HE Influence
Monthly · for public affairs, policy and comms
Politics, policy and the way the sector is seen – for the people shaping how higher education makes its case.
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2026
- 15 October 2026Thursday 15 October 2026An afuera to rememberWorth a read · Higher education has fallen out of fashion · What are think tanks for anyway?Subscribers
- 1 October 2026Thursday 1 October 2026Ridiculously talented performersWorth a read · Starmerism: an autopsy · The purpose of growthSubscribers
- 23 September 2026Wednesday 23 September 2026Going into LabourSubscribers
- 9 September 2026Wednesday 9 September 2026Time to partyReforming higher educationSubscribers
- 23 July 2026Thursday 23 July 2026Shuffle up and danceSubscribers
- 14 July 2026Tuesday 14 July 2026Will the industrial strategy survive?Burnham ramp-upSubscribers
- 1 July 2026Wednesday 1 July 2026Scrutiny mutinyTransparency dropSubscribers
- 16 June 2026Tuesday 16 June 2026An HE bluffer’s guide to MakerfieldSubscribers
- 3 June 2026Wednesday 3 June 2026We call you appNEET scotch · The Mandelson files: HE editionSubscribers
- 21 May 2026Thursday 21 May 2026Obligatory Andy Burnham sectionLook at what you could have won · Next hot topicSubscribers
- 9 May 2026Saturday 9 May 2026Plaid insideSNP way out in first · Starmer-dramaSubscribers
- 28 April 2026Tuesday 28 April 2026NOC NOC who’s therePolling updateSubscribers
- 14 April 2026Tuesday 14 April 2026Green energySubscribers
- 25 March 2026Wednesday 25 March 2026NEET whiskySubscribers
- 11 March 2026Wednesday 11 March 2026Harder, better, faster, strongerSubscribers
- 25 February 2026Wednesday 25 February 2026Horse before cart specialHE and the new macroeconomics tsarSubscribers
- 11 February 2026Wednesday 11 February 2026HE in a soft left worldLocal re-orgSubscribers
- 28 January 2026Wednesday 28 January 2026This week’s scare storyInternational affairsSubscribers
- 13 January 2026Tuesday 13 January 2026The most influence-y job of allBackbench pressSubscribers