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New HEPI and Advance HE report ‘The Student Academic Experience Survey 2026’
Against a backdrop of financial pressures and growing concerns about student wellbeing, the latest evidence suggests students remain remarkably positive about their university experience.
Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education
Statistics anxiety encompasses a range of emotional, behavioural and cognitive symptoms when engaging with statistics (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003), but mainly can be conceptualised as intense negative feelings towards statistics.
King’s College London student launches legal bid after first-class degree downgraded to 2:1
A King’s College London student is pursuing legal action against her university after her first-class degree was downgraded to a 2:1, a dispute that she claims exposed "unjust" procedures and administrative failures.
Growing apart: the evolution of the disadvantage gap
Many of the biggest challenges facing the education system – including absence, disengagement and SEND – are complex, interrelated and are shaped by socioeconomic circumstance.
Student perceptions of their academic experience reach a decade-high despite the pressures facing higher education
The 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey, published by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), finds more students reporting good value for money and feeling positive about their choice of university than at any point in over a decade, even as financial...
Graduates offered £20,000 to train as teachers in Wales
Golden hellos of £20,000 are being offered to graduates to train as teachers in subjects where there are shortages.
Students who went to private school fear being cancelled for views
University students who went to private schools are more fearful of being “cancelled” for their views than those from state schools, a report has found.
New tools will help employers maximise AI productivity gains
While around 44% of workplaces now use AI every day, a new report has found adoption remains uneven and often limited in impact.
Record numbers of children with mental health support in schools
Nearly six million children and young people can now access mental health support in their school or college – giving them the tools and resilience they need to stay in education and thrive as adults.
DfE Update 10 June 2026
Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
OfS announces revised Teaching Excellence Framework to drive up education quality for students and reward excellence
Following a consultation, the Office for Students is introducing a new quality assessment system to provide students with a clear view of the quality of teaching and learning delivered by every registered university and college.
OfS research finds over eight in ten students are satisfied with their accommodation
Independent research published by the OfS finds that undergraduate students in their first year of university or college are largely positive about their accommodation. It suggests that accommodation costs were a significant factor in deciding where to study for most students,...
Priority subject teacher incentive to rise by £5,000 to £20,000
The Initial Teacher Education (ITE) incentive in priority subjects will rise by £5,000, to £20,000 from September 2026, as part of the new Welsh Government's 100-day plan.
Work begins to reshape skills training in Wales
The Welsh Government has announced a package of work to reform vocational skills training in Wales.
Sats marking scheme ‘trying to catch children out’, heads warn
School leaders’ union calls on the Standards and Testing Agency to abandon its ‘rigid’ approach to marking and reward children for demonstrating understanding.
School paperwork surges due to ‘horrendous’ Ofsted workload
Around half of secondary schools have already produced extra documents to prepare for the new inspections.
AQA apologises after GCSE maths paper had wrong insert
Students sitting maths exam today only discovered the problem once papers had been opened – now AQA promises to contact schools before results day to ‘explain what we’ve done to make sure no learners are disadvantaged’.
Adult skills funding 2026-27: rule changes you need to know
Construction safety card costs, free maths and English courses for apprentices, visa documentation requirements and frozen funding rates have all been confirmed in new adult skills fund rules published today.
Post-16 students trail schools in mental health teams rollout
Fewer than half of post-16 students are covered by the government’s mental health support teams, despite ministers today claiming they are on track to roll out the service to every school and college by 2029.