Philip Augar, Listen Up!: How FE colleges deliver dynamism and entrepreneurship in degrees
This guest blog marking Colleges Week has been kindly provided by Dr Paul Phillips, CBE, Principal & Chief Executive of the Weston College Group.
The Post-18 Review has the potential to create real opportunities for further education (FE) or alternatively […]
If we value autonomy, we should be wary of inadvertently encouraging more state intervention
I dropped by the Barbican at the weekend, for the Battle of Ideas. It was my third visit to the annual festival to take part in a stimulating event about higher education. This time, […]
Aligning Post-18 Entitlements and Apprenticeship Funding
This guest blog has been kindly contributed by Mark Corney, who is a post-16 education and labour market consultant.
Recommendations by the Independent Panel on Post-18 Education and Funding are awaiting advice from the Office […]
How London Met was turned around
Outgoing Vice-Chancellor says improving the prospects of thousands of students from deprived backgrounds is one of his proudest achievements
Professor John Raftery said: ‘The turnaround since 2014 at London Metropolitan University is an example of […]
Targeted Tuition Fees: Is means-testing the answer?
The UK’s Higher Education Policy Institute and Canada’s Higher Education Strategy Associates are jointly publishing a new research paper on charging people from poorer backgrounds less for higher education. Targeted Tuition Fees: Is means-testing […]
David versus Goliath: The past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) is publishing a report on the past, present and future of students’ unions in the UK. Released just before the new academic year begins, the report traces the […]