Image: Shutterstock The MRes boom isn’t just an issue of visa policy by Michael Salmon Comment 10/03/26
Image: Shutterstock Workplace wellbeing and the power of singing together by Kate Ayres Comment 6/03/26
Image: Shutterstock The development of a Future Framework for Scotland’s universities is underway by Andrea Nolan Comment 4/03/26
Image: Shutterstock International recruitment and TNE are not a straight swap by Michael Salmon Comment 2/03/26
Plaid Cymru would launch an HE review in its first 100 days Plaid Cymru would launch an HE review in its first 100 days by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 1/03/26
Image: Shutterstock Immigration policy and higher education staff by Michael Salmon Long read 27/02/26 1
Image: Shutterstock Positionality statements are relevant for all research by Madeleine Pownall Comment 26/02/26 5
Image: Shutterstock The Office of the Independent Adjudicator is reviewing its Scheme rules, and it wants you involved by Helen Megarry Comment 24/02/26 2
Image: Shutterstock Whole-of-society defence needs an alliance that universities actually own by Tom Smith Comment 21/02/26 4
Image: RCA The new TEF must not take a one-size-fits-all approach to specialist institutions by Christoph Lindner Comment 17/02/26
Image: Shutterstock Tax rules are penalising some external examiners by Gemma Peacock Comment 13/02/26
Image: Shutterstock New collaborative models of knowledge exchange are needed by Kim Stuart Comment 12/02/26 1
Image: Shutterstock Cutting management apprenticeships would set young people up to fail at work by Malcolm Press Comment 11/02/26 2
Image: Shutterstock Why aren’t there more accelerated degree apprenticeships? by Charlynne Pullen Analysis 10/02/26 1
Image: Shutterstock AI shatters the pretence that academic polish was ever anything but gatekeeping by Rex McKenzie Comment 9/02/26 18
Image: Shutterstock What the Keep Britain Working review means for higher education by Helen Rimmer Comment 5/02/26 3
Image: Shutterstock Talking about contemporary higher education means talking about work-aligned learning by Phil Power-Mason Comment 4/02/26 1
Image: Shutterstock Not introducing a special administration regime for English higher education providers will be a missed opportunity by Neil Smyth Comment 3/02/26 4
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: vice chancellors and all that by Hugh Jones Comment 30/01/26 2
The Home Office reviews English language assessment The Home Office reviews English language assessment by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 29/01/26 1
How will the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill affect universities and students? How will the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill affect universities and students? by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 27/01/26
Image: Shutterstock Direct entrant students can no longer remain invisible by Eloise Heathcote Comment 27/01/26
Image: Shutterstock The forthcoming NHS workforce plan must treat universities as partners by Susanna Kalitowski Comment 27/01/26 3
Image: Shutterstock Responding to the International Education Strategy requires an appreciation of how fast the world is changing by Anton Muscatelli Comment 26/01/26 1
Image: Shutterstock Regulation builds walls between different levels of education, but universities can build bridges by Jo Irving-Walton Comment 23/01/26 1
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: University of Sunderland by Hugh Jones Comment 23/01/26 3
Image: Shutterstock All about Scotland’s newly passed Tertiary Education and Training Act by Michael Salmon Policy Watch 21/01/26 1
The Turing scheme returns for at least one more year The Turing scheme returns for at least one more year by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 20/01/26
Image: Shutterstock Are we reducing research security risk, or just shifting it around? by Sapna Marwaha Comment 13/01/26 1
Image: Shutterstock Is higher education ready for generation alpha? by George Hulene Comment 9/01/26 4
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: University College Stockton by Hugh Jones Comment 9/01/26
Image: Shutterstock A more focused research system does not by itself solve structural deficits by Anton Muscatelli Comment 5/01/26 11
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: Trinity College, Oxford by Hugh Jones Comment 19/12/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Transparency about AI should be a sector-wide principle by Alison Purvis Comment 17/12/25 1
Image: Shutterstock Disability equality in higher education requires a joined-up and co-created approach by Suanne Gibson Comment 16/12/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Universities must be a reason for optimism about the country’s future by Vivienne Stern Comment 15/12/25 9
Image: Shutterstock Mapping how the industrial strategy is, and isn’t, showing up in HE policy by Michael Salmon Long read 15/12/25 1
Image: Shutterstock Higher education postcard: Normal College, Bangor revisited by Hugh Jones Comment 12/12/25 1
Image: Shutterstock Higher education needs to better understand the link between neurodivergence and hormonal dysregulation by Noel-Ann Bradshaw Comment 12/12/25 6
Understand the REF changes through the lens of money and bureaucracy Understand the REF changes through the lens of money and bureaucracy by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 11/12/25 2
Insolvency legislation “permits continued trading” if a university enters compulsory liquidation. How so? Insolvency legislation “permits continued trading” if a university enters compulsory liquidation. How so? by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 10/12/25 3
Image: Shutterstock Why is it so difficult to make reasonable adjustments when assessing disabled PGRs? by Theresa McKinven Comment 5/12/25 14
Image: Shutterstock The R&D buckets are here to stay – what matters now is how they’re used by Stephanie Smith Comment 4/12/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Counting the cost of financial challenges in English higher education by Stephen Roper Analysis 2/12/25 5
All the higher education-relevant Home Office stats for Q3 2025 All the higher education-relevant Home Office stats for Q3 2025 by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 27/11/25
Are level 6 apprenticeships next? Are level 6 apprenticeships next? by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 25/11/25 1
Image: Shutterstock Making higher education work for international student carers by Scott Rawlinson Comment 25/11/25 1
Image: Shutterstock A government running out of road still sets the economic weather for higher education by Michael Salmon Comment 24/11/25 4
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: Queen Mary University of London by Hugh Jones Comment 21/11/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Labour takes steps to bring higher education and local skills closer together by Michael Salmon Policy Watch 19/11/25 1
Image: Shutterstock Higher education’s civic role has never been more important to get right by Adam Leach Comment 18/11/25 3
Image: Shutterstock The political centre of gravity continues to shift towards higher education sceptics by Steve O’Neil Comment 17/11/25 11
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: the University of Hertfordshire by Hugh Jones Comment 14/11/25 3
Image: Shutterstock Student protection is needed in all higher-level learning by Charlotte Corrish Comment 13/11/25 7
Image: Shutterstock Northern Ireland can be a testbed for research culture by Chris Browne Comment 5/11/25 1
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: Totley Hall Training College by Hugh Jones Comment 31/10/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Dialogic assessments are the missing piece in contemporary assessment debates by Blessing Maregere Comment 30/10/25 6
Image: Shutterstock A university system reliant on international students has an obligation to understand them by Jenny Steele Comment 24/10/25
Image: Shutterstock Higher education postcard: London South Bank University by Hugh Jones Comment 24/10/25
“Apprenticeship units” and the LLE “Apprenticeship units” and the LLE by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 23/10/25 2
Image: Shutterstock The white paper opens the door, but we need to ensure everyone gets in by Fiona Ellison Comment 22/10/25
FE-HE collaboration needs to be more than pointing both sectors at the same diminishing funding pot FE-HE collaboration needs to be more than pointing both sectors at the same diminishing funding pot by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 11/10/25 1
Image: Shutterstock A TNE policy primer for anyone seeking new funding streams by Michael Salmon Analysis 9/10/25 2
So this is what devolved research funding looks like So this is what devolved research funding looks like by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 7/10/25 1
What’s the progress of the immigration white paper proposals? What’s the progress of the immigration white paper proposals? by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 7/10/25
Image: Shutterstock The risk of opening a legislative backdoor into the sector’s pocket by Michael Salmon Comment 6/10/25
Image: Shutterstock Rising to the political moment means universities putting down deep and meaningful roots in their places by Jo Heaton-Marriott Comment 4/10/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Higher education postcard: Warsash Maritime School by Hugh Jones Comment 3/10/25 2
Image: Shutterstock Higher education needs a plan in place for student “pastoral” use of AI by Kieran Phelan Comment 2/10/25 1
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: Jesus College, Cambridge by Hugh Jones Comment 26/09/25 3
Higher education’s social licence Higher education’s social licence by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 25/09/25
Image: Shutterstock Generic AI cannot capture higher education’s unwritten rules by Kurt Barling Comment 23/09/25 3
Image: Shutterstock From improvement to compliance – a significant shift in the purpose of the TEF by Chris Husbands Comment 22/09/25 1
Dey departs, but what of his bill? Dey departs, but what of his bill? by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 22/09/25
Image: Shutterstock An assessor’s perspective on the Office for Students’ TEF shake-up by Dilly Fung Comment 22/09/25
Image: Shutterstock What Ofsted inspections reveal about university leadership and culture by Brian Culleton Comment 18/09/25 3
A machinery of government muddle over skills A machinery of government muddle over skills by Michael Salmon Wonk Corner 17/09/25
Image: Shutterstock Despite the headwinds, universities must keep leading by example on climate change by David Duncan Comment 16/09/25 3
Image: Shutterstock We cannot address the AI challenge by acting as though assessment is a standalone activity by Duna Sabri Comment 12/09/25
Image: Shutterstock Falling mature student numbers requires policy action by Rachel Hewitt Comment 11/09/25 1
