People always ask Guardian league table compiler Matt Hiely-Rayner how their university can do better in rankings. For him, the answer lies in institutional research

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Adam Runacres explains how listening to students can improve programmes where mentoring is designed to help them reach higher education

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to “that godless institution in Gower Street”

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Data on the graduating class that had to deal with Liz Truss's economy. David Kernohan wonders why things didn't look worse for them

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This week on the podcast all the major parties have their manifestos out for the General Election. What's in there for students or universities?

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The HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey paints a bleak picture of students increasingly unable to realise the benefits of higher education. Jim Dickinson does the splits

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The next government’s approach to widening access will be key to the future of higher education itself, says Graeme Atherton

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Adam Matthews looks beyond the iconography and politics of the Thatcher era to find a surprising degree of political consensus over higher education

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How can universities turn around the perception of students who come to the UK to study? Carsyn Wiley has ideas.

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Steve Briggs, Sally Everett, and Debbie Holley assess the evidence from Advance HE national teaching awards

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Degrees in media, screen, journalism, and communication studies often face public derision. Yet as Ruairí Cullen explains, these subjects show remarkable resilience and rising appeal, despite ongoing challenges

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As Labour looks to both talk tough and think strategically on defence, James Coe charts universities’ difficult relationship with international politics

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Pausing BTEC defunding is a cost-neutral decision for an incoming government. Mary Curnock Cook assesses the impact of current policy on HE participation

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The direction of travel for research security in the UK is an increasing focus on specific countries. Sapna Marwaha considers the competing government agendas and mixed messages to international staff

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Space may be the final frontier – but with a bit more coordinated investment, Bleddyn Bowen and Paul Angrave argue UK universities could be even further ahead

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Steven Jones has four asks for an incoming government from university academic staff

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How would you use a nominal £750m to stave off provider collapse for the next academic year? David Kernohan weighs up the options

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Katie Stripe identifies some of higher education's most common unfair and untrue beliefs - and calls for effort to dismantle them

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This week on the podcast we talk about potential HE policy after the election - could a tuition fee rise be on the cards in England if Labour wins?

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Increasing numbers of students are using self-employment as a component of supporting their living costs. Robert Phillips asks whether universities can help

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to the home of the Ducks

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A big majority for Labour at the coming general election could give the new government cover to raise fees as part of a package to help universities get to safety

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The amount of data available for analysis means that we can be surer that outreach programmes are performing. Paul Martin explains how

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The seventies saw galloping inflation, strikes, and the polarisation of politics. But Debbie McVitty also finds in General Election manifestos of the time the arrival of students as a political force to be reckoned with

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As the state reduces its support for students in real terms, Jim Dickinson considers the role of institutional student finance measures in addressing the cost of living

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Access and Participation Plans require universities to demonstrate a "whole provider" approach. Liz Thomas has been working out what that entails

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Governments seemed settled on a desire to regulate international agents, and the sector seems to agree. Louise Nicol wonders whether more and better data is what we really need

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Gail Marshall and Andrew McRae explain the campaign that's aimed at promoting English degrees for their creative, critical and vocational potential

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HE leaders are sceptical whether the Lifelong Learning Entitlement will survive the election. But, argues Dan Heard, the next government will still need a solution that addresses productivity with flexible provision

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Adobe Education’s Mark Andrews reflects on insight from educators on what supports their creativity

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