The Miller judgment draws its line through students
Jim Dickinson reads the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment on David Miller's dismissal – and finds one half setting out what a university can't touch, and one what it still can
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Transparency data: Higher education providers with T Levels in entry requirements
Universities and colleges that accept T Levels for entry onto at least one course.
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Promoting equity in research funding requires collaboration now more than ever
In contested and cautious times, cross-sector working is needed to push EDI work forward. Rachel Van Krimpen explains what this looks like in the context of research funding
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Where does the international student deficit really lie?
International students are often treated as financial assets rather than pedagogic partners. Sumeya Loonat sets out four lenses for moving beyond the deficit model
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Some students arrive to find the door to belonging already shut
Radhika Sharma has followed five students' experiences from the Global South and finds belonging is a design choice that the sector keeps getting wrong
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Civic universities need collective approaches to bring students and long-term residents together
In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield
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Students have the right to set-off to university
Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
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Research: 16 to 19 tuition fund: evaluation reports
Findings from the evaluation of the 16 to 19 tuition fund.
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Official Statistics: Widening Participation in Higher Education: 2027
Annual statistics on participation in higher education by pupil and study characteristics.
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Greater Manchester is creating clearer pathways for young people
Andy Dainty reflects on a new partnership across providers in Greater Manchester and sets out the importance of taking a whole-system view of skills development
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Curriculum reform is a wedge issue
With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to absorb it
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Stop measuring tomorrow’s universities with yesterday’s metrics
Donna Whitehead makes the case that successful universities in the next decade will be those who are most willing to adapt and transform
