Focus on widening participation and shorter exchanges difficult to replicate in wider Erasmus programme, experts fear.

Many barriers still prevent adults from taking part in upskilling and reskilling, even when training opportunities exist.

Across the OECD and the EU, young people in cities face particular challenges in accessing quality jobs, affordable and adequate housing, essential services, and urban amenities.

University students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under proposals that could in effect bar thousands of young people from higher education.

At the end of part one, we introduced Tom and William and discussed how inequalities are magnified at the Firm stage. This piece now walks through what happens to them at Insurance and Clearing.

The direction of travel for the 2026 UCAS admissions consultation is towards a reconceived and expanded Clearing.

The University of Warwick and the University of Reading have both rebranded their language and foundation studies operations as Global Academies, reflecting a wider rethink of how universities support international students and where those functions sit within institutions.

Risk that universities will only be accessible to wealthier students owing to sky-high accommodation costs, report warns.

At the heart of Labour’s historic mission is to provide equality of opportunity: to break the link between someone’s background and their future success. 

2026 has been a busy year for the Office for Students.