Tertiary attainment at record high but growth slowing, finds OECD UK’s high attainment and completion rates tempered by rising costs and inequalities, according to latest Education at a Glance report Tash Mosheim 9月 9日
Explain how REF money is spent, universities told Research England hopes transparency pilot could lead to more accountability but critics fear bureaucracy and government control Jack Grove 9月 9日
Universities left as ‘piggy in the middle’ after skills reshuffle Lack of clarity over how brief held by Jacqui Smith will be carved up risks delaying crucial policy interventions, critics fear Tom Williams 9月 9日
UCU to hold nationwide strike ballot after ‘insulting’ pay offer Union threatens ‘coordinated’ strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’ at UK universities Juliette Rowsell 9月 8日
‘Dynamic pricing’: overseas students offered thousands off fees Some ‘scholarships’ advertised by UK universities contingent on grades or ‘ambassadorial duties’, with others applied automatically to all Patrick Jack 9月 8日
The REF’s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of ‘people, culture and environment’ could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan Alice Sullivan 9月 8日
Review retirement age rules for Teachers’ Pension Scheme – unions Falling life expectancy calls for a rethink of when university staff qualify for benefits, letter to Treasury says Juliette Rowsell 9月 6日
Universities ‘poisoning student minds’, says Farage Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham Patrick Jack 9月 5日
Kyle promoted to business secretary as skills ‘moved out of DfE’ Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet after Angela Rayner resignation, with big implications for higher education Tom Williams 9月 5日
UK universities failing on research culture could lose funding Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds Jack Grove 9月 5日
UCU threatens to dock staff pay in row over working from home Union’s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all Juliette Rowsell 9月 5日
Nick Gibb: education faculties ‘absent from schools revolution’ Longest-serving education minister explains why he ignored ‘abstract’ and ‘ideological’ academic research in fight to improve school performance Jack Grove 9月 5日
