196 pieces
Newest first, since August 2022 · page 3 of 10
· Wonk Corner
Dey departs, but what of his bill?
Gull-gate fallout means a new higher education minister in Scotland
· Wonk Corner
A machinery of government muddle over skills
Less than a year after its founding, Skills England is off to DWP
· Wonk Corner
Skills England’s latest report raises further questions about its role
Good news about higher-level skills demand, despite the oddities
· Wonk Corner
Home Office Q2 data and the scale of the BCA challenge
The latest quarterly Home Office data covers the months of April to June, slower months in the international recruitment cycle.
· Policy Watch
The LLE finally gets a Labour overhaul
The Department for Education has updated its plans for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement rollout. Michael Salmon and David Kernohan work out what’s new
With David Kernohan
· Policy Watch
How Labour’s 10-year health plan for England joins up with higher education and research
Team Wonkhe has the lowdown on the government’s plans for growing the NHS workforce, reshaping medical education and training, making up for a “lost decade” of life sciences research, and more
With James Coe and David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
The attack lines on international students are built on shaky foundations – but won’t go away that easily
Policy Exchange’s latest report goes over past battles while pointing the way to future ones
· Policy Watch
DfE sets out the detail on the free speech act
The government will partially implement the controversial Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act while stripping away its most contentious elements. Jim Dickinson and Michael Salmon find the devils in the detail
With Jim Dickinson
· Policy Watch
Higher education and the industrial strategy priority areas
Labour’s industrial strategy aims to achieve a join-up with skills and qualifications that previous versions have not managed. Michael Salmon unpicks the emerging higher education agenda
· Wonk Corner
The fallout from the Dundee investigation will have consequences across the sector
The Gillies report highlights management and governance failings. What comes next?
· Wonk Corner
Consider immigration and university funding together, the Tony Blair Institute says
But is the government listening?
· Wonk Corner
Skills England gets ministerial guidance
IfATE is no more, and with it Skills England moves out of shadow form
· Wonk Corner
The skilled worker visa and higher education staff
Work visas now require higher salaries – and this will likely rise further. What’s the damage for the sector?
· Long read
It’s the Home Office that’s misselling UK higher education
International students may be being misled by false promises from recruitment agents. But for Michael Salmon, constant changes to visa terms and post-study work arrangements represent a much deeper deception
· Wonk Corner
No movement from ONS on excluding students from migration statistics
Following consultation, the statistics body has decided to keep presenting the figures as they are
· Policy Watch
Everything in the immigration white paper for higher education
Michael Salmon rounds up everything you need to know from the new immigration white paper
With Team Wonkhe
· Wonk Corner
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or a cost-neutral HE reform
Scrutiny of the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill kicks off
· Wonk Corner
Legal migration white paper “delayed”
Now expected in May, giving us more time to speculate about what might be in it for international students
· Wonk Corner
Funding allocations for 2025–26 “do not give the sector the financial support needed,” says Universities Scotland
We unpick what’s on offer from SFC – 3.3 is the magic number
· Analysis
International students and asylum claims
In the region of 16,000 student visa holders claimed asylum in 2024. Michael Salmon considers what’s going on