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<p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy continues to engage with
universities in a myriad of ways as part of wider recruiting efforts but also to increase
awareness amongst the graduate population as to the presence and purpose of the Navy.
A University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) opened in Devon in 2017, making 15 URNUs in total,
and the Navy continues to review opportunities to expand this footprint further. The
Captain of Navy Recruiting (CNR) delivers three-day awareness packages at a variety
of universities which last year resulted in 600 expressions of interest. CNR also
runs the Undergraduate Leadership Programme, which this year will offer six-week long
placements to 15 successful candidates from 900 initial applications. Lastly, changes
to the way the Services recruit their engineers will mean that, under the new STEM
Graduate Inflow Scheme, those individuals who have been selected to be Engineer Officers
in the Royal Navy, and are sponsored through university as a result, will be able
to attend any university, thus broadening even further the exposure of the wider university
population to the Royal Navy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p> </p><p>The
Army has a total of 15 University Officers' Training Corps (UOTC) and two Officer
Training Regiments (OTRs), which welcome enquiries from any individual enrolled in
a higher education course at any university or college across the UK. Each training
corps regularly engages with the higher education sector through Military Education
Committees, the formal mechanism for engagement with affiliated universities. Additionally,
the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst engages nationally on their behalf with the Council
of Military Education Committees.</p><p>UOTCs are actively promoted by the Army online,
through the use of the official Army website and via approved social media accounts
run by each individual unit. More direct engagement activities are conducted by the
UOTCs themselves, along with the Army's specialist engagement teams, within various
higher education establishments, such as appearances at freshers' fairs, open evenings
and through the delivery of leadership events. UOTCs are also promoted during school
and cadet unit visits, to ensure that young people are aware of the opportunities
available to them, should they go onto higher education.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal
Air Force</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Royal Air Force (RAF) currently has 15 University
Air Squadrons (UAS) comprising a membership of around 900 undergraduates, from 118
affiliated universities, throughout the UK. The UAS regularly liaise with Military
Education Committees; they will also attend university freshers' fairs and use the
internet to encourage university student participation. The RAF welcomes enquiries
from students and actively encourages students, throughout their university journey,
to join the organisation.</p>
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