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Higher education policy

May 2022

  • Five adult students studying at table.

    Funding for lifelong learning shouldn’t lead to deeper debt

    Letter: Prof Jonathan Michie on the disastrous collapse in part-time education in Britain
  • students

    Universities oppose plan for student cap and loans in England

    Restricting access to loans limits on ‘low value’ courses would hit disadvantaged groups, say leaders

    • Degrees underfunded by £1,750 per student, Russell Group says

    • Student loan changes in England ‘could imperil supply of teachers and nurses’

    • Is it fair that we spend so much helping middle-class children into adulthood?

      Sonia Sodha

April 2022

  • Graduated throwing their mortarboards in the air

    IFS: England’s student loan change to hit poor and minority ethnic people harder

  • Students at a university graduation ceremony

    Student loan changes in England will cost middle earners £30k, analysis says

March 2022

  • Graduates wearing gowns and mortar boards at a graduation ceremony.

    Teach UK students about China to tackle knowledge ‘deficit’, say experts

    UK lacks sufficient understanding of China to make sensible decisions, finds higher education policy report
  • female scientist

    ‘Pervasive’ inequality derailing black UK chemists’ careers, report finds

    Royal Society of Chemistry says black and minority ethic chemists paid less and less likely to get research funding
  • Students at the University of Manchester attend their graduation ceremony, along with friends and family.

    The Guardian view on new reforms to student loans: putting on the squeeze

    Editorial: The government’s response to the Augar review is regressive and driven by a desire to diminish the mass appeal of going to university

February 2022

  • sixth formers outside

    Ministers’ loan plans could stop poorer students in England going to university

  • The number of applicants from disadvantaged areas has also continued to rise.

    Rise in university applications from UK 18-year-olds, figures show

January 2022

  • New regulations would require universities to meet thresholds on drop-out rates and post-course employment.

    OfS publishes plans to punish English universities for poor value for money

    Tens of thousands of students are enrolled at institutions that could fail to meet new minimum standards

November 2021

  • Michelle Donelan

    English universities risk breaking law over offer withdrawals, say ministers

  • Trinity College, Cambridge.

    England’s most prestigious universities failing to boost social mobility, IFS finds

October 2021

  • art student sitting on floor of studio looking at her painting

    Ministers could limit student numbers on lower-earning arts degrees in England

    Creative arts and other courses in England may be targeted to rein in loan debts, a plan critics deride as ‘anti-intellectual’
  • The report says demographic increase alone would see about 40,000 more students entering higher education each year until 2035.

    Early 2000s baby boom will soon flood universities, warns former Tory minister

    Expansion in education must be funded to avert young people getting stuck in low-paid work, says David Willetts
  • students taking exam

    Universities in England ‘failing to mark down students’ for poor writing skills

    Office for Students claims use of ‘inclusive assessment’ policies contributes to grade inflation

September 2021

  • Cabinet meeting at Downing street.

    ‘Impossible’ for Sunak to save on tuition fees without favouring well-off graduates

  • Gavin Williamson appears virtually at the Universities UK annual conference in Newcastle.

    Universities in England favour cancel culture over quality, says Williamson

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