Navigating higher education in a changing landscape
Higher education must defend its value while resourcing evaluation and access efforts amid financial pressures and widening inequalities.
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Higher education must defend its value while resourcing evaluation and access efforts amid financial pressures and widening inequalities.
Higher education providers are currently experiencing unprecedented degrees of pressure, not only in terms of the constraints imposed by the current financial climate but in the increased expectations placed upon them by students, policymakers and the public. At the same time, they’re having to address the challenges posed by new…
The OfS’s £585,000 fine on Sussex sets a damaging precedent, undermining university autonomy and protections for marginalised groups.
Universities under financial pressure can learn from FE mergers by prioritising cultural fit, clear governance, and strategic clarity.
There’s little evidence that increasing the number of male teachers will improve boys’ academic outcomes or attitudes.
Preparing students for higher education requires better careers advice, life skills teaching, and support for unassessed academic skills.
Practically-based university models enhance graduate employability by embedding industry collaboration, real-world skills and confidence-building into curricula.
There are times, as a scholar from another country, that events in your adopted home catch you off guard. The fears of those around you are so far removed from your own experience that you are baffled by them. Sometimes, this simply demands that you learn more about the society…
A growing crisis in boys' education demands urgent action, with half a million fewer males entering higher education over a decade.
Teachers and admissions staff often disagree on UCAS personal statements, highlighting the need for clearer, transparent university guidance.