Make room for one another.
Share experience and create opportunities for joint work across institutions.
VISION & PURPOSE
A shared purpose.
A wider horizon.
To strengthen the connection between UK higher education and Pakistan through collaboration, shared learning and responsible representation.
WHY WE COME TOGETHER
More is possible
when we work together.
Our institutions are different. Our commitment to meaningful educational connections is shared.
Representatives hold valuable knowledge of the communities they work with. BURG creates a place to bring that knowledge together: to listen, exchange ideas and develop work that is stronger through collaboration.
We aim to work with schools, universities, nonprofits, public bodies and other partners to make British higher education more connected with Pakistan.
WHAT GUIDES US
Shared values.
Practical commitment.
Every perspective belongs.
Listen with respect and make space for members to shape the direction together.
Build trust through action.
Encourage ethical representation, honest conversations and professional learning.
Contribute to what comes next.
A collective purpose grows through active participation and shared effort.
HOW THE VISION TAKES SHAPE
Ideas with
somewhere to go.
Potential initiatives, developed together.
01Learning, without boundaries.
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Joint guest lectures, school visits and campus conversations that bring university expertise closer to communities in Pakistan.
Explore an education collaboration ↗02Conversations that move us forward.
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Roundtables, podcasts and shared discussions that turn individual perspectives into a more informed sector conversation.
Propose a conversation ↗03Stronger practice, together.
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Peer learning and professional development to support responsible representation, build trust and share practical experience.
Share an idea ↗WHERE IT BEGAN
September
2026
Five colleagues.
A collective beginning.
BURG began when five UK university representatives in Pakistan came together around a simple idea: the sector needed more space for collaboration, shared learning and a collective voice.
Founding members
Hassan Latif KhanRobert Gordon University
Fahad QayyumQueen’s University Belfast
M Abir AnjumUniversity of East Anglia
Ali Raza TariqUniversity of Chester
Usama SaleemAnglia Ruskin University
That beginning belongs to our story.
What comes next is shaped by every member.