Friday Review
Weekly · Friday lunchtimes
What you need to know about the week just gone – the developments that mattered, and the analysis that explains them.
Every review, as it landed in inboxes. See what the Friday Review includes.
2026
- 16 October 2026Friday 16 October 2026Fiery meetingGraduate hope · Limited optionsSubscribers
- 9 October 2026Friday 9 October 2026Budget readyNo red linesSubscribers
- 2 October 2026Friday 2 October 2026Secret serviceScottish finances · Hugely complexSubscribers
- 25 September 2026Friday 25 September 2026Accommodation expectationsMind the gapsSubscribers
- 18 September 2026Friday 18 September 2026It’s gonna costFree speech · The Prendergast reviewSubscribers
- 11 September 2026Friday 11 September 2026Jobs, glorious jobsFalling againSubscribers
- 4 September 2026Friday 4 September 2026Burnham’s backFree speech mistakes · New minister, new programmeSubscribers
- 28 August 2026Friday 28 August 2026Future frameworkElsewhere in Scotland · New ownersSubscribers
- 21 August 2026Friday 21 August 2026TRAC: costs still exceed incomeAssessment and AI cheatingSubscribers
- 14 August 2026Friday 14 August 2026Results daySubscribers
- 7 August 2026Friday 7 August 2026Higher education review in WalesScotland entrants · Free speech rulesSubscribers
- 31 July 2026Friday 31 July 2026MBacc, ba duba dopFunding: not what it was · Jodrell blankSubscribers
- 24 July 2026Friday 24 July 2026Burnham’s cabinet reshuffleLucy Powell to Education · Patrick Vallance steps down · Research moves departmentSubscribers
- 17 July 2026Friday 17 July 2026UKRI’s busy weekLevy: moving forward · UCAS dataSubscribers
- 10 July 2026Friday 10 July 2026A loan in the darkCrisis, what crisis? · NSS resultsSubscribers
- 3 July 2026Friday 3 July 2026Post-92 pensionsUniversities working together · PhD studentshipsSubscribers
- 26 June 2026Friday 26 June 2026The heat is onSubscribers
- 19 June 2026Friday 19 June 2026Governance codeTuring test · Securing the futureSubscribers
- 12 June 2026Friday 12 June 2026The Bronze age revisitedUniversity: not terrible?Subscribers
- 5 June 2026Friday 5 June 2026Tightening the screwPublic attitudesSubscribers
- 29 May 2026Friday 29 May 2026I’ll be there for youNEET work · Where the cuts fallSubscribers
- 22 May 2026Friday 22 May 2026The LLE beckonsInternational slump · Pensions possibilitiesSubscribers
- 15 May 2026Friday 15 May 2026Getting away with mergerAny plan for insolvency? · New ministers in Wales · Going modularSubscribers
- 8 May 2026Friday 8 May 2026Tackling antisemitismSexual misconduct dataSubscribers
- 1 May 2026Friday 1 May 2026Sussex decisionTransformation updateSubscribers
- 24 April 2026Friday 24 April 2026Weekend reprieveFree speech timetableSubscribers
- 17 April 2026Friday 17 April 2026International woesThe manifestos are out · Easter news round-upSubscribers
- 27 March 2026Friday 27 March 2026Pension argumentWales’ financial outlook · DSA changes ahead? · Scotland pre-dissolution activitySubscribers
- 20 March 2026Friday 20 March 2026Antisemitism in higher educationMeningitis outbreak · Not so glad RAGsSubscribers
- 13 March 2026Friday 13 March 2026Student loans inquiryFranchising condition of registration · Student visas · Community cohesionSubscribers
- 6 March 2026Friday 6 March 2026Student visa banBucket schematic · Welsh manifestos · Physics fundingSubscribers
- 27 February 2026Friday 27 February 2026Loan pressureExpectations on disability · International student numbers · Student mental healthSubscribers
- 20 February 2026Friday 20 February 2026Postgraduate research experienceOpen letter #2 · Overseas loan repayments · Steering the frameworkSubscribers
- 13 February 2026Friday 13 February 2026News from apprenticeships weekParliamentary inquiry on education and mental health · UCAS consults · Reform vs Bangor student debating societySubscribers
- 6 February 2026Friday 6 February 2026Clear red waterBeing defensive · Hickson review · Merger moves forwardSubscribers
- 30 January 2026Friday 30 January 2026Good news?On the other hand · Attitudes vs systems · The impact of cutsSubscribers
- 23 January 2026Friday 23 January 2026The future of HE in WalesCashback · Scotland gets its tertiary billSubscribers
- 16 January 2026Friday 16 January 2026“Unexplained” degree scoresScotland budget and legislation · Package dealSubscribers
- 9 January 2026Friday 9 January 2026Scotland’s future systemTrinity Hall admissions · UAE restrictions · Planning for ErasmusSubscribers