If we want growth, we must build on what already works
Our country’s future will require higher-level skills – and different pathways to obtain them need not be in tension.
University World News - Global edition: week ending 07 June 2026
The global window on higher education.
Oxford professor forced to axe lectures after ‘intimidation’ from trans activists
An Oxford University law professor has been forced to axe lectures after facing "intimidation" from trans activists.
Weekly Round Up - 05/06/2026
A look back at the last week in education, a peek at what's coming up, plus lots of other bits and...
Education Eye - 05 June 2026
Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 05 June 2026
Welcome to Education Eye, a regular update detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education, compiled by Steve Besley.
What's happened this week?
Important stories across the board:
The top...
The problem with classroom consistency
How do we achieve classroom consistency (better teaching) without reducing teachers to compliance? Having faced this challenge myself as a school leader, I recognise that the problem is about perspective. Too often, schools chase consistency when what they really need is...
ECTs - Summer term five
Congratulations, ECTs! For those of you who are ECT1, you are nearly halfway through. ECT2s, this is the beginning of your goodbye to the ECF, and soon you can call yourself a fully-fledged teacher!
The graduate job market is grim right now – but the data says university is still worth it
Spend ten minutes talking to a soon-to-be graduate about their job search and you might come away convinced that a university degree has become a confidence trick.
Sir Richard Harpin and Goldman Sachs Gives launch enterprise education programme
Goldman Sachs Gives and serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Harpin have joined forces with The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC), the national body for careers education, to launch a new partnership to boost enterprise skills, widen opportunity for young people and build a...
Beyond volume: what HEPI’s report on demographic decline means for international student recruitment strategy
The recent Higher Education Policy Institute report number 201 by Bahram Bekhradnia on demographic decline and ‘predatory recruitment’ in English higher education deserves close attention well beyond the domestic undergraduate market.
87% of 2023/24 graduates in work or further study according to new official statistics
HESA’s Graduate Outcomes survey shows little change in the graduate labour market with a small fall in employment levels 15 months after leaving higher education.
Celebrating the people creating opportunity through higher education
The UPP Foundation was proud to sponsor the NEON Awards 2026, held in the historic Jubilee Room at the Palace of Westminster.
Rethinking professional identity and progression in prison education
Prison education in the UK is widely recognised as an essential yet chronically underresourced area of further education.
Young people struggling with ‘higgledy piggledy’ mental health services when they need help more than ever
A new in-depth report from the Nuffield Foundation offers a focussed perspective on journeys through mental health support available to young people, as they navigate the challenging transition from childhood to adulthood.
Why we must address education-business links to solve the NEET crisis
Reading Alan Milburn’s interim findings on young people who are not in education, employment or training, I felt a real sense of recognition.
15,000 sign petition demanding review into A-Level exam over claims it was harder than previous papers
England’s exams regulator, Ofqual, is "closely monitoring" the marking of an A-level maths paper after a petition demanding a review garnered over 15,000 signatures in less than 24 hours.
Advance HE launches major impact evaluation of the Race Equality Charter
Institute for Equity appointed by Advance HE to carry out an independent impact evaluation of the Race Equality Charter, which will run from June to December 2026.
Office for Students publishes new data on Prevent
New data from the Office for Students (OfS) finds that, while the number of individual potential radicalisation cases managed by institutions overall has declined slightly, formal referrals to Prevent have increased by nearly 50 per cent.
Government hits 70% of pledge, two years into this parliament
The government is on track to meet its pledge to recruit and retain an additional 6,500 teachers after surpassing two thirds of its manifesto target with three years to go.
Faster support for children to get school ready as Tech Sec vows to better connect public services
New project launched to explore how better data-sharing can help ensure kids are school ready, which will see local authorities and healthcare professionals gauging parents’ views and experiences of accessing early learning support.