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2025

• 18 December 2025Thursday 18 December 2025It’s bucketing downBack in Erasmus+Subscribers
• 17 December 2025Wednesday 17 December 2025The beginning of a new ErasmusSubscribers
• 16 December 2025Tuesday 16 December 2025Funding song and danceSubscribers
• 12 December 2025Friday 12 December 2025Crude awakeningSubscribers
• 11 December 2025Thursday 11 December 2025Walking the REF tightropeChildhood bedroomSubscribers
• 10 December 2025Wednesday 10 December 2025What’s the insolvency solution?YES butSubscribers
• 9 December 2025Tuesday 9 December 2025Franchising consultation gets a responseGrasp the thistleSubscribers
• 5 December 2025Friday 5 December 2025Can’t payAgents of fraud?Subscribers
• 4 December 2025Thursday 4 December 2025Tertiary bill heads onSubscribers
• 3 December 2025Wednesday 3 December 2025Civic 2.0Subscribers
• 2 December 2025Tuesday 2 December 2025Deep impactSubscribers
• 28 November 2025Friday 28 November 2025Skills England is speaking a new languageEurate studentsSubscribers
• 27 November 2025Thursday 27 November 2025Budget dayPrice tagSubscribers
• 26 November 2025Wednesday 26 November 2025Five pillars for WalesCursed advent calendar launchedSubscribers
• 25 November 2025Tuesday 25 November 2025Buckets of newsPR headacheSubscribers
• 21 November 2025Friday 21 November 2025I won’t work 500 hoursTertiary tipSubscribers
• 20 November 2025Thursday 20 November 2025Still in the woodsIt’s PTES timeSubscribers
• 19 November 2025Wednesday 19 November 2025LSIPs (Labour’s version)Subscribers
• 18 November 2025Tuesday 18 November 2025Everyone’s making sacrificesObviously absurdSubscribers
• 14 November 2025Friday 14 November 2025Soft on rightsLevy chaseSubscribers
• 13 November 2025Thursday 13 November 2025Mind the gapSubscribers
• 12 November 2025Wednesday 12 November 2025The Festival of Higher Education, day 1Subscribers
• 11 November 2025Tuesday 11 November 2025China tripTaking care of businessSubscribers
• 7 November 2025Friday 7 November 2025Getting the ban back togetherSubscribers
• 6 November 2025Thursday 6 November 20252 become 1: updateSubscribers
• 5 November 2025Wednesday 5 November 2025Curriculum, reviewedDegree apprenticeships in WalesSubscribers
• 4 November 2025Tuesday 4 November 2025Fee rises ahead in WalesSubscribers
• 31 October 2025Friday 31 October 2025SpookedMore trick than treatSubscribers
• 30 October 2025Thursday 30 October 2025Pull up to the bumperTime for a changeSubscribers
• 29 October 2025Wednesday 29 October 2025HEIFerSubscribers
• 28 October 2025Tuesday 28 October 2025Same the world overSubscribers
• 24 October 2025Friday 24 October 2025Secret skillsPaying the priceSubscribers
• 23 October 2025Thursday 23 October 2025Incomings and outgoingsOrganised complexitySubscribers
• 22 October 2025Wednesday 22 October 2025CroakedSubscribers
• 21 October 2025Tuesday 21 October 2025White paper, read all about itSubscribers
• 17 October 2025Friday 17 October 2025Flunk and disorderlyMore in-depthSubscribers
• 16 October 2025Thursday 16 October 2025Subcontractual obligationsUniversities for a stronger WalesSubscribers
• 15 October 2025Wednesday 15 October 2025Not til 2027Beyond the hypeSubscribers
• 14 October 2025Tuesday 14 October 2025Call my agentSubscribers
• 10 October 2025Friday 10 October 2025Getting in, on and outAll or somethingSubscribers
• 9 October 2025Thursday 9 October 2025TNE meeny miny moSubscribers
• 8 October 2025Wednesday 8 October 2025Conservatives call for capsSubscribers
• 7 October 2025Tuesday 7 October 2025PM: no protests todayMinistering to placesSubscribers
• 3 October 2025Friday 3 October 2025ATV NewsScotlandSubscribers
• 2 October 2025Thursday 2 October 2025A new visionSubscribers
• 1 October 2025Wednesday 1 October 2025The new gold standardSubscribers
• 30 September 2025Tuesday 30 September 2025Heavy levySubscribers
• 26 September 2025Friday 26 September 2025Sexual misconductSubscribers
• 25 September 2025Thursday 25 September 2025Good governanceNot another Wonkhe briefingSubscribers
• 24 September 2025Wednesday 24 September 2025Happy KEF day to youSubscribers
• 23 September 2025Tuesday 23 September 2025Visa system: not greatSubscribers
• 19 September 2025Friday 19 September 2025Satisfied yet swindledSubscribers
• 18 September 2025Thursday 18 September 2025The incredible machine returnsPostgrad loans in Northern IrelandSubscribers
• 17 September 2025Wednesday 17 September 2025Skills splitCandourSubscribers
• 16 September 2025Tuesday 16 September 2025DeteriorationSubscribers
• 12 September 2025Friday 12 September 2025Low tariff don’t like itSubscribers
• 11 September 2025Thursday 11 September 2025Digesting the merger newsSubscribers
• 10 September 2025Wednesday 10 September 2025Something hugeSubscribers
• 9 September 2025Tuesday 9 September 2025Ballot’s backDigital snapshotSubscribers
• 5 September 2025Friday 5 September 2025Quarter pauseJoin the club · Also at Universities UKSubscribers
• 4 September 2025Thursday 4 September 2025TEF enough?Subscribers
• 3 September 2025Wednesday 3 September 2025International student crackdownFree speech in EDI policiesSubscribers
• 2 September 2025Tuesday 2 September 2025Share and share alikeSubscribers
• 25 July 2025Friday 25 July 2025EstatecraftOff to the resortSubscribers
• 24 July 2025Thursday 24 July 2025Cold climateHot HEATSubscribers
• 23 July 2025Wednesday 23 July 2025Why franchise?How to Research EnglandSubscribers
• 22 July 2025Tuesday 22 July 2025Medr consultation responseResearch integritySubscribers
• 18 July 2025Friday 18 July 2025Gradual outcomesDiversity dataSubscribers
• 17 July 2025Thursday 17 July 2025UCAS June deadlineSubscribers
• 16 July 2025Wednesday 16 July 2025Protecting students through provider closureSubscribers
• 15 July 2025Tuesday 15 July 2025AI didn’t write this headlineSubscribers
• 11 July 2025Friday 11 July 2025Regime changeHot iron summerSubscribers
• 10 July 2025Thursday 10 July 2025Optional modulesSatisfied now?Subscribers
• 9 July 2025Wednesday 9 July 2025Mergers aheadSubscribers
• 8 July 2025Tuesday 8 July 2025The why of applyGlobal partnershipsSubscribers
• 4 July 2025Friday 4 July 2025Labour’s NHS planAnd they’re offSubscribers
• 3 July 2025Thursday 3 July 2025Charity casesSubscribers
• 2 July 2025Wednesday 2 July 2025“Selling education, not immigration”Subscribers
• 1 July 2025Tuesday 1 July 2025Hot meta summerSubscribers
• 27 June 2025Friday 27 June 2025Freeze peachLEO in industrySubscribers
• 26 June 2025Thursday 26 June 2025The cashpoint campus comebackSubscribers
• 25 June 2025Wednesday 25 June 2025Dundee deal doneSector “overdependence” on international feesSubscribers
• 24 June 2025Tuesday 24 June 2025Strategic thinkingInternational student benefitsSubscribers
• 20 June 2025Friday 20 June 2025Dun and dustedBlair necessitiesSubscribers
• 19 June 2025Thursday 19 June 2025OfS freedom of speech guidanceSubscribers
• 18 June 2025Wednesday 18 June 2025Scant consolidationSubscribers
• 17 June 2025Tuesday 17 June 2025Not so rosySubscribers
• 13 June 2025Friday 13 June 2025Breaking pointConscious decouplingSubscribers
• 12 June 2025Thursday 12 June 2025Spending review unveiledSubscribers
• 11 June 2025Wednesday 11 June 2025TRAC changesSubscribers
• 10 June 2025Tuesday 10 June 2025Socioeconomic disadvantageIn SHAPESubscribers
• 6 June 2025Friday 6 June 2025Spinning aroundSubscribers
• 5 June 2025Thursday 5 June 2025Connecting for policy impactSubscribers
• 4 June 2025Wednesday 4 June 2025Care leaver support at Russell GroupResearch England EDI action planSubscribers
• 3 June 2025Tuesday 3 June 2025Appetite for transformationThe Skills England in-traySubscribers
• 23 May 2025Friday 23 May 2025Leeds Trinity settles with OfS over partnershipsHigher technicalSubscribers
• 22 May 2025Thursday 22 May 2025Not a good betSubscribers
• 21 May 2025Wednesday 21 May 20252025–26 pay offerNational review of student suicidesSubscribers
• 20 May 2025Tuesday 20 May 2025Strategic Priorities Grant shrinkageGet Erasmus doneSubscribers
• 16 May 2025Friday 16 May 2025Know Rules!I broke the code, woah-oh-ohSubscribers
• 15 May 2025Thursday 15 May 2025Postcode lotteryNursing educationSubscribers
• 14 May 2025Wednesday 14 May 2025The NAO reviews UKRIHolmes under the hammerSubscribers
• 13 May 2025Tuesday 13 May 2025Levy artillerySubscribers
• 9 May 2025Friday 9 May 2025I’m afraid there is no moneySubscribers
• 8 May 2025Thursday 8 May 2025International students and parliamentary constituenciesThe write stuffSubscribers
• 7 May 2025Wednesday 7 May 2025Damaged fabricSubscribers
• 6 May 2025Tuesday 6 May 2025Pay packagesThe Trump effectSubscribers
• 2 May 2025Friday 2 May 2025Material threatValue for moneySubscribers
• 1 May 2025Thursday 1 May 2025Skills England passes parliamentary milestoneSubscribers
• 30 April 2025Wednesday 30 April 2025Plan B at DundeeSubscribers
• 29 April 2025Tuesday 29 April 2025Thanks a billionStudent complaints, reviewedSubscribers
• 25 April 2025Friday 25 April 2025Competence standardsDfE’s interestsSubscribers
• 24 April 2025Thursday 24 April 2025Access and the opportunity missionSubscribers
• 23 April 2025Wednesday 23 April 2025Government action on Oxford Business CollegeSubscribers
• 11 April 2025Friday 11 April 2025Statement of expectationsSubscribers
• 10 April 2025Thursday 10 April 2025Sussex v the Office for StudentsSubscribers
• 9 April 2025Wednesday 9 April 2025University finances in parliamentSubscribers
• 8 April 2025Tuesday 8 April 2025Franchising consultation responsesUnfair commercial practicesSubscribers
• 4 April 2025Friday 4 April 2025The 84 per cent clubScotland funding allocationsSubscribers
• 3 April 2025Thursday 3 April 2025WP in a cold climateABA closureSubscribers
• 2 April 2025Wednesday 2 April 2025FIRS past the postToo many to mentionSubscribers
• 1 April 2025Tuesday 1 April 2025International students and asylum claimsApprenticeships and axesSubscribers
• 28 March 2025Friday 28 March 202515 years of hurt never stopped me learningSubscribers
• 27 March 2025Thursday 27 March 2025Spring has sprungWhere next for academic credit?Subscribers
• 26 March 2025Wednesday 26 March 2025Sussex fined almost £600k following free speech investigationIt’s the climbSubscribers
• 25 March 2025Tuesday 25 March 2025TechnicalitiesWho pays?Subscribers
• 21 March 2025Friday 21 March 2025Superfresco makes it easyThe financial sustainability of researchSubscribers
• 20 March 2025Thursday 20 March 2025Start up the UKBoys and young menSubscribers
• 19 March 2025Wednesday 19 March 2025It’s compulsorySubscribers
• 18 March 2025Tuesday 18 March 2025New roles pleaseTertiary pathfindingSubscribers
• 14 March 2025Friday 14 March 2025But I get up againBack once again for the renegade masterSubscribers
• 13 March 2025Thursday 13 March 2025Medr-ately ambitiousSubscribers
• 12 March 2025Wednesday 12 March 2025Restructuring at DundeeSubscribers
• 11 March 2025Tuesday 11 March 2025Research funding, mappedGraduates and the industrial strategySubscribers
• 7 March 2025Friday 7 March 2025RPI + 3.5%Mind the gapSubscribers
• 6 March 2025Thursday 6 March 2025Care experience and higher education entryDey at committeeSubscribers
• 5 March 2025Wednesday 5 March 2025Peck at committeeSubscribers
• 4 March 2025Tuesday 4 March 2025Higher education reform plans in WalesStop the cuts campaignSubscribers
• 28 February 2025Friday 28 February 2025Retrospect-TEFPecking orderSubscribers
• 27 February 2025Thursday 27 February 2025An APP a day or you’ll keep doctors awaySubscribers
• 26 February 2025Wednesday 26 February 2025Dundee is “too big to fail”Students split on AISubscribers
• 25 February 2025Tuesday 25 February 2025The nuclear optionHere we go again?Subscribers
• 21 February 2025Friday 21 February 2025Trump cardBreaking the linkSubscribers
• 20 February 2025Thursday 20 February 2025Return of the mapStudent mental healthSubscribers
• 19 February 2025Wednesday 19 February 2025That’s capitalSubscribers
• 18 February 2025Tuesday 18 February 2025By the people, for the peopleSubscribers
• 14 February 2025Friday 14 February 2025It’s all gone a bit metaThe i’s have itSubscribers
• 13 February 2025Thursday 13 February 2025Good news, bad newsSexual misconduct complaintsSubscribers
• 12 February 2025Wednesday 12 February 2025Monitoring in ManchesterSubscribers
• 11 February 2025Tuesday 11 February 2025Spending review asksKnowledge exchange evaluationsSubscribers
• 7 February 2025Friday 7 February 2025Violet due regardDeal or no dealSubscribers
• 6 February 2025Thursday 6 February 2025New OfS conditions of registrationHigher education in WalesSubscribers
• 5 February 2025Wednesday 5 February 2025Pension alternativesSubscribers
• 4 February 2025Tuesday 4 February 2025Visa feesParticipation rates in WalesSubscribers
• 31 January 2025Friday 31 January 2025Three hundredUKRI stipend and termsSubscribers
• 30 January 2025Thursday 30 January 2025UCAS end of cycle“Like talking to the Russians”Subscribers
• 29 January 2025Wednesday 29 January 2025The future of data futuresStaff starters and leaversSubscribers
• 28 January 2025Tuesday 28 January 2025Degree apprenticeships researchSubscribers
• 24 January 2025Friday 24 January 2025Estranged students and care leaversSubscribers
• 23 January 2025Thursday 23 January 2025SAAS survivesWho gets internships?Subscribers
• 22 January 2025Wednesday 22 January 2025That’s about the SEISA itPolitical machinationsSubscribers
• 21 January 2025Tuesday 21 January 2025Assessing the impactsEmployment rightsSubscribers
• 17 January 2025Friday 17 January 2025The signal and the noiseSubscribers
• 16 January 2025Thursday 16 January 2025Lightening the loadSubscribers
• 15 January 2025Wednesday 15 January 2025Freedom of speech act to returnThey’re all the sameSubscribers
• 14 January 2025Tuesday 14 January 2025Regional access gapsAI opportunitiesSubscribers
• 10 January 2025Friday 10 January 2025International numbersSubscribers
• 9 January 2025Thursday 9 January 2025You’ve had your fundMore powers for the SFC?Subscribers
• 8 January 2025Wednesday 8 January 2025Theatre school abandons undergraduate degree recruitmentIFS calls for transparencySubscribers
• 7 January 2025Tuesday 7 January 2025The drawbacks of clawbacksSubscribers