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

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

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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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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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Katy Shaw explores how digital fluency unlocks the deeply human capability to tell stories, make connections and influence change

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After the election, there will be thinking to be done about the sustainability of the higher education sector. Debbie McVitty parses out the options

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There will be a General Election on Thursday 4 July. Debbie McVitty thinks through how the campaign might unfold

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A new book promises to lift the lid on the unvarnished realities of academic life. Debbie McVitty wonders if it really is as bad as all that

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Ukraine has demonstrated impressive digital resilience but UK experience, networks and frameworks can help take Ukraine’s digital education even further. Diana Rakus, Bo Kelestyn, and Jess Humphreys explain

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Richard Puttock rehearses the arguments against a public annual survey of postgraduate taught students - and finds them all to be spurious when weighed against the benefits

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The regulator for England’s higher education providers is expecting some extreme measures if all institutions are to avoid insolvency. Debbie McVitty has the lowdown

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Bo Kelestyn, Dmytro Chumachenko, and Anna Petrova set out how UK-Ukraine collaboration can strengthen Ukraine's innovation capability

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Adam Matthews tracks higher education expansion through the Westminster parties' manifestos of the swinging sixties

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The MAC review of the Graduate route finds no evidence of widespread abuse, and no impact on the integrity and quality of UK HE. The ball is back in the government's court, say David Kernohan and Michael Salmon

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UCAS has a new tool showing successful students' actual grades on entry to their courses. Debbie McVitty got a sneak preview

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Policymakers do appreciate the contribution of international students – they just care about other things as well. Jonathan Simons breaks down the politics and asks what the HE sector can do about it

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Simon Emmett shows how perceptions of graduate employment opportunities shape international student choices

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The traumas and challenges students bring with them to higher education need to inform how they are supported in transition, finds Jenny Shaw

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Debbie McVitty finds the seeds of an emerging consensus around the value of higher education expansion in party manifestos of the post-war years

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The government's own international education strategy calls for diversification of international student recruitment, but as Griff Ryan explains, policy has since stymied that plan

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Cranfield University vice chancellor explains how the Graduate Route enables a pipeline of highly skilled students to work with British industry

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Kicking off a new series on what we can learn from how General Election manifestos have engaged with higher education, Adam Matthews reflects on the changing political fortunes of universities in the past 80 years

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Tetiana Vakulenko and Ivan Yuriychuk explain how Ukraine is addressing quality and standards challenges in the school system – in hopes UK schools quality experts can help

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The Festival of Higher Education is back in November 2024, brought to you by Wonkhe and the University of London. Mark Leach and Alistair Jarvis ponder the strategic questions facing higher education

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