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Higher education’s essential morning read – the day’s news, what it means, and the links worth your time, before your first meeting.
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- Everything going on in parliaments across the UK
- The latest developments in higher education policy
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Recent editions
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- 9 October 2026Friday 9 October 2026Pillar talkAutumn leaves · Academic integrity and AI, Conservative conferenceSubscribers
- 8 October 2026Thursday 8 October 2026Twenty years, twenty pointsAlso onlineSubscribers
- 7 October 2026Wednesday 7 October 2026A sensitive daySubscribers
- 6 October 2026Tuesday 6 October 2026Is another way possible?Loan planSubscribers
- 2 October 2026Friday 2 October 2026It’s grim up northHope (again), MI5Subscribers
- 1 October 2026Thursday 1 October 2026On His Majesty’s Secret ServiceCampbell in the soupSubscribers
- 30 September 2026Wednesday 30 September 2026Leaseholding out for a heroStop, collaborate and listen – HE Counsel is backSubscribers
- 29 September 2026Tuesday 29 September 2026How little?Subscribers
- 25 September 2026Friday 25 September 2026Mind the gapInternational recruitment, graduate social mobilitySubscribers
- 24 September 2026Thursday 24 September 2026Public want more focus on technical educationLet’s all get NPISHedSubscribers
- 23 September 2026Wednesday 23 September 2026It’s who you knowQuality streetSubscribers
- 22 September 2026Tuesday 22 September 2026Levy breathingSubscribers
- 18 September 2026Friday 18 September 2026It’s gonna costStabilise and return to growth · Loans, Free speechSubscribers
- 17 September 2026Thursday 17 September 2026Hitting the EsShape matchingSubscribers
- 16 September 2026Wednesday 16 September 2026Welsh review chair confirmedSubscribers
- 15 September 2026Tuesday 15 September 2026Two things can be true at the same timeGetting it rightSubscribers
- 11 September 2026Friday 11 September 2026At the Universities UK conferenceAugust is the cruellest month · Future jobs, uni closuresSubscribers
- 10 September 2026Thursday 10 September 2026Future jobsSubscribers
- 9 September 2026Wednesday 9 September 2026Science needs trustSubscribers
- 8 September 2026Tuesday 8 September 2026Living through closureSubscribers
- 4 September 2026Friday 4 September 2026Going, going, GUSNo alarms and no surprises · Burnham, SUs, Year aheadSubscribers
- 3 September 2026Thursday 3 September 2026Scotland’s new HE ministerDegree apprenticeship desertsSubscribers
- 2 September 2026Wednesday 2 September 2026The be-all and the end-allScotland gets behind university innovationSubscribers
- 23 July 2026Thursday 23 July 2026That’s too much, manDespite the brakeSubscribers
- 22 July 2026Wednesday 22 July 2026No country for young menSmith returns, no science minister yetSubscribers
- 21 July 2026Tuesday 21 July 2026Reshuffling the packSubscribers
- 17 July 2026Friday 17 July 2026Persistent applicationMalvern's law · The end of the year showSubscribers
- 16 July 2026Thursday 16 July 2026June deadlineSubscribers
- 15 July 2026Wednesday 15 July 2026The SHAPE of academic careersGood regulation costs moneySubscribers
- 14 July 2026Tuesday 14 July 2026You said, we still didThe need for speedSubscribers
- 10 July 2026Friday 10 July 2026Where does this degree take me?Rotten · Funding, student loans, NSSmassSubscribers
- 9 July 2026Thursday 9 July 2026NSS shows satisfied students – mostlyDoctorates beyond the PhDSubscribers
- 8 July 2026Wednesday 8 July 2026Erasmus perhaps not a plusSubscribers
- 7 July 2026Tuesday 7 July 2026You are not a loanGuidance neededSubscribers
- 3 July 2026Friday 3 July 2026Great exportationsPhD students, BurnhamSubscribers
- 2 July 2026Thursday 2 July 2026SCAPE to victoryAlliance in Edinburgh?Subscribers
- 1 July 2026Wednesday 1 July 2026Doctoral declineSubscribers
- 30 June 2026Tuesday 30 June 2026Pro devolution soccerSubscribers
- 26 June 2026Friday 26 June 2026His name is Leo and he studied the wrong courseBurnham, IFS on value of HESubscribers
- 25 June 2026Thursday 25 June 2026Graduate salary premium holds up for mostThe PGR experienceSubscribers