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A longer Graduate route relies most on the students it appeals to least
Mark Bennett runs the numbers on the new Graduate route and finds the universities best placed to offer two years are the ones whose students are least likely to stay on
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England’s civic universities cannot rely on voluntarism
England’s universities can choose to be civic, but nothing requires them to be. David Marlow sets out two ways to write place back into how they are governed
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International higher education is a strategic asset for the UK – universities need to realise that potential in their places
IDP UK chief executive Simon Emmett urges a closer focus on the distinctive strengths that help an institution articulate a “global talent, local impact” strategy
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Immigration is one of the most credible levers for economic growth we have – it’s time to embrace it
Higher education has spent a long time triangulating between economic reality and political mood on immigration. James Coe argues that it’s time to start tying international recruitment explicitly to economic growth
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Baking an education culture
Hannah Cobb and Anne Tallontire serve up some food for thought on how to create a supportive education culture
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Universities are rewriting contracts to enable cuts
A decade after the CMA’s warning, universities’ course change terms are getting wider – Jim Dickinson argues a model contract is now overdue
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Higher education postcard: Bull College, Cambridge
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a Cambridge college you almost certainly haven’t heard of
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Podcast: Budget 2026, AI procurement
This week on the podcast we examine what John Healey’s first Budget holds for higher education
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Different places need different civic universities
Higher education has become much better at taking place seriously. Rebecca Riley argues it is still surprisingly bad at taking seriously how different places need different solutions
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Disabled students are stuck playing reasonable-adjustment ping-pong on professional courses
When a professional body sets the rules and a university makes the adjustments, disabled students can end up owning the problem, argues Elizabeth Charnock
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Everything in the 2026 Budget for higher education and students
Team Wonkhe unpacks John Healey’s first budget as chancellor and what it means for the sector
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What creative institutions need from the Budget
Celebrating the creative industries while squeezing creative education doesn’t add up. Karen Stanton sets out three asks for creative institutions from the Budget
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Publication alone can’t guarantee wider learning from student deaths
Government says Prevention of Future Deaths reports should drive wider learning – Emma Roberts asks who makes that happen when a student dies
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If Manchesterism is going national, universities need to hold on to public engagement
Place-based growth needs the capacity to listen to places. Sophie Duncan makes the case for treating public engagement as essential infrastructure
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Universities cannot restructure their way out of a leadership-readiness crisis
Daniel Connell argues that when financial pressures force accelerated management appointments, the hidden costs are borne by institutional culture and staff wellbeing
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Students and young graduates were promised support to change our lives – but the government ripped up the rulebook
Students were told a degree was the right choice, but the loans they took out keep getting worse. Sharanya Sivarajah sets out what the Budget owes them
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A chance to get it right on meeting expectations on disability inclusion
As the Office for Students prepares its statement of expectations on disability, Mack Marshall introduces a new series asking what it will take to meet them
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OfS wants to intervene more strongly on quality. Can it intervene more intelligently?
Former TEF chair and deputy chair Chris Husbands and Janice Kay detect a shift away from quality enhancement and towards compliance in the latest OfS proposals on the quality regime for English higher education
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Who would dare to tell the truth about the TEF?
As OfS consults on a TEF that punishes rather than rewards, Jim Dickinson imagines a year as an SU officer at a struggling provider and finds honesty the worst policy
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What can the higher education sector learn from the music industry about AI?
Athina Dilmperi argues the sector may still be asking the wrong questions about AI