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Immigration is one of the most credible levers for economic growth we have – it’s time to embrace it

Higher education has spent a long time triangulating between economic reality and political mood on immigration. James Coe argues that it's time to start tying international recruitment explicitly to economic growth

James Coe|02/11/26

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Immigration is one of the most credible levers for economic growth we have – it’s time to embrace it

Baking an education culture

Baking an education culture

Hannah Cobb|30/10/26

Universities are rewriting contracts to enable cuts

Universities are rewriting contracts to enable cuts

Jim Dickinson|30/10/26

Wonk Corner

Is action on graduate repayments really a priority for government?

David Kernohan|01/11/26

£125m of student loan repayment refunds last year

David Kernohan|29/10/26

Wales promised students a minimum standard of mental health support and they got a map instead

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

Policy Watch

Jim Dickinson|29/10/26

UCAS October deadline data suggests pessimism ahead

David Kernohan|29/10/26

Chancellors stopped talking about universities once they lost control of them

Jim Dickinson|28/10/26

New International Student Levy assessment is £100m worse than originally shown

James Coe|28/10/26

Jisc explains procuring AI the sensible way

David Kernohan|27/10/26

OfS must pay full legal costs to Sussex

David Kernohan|26/10/26

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The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

Antony Moss|The Post-18 Project|25/09/26

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

Gwenno Roberts|The Post-18 Project|10/08/26

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

David Kernohan|The Post-18 Project|22/07/26

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|07/07/26

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|29/06/26

The Post-18 Project: Demographic downturn and the post-18 system

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Wales picks benchmarks over bright lines to judge tertiary quality

Wales picks benchmarks over bright lines to judge tertiary quality

As Wales chooses relative benchmarks over England’s absolute thresholds, Jim Dickinson unpacks what Medr’s proposed measures mean for universities and students

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|20/10/26

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

Debbie McVitty|Policy Watch|22/10/26

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|12/10/26

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|18/09/26

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|17/09/26

Data on Wonkhe

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all - DK has thoughts

David Kernohan|Data|16/09/26

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

David Kernohan|Data|18/08/26

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

David Kernohan|Data|13/08/26

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

David Kernohan|Data|09/07/26

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

David Kernohan|Data|25/06/26

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Higher education postcard: Bull College, Cambridge

Higher education postcard: Bull College, Cambridge

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Different places need different civic universities

Different places need different civic universities

Rebecca Riley|Comment|29/10/26

Disabled students are stuck playing reasonable-adjustment ping-pong on professional courses

Disabled students are stuck playing reasonable-adjustment ping-pong on professional courses

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Everything in the 2026 Budget for higher education and students

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What creative institutions need from the Budget

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Publication alone can’t guarantee wider learning from student deaths

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