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Lucy Haire argues the on‑campus student experience is increasingly important for universities’ attractiveness and accommodation strategies, drawing on a roundtable held alongside Professor William Whyte’s report on the past and future of student housing.
The Government will provide £1 million a year for three years to support emerging British fashion designers, directing annual funding to nurture next‑generation talent in the fashion sector.
A protected post titled ‘A Citizens’ Curriculum’ is available on Learning and Work Institute’s site; no excerpt provided, suggesting restricted access to a proposal or resource on civic learning.
Authors argue widening access to higher education is insufficient and call for a focus on 'graduate success' to improve social mobility, emphasising support after graduation so entrants from diverse backgrounds convert access into meaningful outcomes.
Argues that UK debate on international students is overly economic and neglects social costs from insufficient intercultural engagement, urging universities and policymakers to account for impacts on teaching, student integration and institutional culture beyond tuition revenue.
Analysis shows apprenticeship starts have risen under the current government; a Commons claim compared a nine-month period with a full year (2023/24), creating a misleading impression of a fall.
Quarterly statistics on certificates issued for vocational and other qualifications in England for April–June 2026, excluding GCSEs, A levels, apprenticeships and certain technical qualifications.
A short House of Commons Library overview summarises policy and debates on mobile phone use in English schools, outlining current rules, enforcement approaches and arguments for and against restrictions.
At HEPI’s June 2026 Annual Conference, staff and guests were asked what single change they would make to higher education policy; the piece publishes a selection of respondents’ brief proposals and reflections on governance, funding and access.
Analysis of three different ministerial statements over three years outlining the government’s changing positions on a statutory duty of care that universities owe students, highlighting inconsistencies across successive education ministers.
Dean of Students Dr Michelle Morgan and Dr David Gilani describe incoming university students’ experiences of loneliness, linking their observations to recent work including the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and ONS studies on measuring loneliness.
Lord David Willetts reviews William Whyte’s book The University: A History in Stone, Silk and Blood, praising its architectural-historical approach and its extension of Whyte’s earlier work on the rise of the university sector.
Professor Liz Austen discusses the OfS consultation from late 2025 on a proposed future quality system for higher education in England and Wales, outlining the significant implications those proposals would have for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and Access and Participation Plans (APP).
A Westminster Hall debate on manufacturing skills will take place on 20 October, chosen by the Backbench Business Committee and to be opened by Richard Quigley MP, highlighting parliamentary scrutiny of skills policy.
Quarterly dataset showing numbers of certificates issued in England from 2012 onwards for vocational and other qualifications regulated by Ofqual, enabling analysis of uptake and trends by qualification type over time.
Data on Advanced Learner Loans paid in England for the 2025/26 academic year (August 2025 to July 2026), detailing loan payments to eligible further education learners for that academic year.
A HEPI guest review by Mary Curnock Cook assesses Paul LeBlanc’s Reclaiming Purpose, which discusses the role of universities amid growing use of AI and draws on LeBlanc’s experience leading large-scale online higher education.
Alan Lockey is a policy professional who previously led the RSA’s Future Work programme (2019–22), was director of research at Demos (2017–19), advised shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, and worked on Labour’s 2015 education manifesto.