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· Wonk Corner
Why aren’t employers paying for short, L4+ courses for employees?
And have we just designed a funding system that makes them less inclined to?
· Policy Watch
What’s in Alan Milburn’s NEET report for the higher education sector?
Alan Milburn lays out the data and listens to the voices of young people not in education employment or training. David Kernohan picks out the highlights for higher education
· Wonk Corner
Treasury inquiry on loans and graduates is ready for launch
Public and DfE responses have been published today
· Wonk Corner
The sector had issues with the OfS even before the Sussex judgement
Timing is everything
· Analysis
The LLE is coming at last
Three draft statutory instruments herald the end game of the biggest change in the student finance system since 2011. DK breaks down what is going on, and asks why these plans have seen so little meaningful scrutiny
· Wonk Corner
Employers make full and final offer in 2026–27 pay negotiations
It has improved over the course of negotiations
· Comment
Is the Strategic Priorities Grant at risk?
What does Strategic Priority Grant spending cover, and what would cuts threaten? David Kernohan unpacks the Office for Students’ primary contribution to sector funding
· Wonk Corner
Who gets to offer LLE modules?
A lot of work for a prize of uncertain value
· Data
The financial state of the sector in England for 2026
David Kernohan digests this year’s OfS summary of annual financial returns, and the parallel release of HESA finance data
· Analysis
For the want of a suitable legislative vehicle
The government has promised to do a lot of things with primary legislation in higher education. DK has been keeping score, and here’s what is in the “missing” bill
· Wonk Corner
The LLE moves one (tiny) step closer
Some secondary legislation has happened, and it makes a confusing funding situation slightly less confusing.
· Data
Finding 2024–25 delivery partnerships
Who was delivering higher education for who last academic year? Thanks to the OfS, DK has the receipts
· Wonk Corner
What the Education Committee said about higher education funding
The Commons Education committee makes recommendations about insolvency, protection plans, international recruitment, and pensions
· Long read
But would Reform be able to deliver?
Really, it is all about delivery. David Kernohan tries to work out how Reform could put some of its wilder HE ideas into action
· Comment
Previewing the 7 May elections
DK rounds up polling and manifesto promises to offer a higher-education-centric guide to devolved and local elections
· Comment
Squaring the quality circle
There is a way of assuring quality in higher education that foregrounds the needs of employers and the expertise of professionals. David Kernohan asks why nobody seems to be interested in it.
· Wonk Corner
There must be more to life than stereotypes
The moment in the Sussex judgement where academic freedom and academic standards meet
· Wonk Corner
The lifelong learning market is flourishing in higher education
Let’s hope the LLE doesn’t cause problems.
· Wonk Corner
The UK Standard Skills Classification gets an update
This is how we know people are learning the skills we need for the future
· Analysis
Sussex wins in free speech high court challenge
The Office for Students made “errors in law” and showed possible bias in investigating and fining the University of Sussex. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have the details from the judgment, and ask what comes next
With Jim Dickinson