Regional access partnerships

Proposed regions

We are proposing 17 regional access partnerships.

  1. East Anglia
  2. East Midlands
  3. East and North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
  4. Greater Manchester
  5. Lancashire and Cumbria
  6. London
  7. Merseyside
  8. North East
  9. North West Midlands
  10. South Central
  11. South East
  12. South Midlands and Thames Valley
  13. South West
  14. South Yorkshire
  15. West of England
  16. West Midlands
  17. West Yorkshire.

The proposed regions take into account feedback from the call for evidence, advice from stakeholders, and discussions with current Uni Connect partnerships.

The spreadsheet below provides further details about the proposed regions, for example the local authority areas each would include.

Contact us

If you would like to provide feedback or discuss a proposed region, please contact us at [email protected].

Published 06 August 2026

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