Politics
New leaders, new approach: a watershed moment for NUS
Shakira Martin and Amatey Doku are the new faces of NUS for the higher education. Nona Buckley-Irvine explains what this means for the sector's engagement with NUS and students' unions.
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UPDATED: Agreement reached on HE Bill as it heads to final stages of debate
Some surprising concessions have been announced in new government amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill, to be debated by Parliament later this week.
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Ministers must stop spreading bogus news about bogus colleges
The government regularly claims that it has cracked down on hundreds of 'bogus colleges' offering student visas, but is that really the case? Mike Ratcliffe has looked into who really has been coming on and off the Tier 4 register.
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Go back to your campuses and prepare for disappointment
The Prime Minister already looks set to return to Downing Street with an increased majority and a domestic policy programme of her own. Where do universities fit in Mayism, and the 'May' general election?
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Why students should be included in net migration figures
With the debate over international students front and centre of the HE Bill's endgame in Parliament, Ant Bagshaw argues that the political debate over the issue has too often missed the nuance of the policy.
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For HE in Northern Ireland, the only certainty is uncertainty
Northern Ireland's welfare has been forgotten by its own politicians and now by the UK government. It's time for civic society, including universities, to step up, argues Fergal McFerran.
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General Election announcement casts uncertainty on future of HE Bill
The Prime Minister's Easter surprise has raised some questions about the future of the Higher Education and Research Bill and the TEF. We break down the implications in our snap reaction to a snap election.
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Are universities keeping in touch with the new political zeitgeist?
A new wing of the Conservative Party is running the government, and universities are rarely out of the news. Giles Carden and Jonathan Woodhead ask if universities need to change course to keep up.
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Anywhere to Somewhere: the achievement society and its discontents
A new book analysing the political divide between 'Somewheres' and 'Anywheres' puts universities at the heart of its argument. David Morris looks at higher education's role in the new politics of identity.
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Hear hear: what are MPs’ perceptions of universities?
A survey of parliamentarians' views of universities provides significant food for thought for sector lobbyists and representatives. Karmjit Kaur of UUK explains the results.
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