We are a charity and learned society of independent academics for discussion and expression of the voice of Professors and other senior academics, and to support younger/emerging academics through their career progression. The NCUP is a non-political charity aiming to promote beneficial developments in the UK university system. The NCUP can arrange dialogues with the professoriate over a range of issues.Founded in 1989 our membership is broadly distributed geographically and covers all disciplines across the arts, sciences, technology, humanities and social sciences.NCUP is affiliated with the Australian Association of University Professors, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the American Association of University Professors and the think tank HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute).