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Nick Hillman OBE, HEPI’s CEO, offers a personal take on Stefan Collini’s long scream about the direction of higher education policy, which is in the current edition of the London Review of Books.

The text of a speech delivered by HEPI’s Director of Policy and Strategy Rose Stephenson, to the Women’s Higher Education Network conference.

As demand for specialist skills rises sharply, the Russell Group says the UK could fall behind other leading research nations without collective action.

Increasingly, ‘voice’, though not an uncontested term, is understood as manifest through, for instance, gesture, gaze, body language, art, and other embodied forms (Murris, 2013; Murray, 2019), and even silence (Spyrou, 2016; Hanna, 2022).

£30 million has been earmarked for Liverpool City Region (LCR) to boost high-potential innovation clusters.

Since the last time SMF looked at child food insecurity, the economic landscape has shifted considerably.

University students are becoming increasingly perfectionistic, with growing fears about failure, mistakes and being judged by others, according to new research co-authored by Dr Thomas Curran, Associate Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychological and...

How pupils with special educational needs are more likely to see their schools close

Nine-year-old Blake is trying to climb over the locked gates of his former primary school, St Dominic's in Hackney, when we meet him. It closed last year due to falling pupil numbers. The playground is overgrown, and the modular buildings stand quiet and empty.

Skills England has today published its Annual Skills Report, marking its first anniversary with a comprehensive assessment of current and future skills needs.

Hundreds of Edinburgh University staff paid to leave in £140m cuts bid

Almost 500 people have taken voluntary severance at Edinburgh University since managers first announced cost-cutting plans in August 2024.

The cross-party Education Committee will hear how the government plans to stem the decline in children reading for pleasure, in the final session of its inquiry.

The Treasury Committee will question prominent voices within the education sector on student loans, including the author of the 2019 independent review of higher education, Sir Philip Augar.

Catholic MAT to grow by 50% as mergers gather pace

The trust will take on 10 new schools if plans are approved this month, amid a wider consolidation of Catholic academies.

‘Glitches’ in online system slow down SATs markers

Markers of year 6 SATs have been slowed down in their work because of persistent “glitches” in the online system they use.

Scots universities in stark warning to Home Office over 'serious weaknesses' in student visa scheme

Universities Scotland has warned institutions are being driven towards a ‘cliff edge’ by changes to student visa rules.

FE falls as bootcamps boom in priority skills pipeline

Mainstream further education courses linked to the government’s priority industrial strategy sectors have declined while higher education, apprenticeships and skills bootcamps all grew.

Why oblique approaches to school improvement work

What if the secret to raising outcomes in schools was not trying to raise outcomes. John Smith argues that what we need instead is an indirect and iterative approach to educating our children.

Council launches potty training guidance for children as young as six months

A local authority has launched new potty training guidance aimed at families with babies as young as six months old in a bid to reduce numbers of children starting school in nappies.

Families protest closure of charity-run Islington nursery

Families have gathered outside Islington Town Hall to protest against the planned closure of a nursery based in a children’s centre in the borough.

WhatsApp messages reveal Mandelson’s Oxford chancellor PR push

Former peer attempted to mobilise Labour alumni to vote him into prestigious position, saying online voting offered chance to beat Tories.

Missing the target? A response to Stefan Collini’s latest onslaught on the state of universities

Women in higher education: progress, power and the work still to do

Unlock opportunities for postgraduate study to transform the UK’s skills base

The stickiness of children’s voice and agency in research

First projects funded by Local Innovation Partnership Fund

Growing up hungry: Measuring UK child food insecurity in 2026

New research finds university students experiencing increasing levels of perfectionism

How pupils with special educational needs are more likely to see their schools close

Landmark report sets out action to address key skills gaps

Hundreds of Edinburgh University staff paid to leave in £140m cuts bid

Are ministers doing enough to promote reading for pleasure?

Student loans inquiry sessions kick off with experts and student advocate groups

Catholic MAT to grow by 50% as mergers gather pace

‘Glitches’ in online system slow down SATs markers

Scots universities in stark warning to Home Office over 'serious weaknesses' in student visa scheme

FE falls as bootcamps boom in priority skills pipeline

Why oblique approaches to school improvement work

Council launches potty training guidance for children as young as six months

Families protest closure of charity-run Islington nursery

WhatsApp messages reveal Mandelson’s Oxford chancellor PR push