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Sam Freedman will chair IPPR’s advisory council for the State of a Generation programme, bringing political, local government, academic and sector leaders to shape research on young people’s lives after a digital childhood, the pandemic and reduced local services.
A commentator examines how the financial pressures in UK higher education mean institutional failure is no longer hypothetical, discussing staffing decisions and sector vulnerabilities revealed by the recent crisis.
Two longstanding institutions — pubs and independent prep schools — are shrinking: 161 pub closures in Q1 2026 (up 26% year‑on‑year) and prep schools squeezed by a 20% VAT on fees from January 2025 and lost charitable rates relief.
Authors from Liverpool Hope University argue that what central government measures determines what it funds, offering a smaller university perspective on the regional growth debate and implications for local higher education.
Sutton Trust analysis and comment on 2026 GCSE results, offering the charity’s interpretation of attainment patterns and implications for social mobility and schools following Results Day.
A Higher Education Policy Institute blog discusses developing technical skills teaching amid early educational reforms under Andy Burnham’s government, arguing for change in approaches to vocational and technical education.
HEPI highlights the hidden costs of falling international student numbers for UK higher education, signalling potential financial and institutional impacts and promoting related party conference events.
HEPI is hosting party‑conference events examining how a proposed social media ban could affect higher education, with sessions at Labour in Liverpool (28 Sept) and Conservative in Birmingham (5 Oct).
Social Market Foundation’s analysis of 2026 Level 3 results highlights growth in T Levels, noting this supports Andy Burnham’s push for technical education while emphasising the scale of challenges for university access and skills policy.
Professor Alan Smithers argues universities face a choice between responding to student demand for specialised A-level subjects and preserving a broad curriculum, outlining tensions for admissions and curriculum design as qualification patterns shift.
The Sutton Trust publishes analysis of 2026 Level 3 results, offering commentary on outcomes for A levels and equivalent qualifications and initial implications for access and progression to higher education.
Authors Deba Bardhan Correia and Chris Payne discuss how students’ perceptions of higher education value should shape debates about degree pricing amid changing labour market and institutional pressures.
Presents new data showing 100,000 persistently absent school leavers risk joining a projected one million young people not in education, employment or training, with an estimated £24 billion lifetime cost, and urges ministers to act.
Surveying US debate over displaying the Ten Commandments in schools, the briefing reviews public attitudes and political arguments about religion in public education and the implications for church–state boundaries and policy discourse.
The Sutton Trust sets out three key questions to watch on Level 3 Results Day 2026, guiding readers on indicators and outcomes to assess performance and implications for education access and progression routes.
John Jerrim directs a social science research centre and researches the economics of education, higher education access, intergenerational mobility, cross‑national comparisons and educational inequalities.
Provides an authority‑by‑authority guide to qualifying benefits and eligibility criteria for free school meals and school clothing grants, enabling parents and advisers to check entitlements across local councils.
Sarah Yong has 15 years’ experience across employment, skills, education and youth policy, previously working at the Youth Futures Foundation, Careers & Enterprise Company and the CIPD.
Dr John Milliken argues universities are not short of opportunities to serve students, employers and regions but routinely fail to capture them because of problems in the ‘flow’ between institutional capacity, employer engagement and student progression.
HEPI director Nick Hillman reflects on mentions of higher education in three recent biographies — of Kemi Badenoch, Katrina O’Sullivan and Nicola Sturgeon — drawing informal insights about universities and policy from his holiday reading.
The Centre for Social Justice urges Andy Burnham to tackle a claimed £125 billion‑a‑year NEET crisis by overhauling vocational and technical education, arguing the current ‘university or bust’ system fails many young people and ruins lives.
Public support for banning mobile phones in schools is reported to be growing, reflecting shifting attitudes among parents and the public about classroom device use and potential restrictions on students’ social media access.
US polling finds three‑quarters of adults support banning phones in class, and for the first time a majority now support all‑day cellphone bans for middle and high school students, signalling rising public backing for stricter school rules.
Finds four-in-ten Americans say it is extremely or very important for children in the US to learn a language other than English, reporting public attitudes to language learning in US schools.
Survey findings on all-day school cellphone bans outline public attitudes toward prohibiting mobile phone use throughout the school day, indicating where parents, teachers or the public stand on in-school device restrictions and related disciplinary policies.
Covers Wendy Chamberlain MP’s visit to the Sutton Trust Summer School at the University of St Andrews, reflecting on the event and its activities for participating students.
Avnee Mojaria, director at IPPR, has been appointed to the Sutton Trust’s Board of Trustees, joining the charity that focuses on social mobility and educational disadvantage.