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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.

This presentation by London Economics to MillionPlus summarises the significant divergence in higher education funding policies across the UK’s four Home Nations.

Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive, AoC, has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours today.

Advance HE is delighted to celebrate the recognition of its founding Chief Executive, Alison Johns, who has been appointed OBE in The King's Birthday Honours for services to higher education.

As environmental challenges intensify, environmental education (EE) has become increasingly important for promoting sustainable practices and supporting adaptation to environmental change.

A key headline from last week’s Department for Education (DfE) school workforce statistics is the further progress the Government has made towards its 6,500 teacher target, with 4,654 more teachers above its 2023/24 baseline in the parts of the system DfE is targeting.

Cambridge OCR has called for a Natural History GCSE “that gives young people of all backgrounds access to the benefits of nature”, as the Department for Education launches a consultation on the content of the new qualification.

A joint Elevate Great and Henry Smith Foundation evidence review on Financing in Early Education and Care highlights that design of financing, rather than overall spend, shapes access, quality, and outcomes in the UK.

The latest findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey have quickly captured attention across the higher education sector.

Public First conducted an online anonymous poll of 500 UK organisational decision-makers between the 1st and 13th April 2026.

What if a curriculum was organised not around subjects, but around the full range of human activities and possibilities?

Drawing on new evidence, this blog examines the decline in young people’s optimism about work, success and social mobility, and argues for a new deal to rebuild trust in Britain’s social contract.

Nearly half (45 per cent) of the children surveyed in a new report from researchers at LSE and the University of Oslo said age-based restrictions on social media would not make them feel any safer online.

Nearly half (44 per cent) of the gap between the GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils and their peers already exists at age 11, according to new Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research, underscoring the critical role of early years and...

Sam Illingworth’s HEPI Policy Note 71, What UK University AI Policies Actually Do, makes a finding that should unsettle anyone responsible for institutional AI guidance.

Against a backdrop of financial pressures and growing concerns about student wellbeing, the latest evidence suggests students remain remarkably positive about their university experience.

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.

Many of the biggest challenges facing the education system – including absence, disengagement and SEND – are complex, interrelated and are shaped by socioeconomic circumstance.

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...

How the UCAS process magnifies inequality: part two

How the UCAS process magnifies inequality: part one

What’s going on in the world of higher education fees and funding?

AoC Deputy Chief Executive and FE Leaders named in King's Birthday Honours

Advance HE's founding Chief Executive recognised in King's Birthday Honours

Making a case for environmental education research: A comparison of Chile and the UK

Headlines of more teachers masks a more mixed picture on teacher shortages underneath

“The natural world is for everyone”: Natural History GCSE consultation opens

Beyond Spend: Why the UK faces a structural Early Years challenge

A pre‑populist moment for higher education? Reading beyond the headlines of the British Social Attitudes Survey

New polling on universities

Being and becoming human: a decolonising and transcolonial curriculum

Britain’s broken social contract: Young people have lost faith in their future

Social media bans risk excluding children from important opportunities rather than tackling harms, new report finds

44% of the GCSE disadvantage gap is locked in by age 11, first-of-its-kind research shows

From compliance to critical AI literacy: what HEPI Policy Note ‘What UK University AI Policies Actually Do’ points towards

New HEPI and Advance HE report ‘The Student Academic Experience Survey 2026’

Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education

Growing apart: the evolution of the disadvantage gap

Student perceptions of their academic experience reach a decade-high despite the pressures facing higher education