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· Live
GuildHE Annual Conference Day 2
Live from GuildHE’s Annual Conference 2014 – Day 2. We’re at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the theme is ‘Higher Education Post-2015′
With Emily Lupton
· Policy Watch
Some HE legislation back on the cards
Something is afoot in The House of Lords and after a drought of primary legislation about HE in this Parliament, we could be on the verge of a fascinating change that has been gestating since the 2011 White Paper, thanks
· Live
GuildHE Annual Conference Day 1
Live updates from ‘Higher Education Post-2015′ – GuildHE’s Annual Conference taking place on 11th and 12th November 2014 at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
With Emily Lupton
· Analysis
Labour fighting about fees?
Shadow Universities, Skills & Science Minister Liam Byrne has given a far-ranging interview to The House Magazine this week. It includes some interesting clues to where Labour is on HE fees – a question on the lips of mu
· Policy Watch
QAA put on notice
Some very big news from HEFCE out today. “The higher education (HE) funding bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to seek views on future approaches to the assessment of quality in higher education. Based on
· Policy Watch
Cold spots rebooted
In 2008, the then Secretary of State at DIUS John Denham announced his ‘university challenge’ to plug the ‘cold spots’ of HE provision in England. The idea was to create HE ‘centres’ in partnership rather than brand new
· Policy Watch
The accidental universities minister
Last night at a fringe meeting hosted by ResPublica at Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Universities and Science Minister Greg Clark MP made it clear that his passion is somewhere else.
· Policy Watch
UKIP’s latest education policies
With the General Election only 7 months away, UKIP are this week holding their final party conference and so have announced a spate of new policies include those relating to higher education. Mark Leach takes a brief loo
· Comment
The rising tide
Last night The Guardian kicked off a major new investigation in to how some private HE colleges are abusing student loans. These revelations, along with those that are planned to follow it over the coming days, are damag
· People
What is a wonk?
The question ‘what is a wonk?’ has come up many times since Wonkhe was launched three years ago. But in three years, understanding has come a long way. As the higher education sector in the UK has accepted if not embrace
· Comment
Debating the future of research
The REF submission deadline has finally arrived. But it’s only the beginning for researchers, departments and universities that have gambled big and need a good result. The results will make or break many universities’ a
· Data
Interesting trends in latest UCAS data
UCAS have now published their data for applications to the 15 January deadline. By this stage, almost all school-leavers who are going to apply have applied, and a significant proportion of the overseas and older applica
· Data
UCAS Data: 2013 Cycle
UCAS have now published their mid-December data on the 2013 cycle, and the press coverage has been mainly downbeat, perhaps because UCAS has not tried the faintly ludicrous ‘late surge’ spin that they put on the equivale
· Analysis
Clearing 2012: How wrong was I, and why?
Back in July, I wrote a post confidently predicting that this year’s Clearing would be less interesting than was widely expected, Somebody, somewhere will have a bad experience in Clearing because somebody, somewhere alw
· Comment
Bursting bubbles in higher education
In higher education, policy bubbles are commonplace. They float around the sector drawing disproportionate levels of interest and as they grow, they become less rooted in evidence, research or coherent thought. It is imp
· Comment
Comprehensive spending
As Oxford announces a £75 million donation to help its poorest students, Mark Leach tries to put the money in context and dreams about what else could be achieved with a chunk of change that size in higher education. Als
· Analysis
Understanding higher education in further education
There are few things that excite wonks more than excellent and well-timed policy research. Last week, BIS published its report Understanding Higher Education in Further Education Colleges, written by a dream team of poli
· Comment
The rise and rise of Michael Gove
Last week’s furore over Michael Gove’s ‘leaked’ plans to abolish GSCEs and bring back the O Level was an interesting moment for the education policy community who largely thought they had plumbed the depths of their disd
· Analysis
The path of least resistance
Yesterday the Government published its long awaited response to the HE White Paper and technical consultations. Smashing straight through the three-month deadline that Departments have to publish these, there were many w
· Comment
Are we heading for a breakdown?
The Coalition Government is in terminal decline. Its sense of purpose has dissipated and internal politics threaten to derail the whole enterprise. The higher education policy circus that came to town in 2010 reflects mo