This report contains information on UKRI’s historic annual spend on studentships and fellowships, alongside associated starts and stock at aggregate and council level. IntroductionThis publication provides information on UK Research and Innovation (UKRI’s) historic annual spend on studentships and...

Unchecked UK and UCL Policy Lab have produced a guide to how vulnerable the UK’s scientific and regulatory bodies are to political interference, based on the latter’s report last autumn. The new guide rates 44 bodies in domains including how senior leadership appointments are made and the degree to which priorities can be set independently of government. Both UKRI and the Office for Students are assessed as being at medium risk of political interference.

Cassandra Hugill argues that more needs to be done to support students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds to thrive during their postgraduate studies 

A measure to monitor learners starting pathways - courses and subjects - that are more likely to lead to priority occupations in priority growth sectors.

Government promises to deliver a “new deal for young people” with real opportunities to work and renewed social contract where hard work pays off

Government has made great strides in opening itself up to inputs from the UK’s world-leading university sector – but it can do still more.

This new report provides updated estimates on the spatial distribution of creative industries activity at the regional and cluster level.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has set out an ambitious five-year strategy to power breakthrough discoveries in future tech such as AI and quantum and support more than 20,000 researchers to drive growth across the UK.

Growth of new professional doctorate provision across the UK and Ireland has levelled off, with challenges around funding and perceived status compared to PhDs continuing to constrain their development, according to a new survey of UK and Irish higher education institutions. Co-authored by the UK Co

As universities rethink how students study, a major new report from HEPI and the UPP Foundation argues that on-campus residential university life remains an essential part of the student experience. On-campus residential university life remains one of the defining features of UK higher education and continues to play a vital role in helping students develop […]

Silence of the Loans: How Loan Book Fictions Prevent Higher Education Reform

• The Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes finds that severe absence, academic performance, sense of belonging, and relationships between families and schools are all markedly worse for white working class pupils.
• These gaps emerge early, widen through primary school, and accelerate during the transition to secondary, where engagement often collapses.
• Many white working class pupils and families do not believe that doing well in school reliably leads to opportunity, financial security and a good life.
• Working class families do not have fair access to high-quality early education and are demotivated by the absence of apprenticeships in their communities.

International students’ experiences of English language requirements