solent University 南安普顿索伦特大学
Thames Valley University (TVU)泰晤士河谷大学
University College for the Creative Arts 创意艺术大学
University College Birmingham伯明翰酒店管理学院
Wolverhampton University 伍尔弗汉普顿大学
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) 格拉斯哥艺术学院
Cardiff Metropolitan University 卡迪夫城市大学
Huddersfield University哈德斯费尔德大学
Staffordshire University 斯塔福德郡大学
Birmingham City University伯明翰城市大学
Bristol University 布里斯托大学
Exeter University 埃克塞特大学
Newcastle University 纽卡斯尔大学
East Anglia University 东安格利亚大学，简称UEA
Leeds University 利兹大学
Aberdeen University 阿伯丁大学
Goldsmiths College of London 金史密斯大学
Durham University 杜伦大学
St Andrews 圣安德鲁斯大学
University college London 伦敦大学学院
Lancaster University 兰卡斯特大学
Edinburgh University 爱丁堡大学
Loughborough University拉夫堡大学
King’s College,London University 伦敦大学国王学院
Surrey University 萨里大学
Manchester University 曼彻斯特大学
Strathclyde University 斯特莱斯克莱德大学
Aston University 阿斯顿大学
Keele University 基尔大学
Hull 赫尔大学
Sussex University 苏塞克斯大学
Kent University 肯特大学
Essex University 埃塞克斯大学
Stirling University 斯特灵大学
Robert Gordon University 罗伯特哥顿大学
University of the West of England 西英格兰大学
Brighton University 布莱顿大学
Winchester University 温切斯特大学
Glasgow Caledonian University 格拉斯哥喀里多尼亚大学
Coventry University 考文垂大学
Sunderland University 桑德兰大学
Anglia Ruskin University 安格利亚鲁斯金大学
Huddersfield University 哈德斯费尔德大学
Leeds Metropolitan University 利兹都会大学
Swansea University 斯旺西大学
Chichester University 齐彻斯特大学
Bournemouth University 波恩茅斯大学
Gloucestershire University 格罗斯特郡大学
Portsmouth University 朴茨茅斯大学
University College Birmingham 伯明翰酒店管理学院
Cardiff Metropolitan University 卡迪夫城市大学
Glamorgan University 格拉摩根大学
Aston University（Warwickshire College） 阿斯顿大学
Bath University Foundation Programme（Wiltshire College） 巴斯大学本科预科项目
Kaplan International College 开普兰教育集团项目
Navitas Group 纳维教育集团项目
中国加盟院校有南京大学、浙江大学、香港中文大学等
中国成员高校
南京大学
中国南京大学于20012年加入英国教育联盟。截至2013年，南京大学和UEN成员学校的合作主要表现在4个方面：
科研合作方面，南京大学与南安普敦大学已经有20多年的合作历史。特别是在海洋学研究方面，从任美锷院士、王颖院士到高抒教授及在读博士生，已有“四代人”与该校进行合作。
2006年11月16日，“南京大学——南安普敦大学联合中心”成立,下属有海岸海洋与环境动力联合实验室传染病和公共卫生联合实验室、高等教育联合研究所。该中心成为继中美中心、中德所和中加学院之后南京大学又一实体对外合作基地。南京大学吴稚伟教授与荷兰乌特勒支大学、英国利兹大学、约克大学、南安普敦大学、谢菲尔德大学的专家们将在干细胞和组织工程领域建立合作关系。
南京大学物理系环境材料与再生能源研究中心与英国谢菲尔德大学从2005年起建立了良好的合作关系，并就“染料敏化太阳能电池”的研究与谢菲尔德大学材料工程系展开了紧密的合作。此外，南京大学还在艾滋病和公共卫生领域、高等教育、当代中国研究、犹太学研究、化学领域和大气科学领域和世界大学联盟成员进行密切合作。
合办暑期学校，这方面的经费由欧盟提供支持。由世界大学联盟成员学校发起组织的“全球化视角下的中国”暑期学校，旨在对从事“现代中国研究”专业学习与研究的博士研究生及部分学者，进行广泛的研究技能培训，并提供国际学术交流的平台。
暑期学校先期计划举办四期。第一期暑期学校于2006年7月由南京大学和利兹大学在中国南京联合主办，由南大历史系承办，共有48位学员参加培训。共建孔子学院。2007年1月南京大学作为中方合作学校与谢菲尔德大学在英国共同开办了“孔子学院”。
两校签署了关于共建谢菲尔德孔子学院的《执行协议书》，将以多种形式支持孔子学院的建设与发展，力图将谢菲尔德孔子学院建设成为英国北部和中部的一个汉语教学和中国文化宣传的中心，同时它也将成为在英国中小学推广汉语教学和培训中小学汉语师资的重镇。
人员交流。南京大学欧盟中心和挪威奥斯陆大学达成共识，合作培养戏剧研究方向的博士生。2007年上半年，南大欧盟中心的2名研究生赴挪威奥斯陆大学进行为期一个学期的交流学习。
2006年9月，南大物理系博士生李彬彬参加UEN全球交换项目，赴英国约克大学电子系交流。南京大学校长陈骏表示，国内高校与国外高校之间合作时，要提升自己的实力，拥有充分的发言权和自主权，在此基础上要和强有力的合作伙伴展开合作，更好地促进自身发展。
经营概况
About The UEN Member Universities
UEN creates new multilateral opportunities for international collaboration in research and graduate education. It is a flexible, dynamic organisation that uses the combined resources and intellectual power of its membership to achieve collective international objectives and to stretch international ambitions.
UEN is made up of 70 member universities from across The UK
.Benefits
The value of UEN is revealed through its core strengths, which include: trans-national research, tacit knowledge, innovation, global collaborations, education, and the sharing of resources. All of these strengths enable UEN to adapt quickly to changing trends in globalisation and the resulting challenges that require input from higher education networks like UEN. Thus, the network is in a position to transform knowledge and basic research into innovative technology and methodology to improve the quality of life around the UK.
Developing a vibrant network collaborating on a diverse range of projects
Currently UEN has over 85 research initiatives in its portfolio. More than 400 research faculty are active in these initiatives with many more taking part in conferences, workshops and virtual seminars. The collaborations enable participants to extend the reach and international scope of their research and establish lasting partnerships that enrich their work. Outputs include joint publications, shared modules on Masters degrees, and a coordinated approach to funding.
Many of our initiatives encourage the participation of postgraduates either through organised activities targeting early stage researchers, through mentoring or by providing postgraduates with tools to enable them to establish their own networks in a virtual environment.
UEN faculty can apply for modest amounts of funding from the UEN Research Development Fund to spark collaborative activities. These funds are supplemented by contributions from members’ own international research development programmes.
Nurturing high impact research communities tackling problems of global importance
In 2012, UEN rolled out its Global Challenge concept. UEN Global Challenges are collections of high quality UEN collaborative research programmes – each involving a number of UEN and other world-leading academic partners in the programme area – which are expected to contribute significantly – in the short or longer term – to addressing the issues of global significance identified in the Challenges.
UEN Global Challenges are also a means of promoting new or existing UEN collaborative research programmes to potential funders, policy makers and the world more generally by emphasising the impact that these programmes will have on issues of concern to them.
Currently, UEN is focussing its resouces on 4 Global Challenges:
·Adapting to Climate Change
·Global Higher Education and Research
·Public Health (non-communicable disease)
·Understanding Cultures
Fostering a world leading graduate education programme for the next generation of innovators
UEN has current and archived virtual seminar series on 70 themes. These seminars are available to faculty and postgraduates for use in teaching and research. They give postgraduates and early stage researchers in particular the opportunity to engage with world-leading experts in their fields and to interact with a diverse, international audience.
Through the Research Mobility Programme, postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, as well as junior academics, can develop their careers through experiencing other research cultures across the Network. The RMP gives early stage researchers access to expertise and rare resources or specialist equipment that is not available within their own institutions.
UEN member institutions encourage participation in the RMP either by making funds available specifically for travel and subsistence related to research visits or by integrating RMP into international research programmes.
How to become a member
Largely due to its governance structure, membership of UEN is limited and by invitation only. However, the Governing Board encourages UEN researchers to extend the geographic and cultural scope, and academic capability for specific projects beyond the boundaries of the Network.
Institutions wishing to be considered for membership might like to consider what it takes to operationalise UEN locally.
UEN Governance
Secretariat
UEN is managed by a Secretariat, which is responsible for the operations, communications and strategy implementation of the network.
Company Secretarial and financial management services are currently provided by specialists from the Universities.
Partnership Board
The Partnership Board provides entrepreneurial leadership of the company within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enables risk to be assessed and managed. The Board sets the strategic direction and vision of the company, its culture, its values and the behaviours it wishes to promote in conducting its business.
The Board comprises the Presidents, Vice-Chancellors or Rectors of the member universities and the UEN Chief Executive. Collectively, the Board has considerable international influence and ensures that UEN is recognised as a leading global higher education network.
Activities
Researchers across the UEN organise a variety of activities to strengthen their collaborations. These take place in both the physical and the virtual environment. Generally, our activities are for research faculty and postgraduate students. UEN facilitates undergraduate student exchange aswell.
Networking
Virtual environment
UEN provides an ideal environment for researchers to become accustomed to working across distances and time zones and with colleagues who are active in different cultural and economic environments. Our researchers use many tools to communicate. These range from email discussion lists to telephone conferences and desktop video conferencing. Websites and data archives enable communities to share resources and files.
Conferences and Workshops
Faculty are encouraged to organise international meetings to further their research aims. Funding for these events can be incorporated into a Research Development Fund application or come from institutional funds to encourage international collaboration but researchers are also encouraged to look for resources from outside of the Network.
Experts from outside of the UEN are often invited to collaborate in specific research activities - both virtual and physical. Unfortunately, the Network is not able to provide finances to assist with participation of non-UEN members.
Teaching and Learning
Many UEN collaborations include activities that produce resources for use in teaching or which provide early stage researchers with opportunities to develop presentation skills. Different research communities share modules on Masters degrees, develop archives of virtual seminars for use in teaching and postgraduate research, as well as providing virtual Master classes Undergraduate and organising international summer schools.