Medr hatched last year with a radical remit to oversee both further and higher education. But will its baptism of fire singe its wings or provide it with an opportunity to find its teeth and reshape...
When technology is deployed to augment individuals’ capacities, they retain the power to shape social and political outcomes, says Stephanie Marshall
Rapid pace of change makes keeping course content up to date a real challenge, according to technology expert
Cost of living concerns and difficulties finding graduate jobs drive students to join widespread protests
Concerns that UK’s £2 billion annual quality-related funding stream could be cut allayed by Research England’s budget increase
Reviving caps could ‘backfire’ if Treasury given more control over what courses universities run, says former universities minister
As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students
Recently published jobs data shows difficulties of securing Oxbridge role, plus characteristics of those most likely to be successful
OfS finding that university failed to uphold its free speech duties prompts others into reviewing policies that some believe were ‘copied and pasted’
Key parliamentary ally seeks explanation over apparent discrepancies in reporting of consultancy spend
Total of £8.8 billion given to UK’s main research funder a real-terms cut but likely to be viewed favourably amid Whitehall spending reductions
Trump’s attacks are not the only problem: falling enrolment and birth rates are forcing colleges to be more things to more people, says Kathleen deLaski
Latest figures reveal damage to student numbers from dependants ban, with one university seeing enrolments fall by almost 80 per cent
Universities let students down if they fail to prepare them for the future workplace, LSE conference hears