Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda
The quasi-merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich has raised questions about how many other higher education institutions might see an opportunity 鈥 or a necessity 鈥 to team up as financial pressures bite ever harder. Six experts share their views
鈥楧ebt trap鈥 has replaced 鈥楳ickey Mouse鈥 courses but Badenoch still kicking universities after being 鈥榖oxed in鈥 by Labour鈥檚 apprenticeship embrace and Reform attacks on elitism
New participation target represents 鈥榩aradigm shift鈥 in country鈥檚 approach to education, but government needs to incentivise FE and HE working together, says report