Saturday 17 October 2026

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.

2024

  • 13 December 2024Student transferFinancial hardship in Scotland · Free speech · London livingSubscribers
  • 6 December 2024Fees up, maintenance less soCare experience · Scottish budget · REF appointmentsSubscribers
  • 29 November 2024Postgrad satisfactionMental health charter · The digital estate · You’ve been framedSubscribers
  • 22 November 2024Skills EnglandScotland awaits funding news · Graduate outcomes · Student financial supportSubscribers
  • 15 November 2024Radical thinkingPensions, again · Postgrad loans · Research fundingSubscribers
  • 1 November 2024World of regulationHistory cuts · Home Office judgement overturnedSubscribers
  • 25 October 2024Widening participationStaff and tech · Who are degree apprenticeships for? · Doctoral supervisionSubscribers
  • 18 October 2024Budget worries for research fundingGraduate job squeeze · Impact of Wales’ universities · Widening access in ScotlandSubscribers
  • 11 October 2024International numbersStudent suicide · Students, consumers · Antisemitism educationSubscribers
  • 4 October 2024HE and growthTertiary numbers in Scotland · Degree apprenticeships · Global mobilitySubscribers
  • 27 September 2024Mental health charterWho gets what research funding · Another plan · Spinning onwardSubscribers
  • 20 September 2024Market exitDisabled students · Student homelessness · Pay and conditions updateSubscribers
  • 13 September 2024International updateFree speech manoeuvres · Sick students? · Access in ScotlandSubscribers
  • 6 September 2024Bang for Treasury buckEnglish language assessments · The digital divide · Measuring performanceSubscribers
  • 19 July 2024Applicant numbers…… and applicant outlook · Antisemitism on campus · Postgrad childcareSubscribers
  • 12 July 2024New government brings changeAdvice from the EHRC · Pay negotiations latest · Student group claimSubscribers
  • 5 July 2024New government newsNursing students · Non-academic staff pensions · Tariffs for apprenticesSubscribers
  • 28 June 2024Student maintenance and the next governmentToo much of a good thing? · Student loan forecasts · Going off TRACSubscribers
  • 21 June 2024Labour’s inheritanceNon-visible disabilities · Pause open access plans · Polling round-upSubscribers
  • 14 June 2024Scotland funding and placesPolicy salience · Studying media · Cost of livingSubscribers
  • 7 June 2024Prevent and external speakersNursing education · Regulation in Scotland · Manifesto round-upSubscribers
  • 24 May 2024Election newsMAC response · International numbers · Quality assessmentSubscribers
  • 17 May 2024Lawn and orderAI perceptions · Complaints rise · Climate of fearSubscribers
  • 10 May 2024Graduate route valueTechnology and academic freedom · Harassment and antisemitism · Student minimum incomeSubscribers
  • 3 May 2024International studentsThe future is August · Campus encampments · Blended learningSubscribers
  • 26 April 2024Harassment and sexual misconductResearch security · Disabled Students’ Allowance · Sustainability in researchSubscribers
  • 19 April 2024Funding in ScotlandChina and research security · LLE starts pushed back to 2026 · Sick daysSubscribers
  • 12 April 2024Fees and fundingA sustainable international student policy · Unequal work experience · CybersecuritySubscribers
  • 22 March 2024Post-92 pensionsREF developments · Poorest students, highest debts · Strike inquirySubscribers
  • 15 March 2024Mental health interventionsGlobal mobility · More pushback on free speech complaints scheme · Storing assessed workSubscribers
  • 8 March 2024Free speech consultationBudget positioning · Foundation years · Research in ScotlandSubscribers
  • 1 March 2024Franchising under fireCost of living · Mental health services · Struggling to connectSubscribers
  • 23 February 2024Student group claimFranchising · Russell review · Scotland student financeSubscribers
  • 16 February 2024Antisemitism on campusBig data · Business case study · Healthcare careersSubscribers
  • 9 February 2024MAB falloutInternational education strategy in Scotland · Rising damp · The China question, againSubscribers
  • 2 February 2024Into the care sectorHarassment: alarming · Coroner’s report · Who’s using AI?Subscribers
  • 26 January 2024Can complainREF culture update · Shape, the way you want it to be · Estranged and care experienced studentsSubscribers
  • 19 January 2024Scotland cutsEquality of opportunity · Social science strategy · Regional R&DSubscribers
  • 12 January 2024Losing money on student loansFinance predictions · Short courses and the LLE · Skills reform in ScotlandSubscribers