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Sound reflections (as ever) from Sir Chris Husbands on how change and collaboration are necessary in confronting the future of HE, and it should be embraced, not feared. hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/01/wee…

"If government is not the solution, if the private sector is not the solution, if the status quo is not sustainable, the answer must be imaginative and engaged leadership which is not simply about ‘my institution’ but also about ‘our future’."

Wonderful to be University of Leicester today to witness the unveiling of this portrait of former chancellor of the university, David Willetts - with his book A University Education, of course! (The artist is Vladimir Presnyakov)

Given the length of the CAR, I'm expecting some short(ish) term fixes but like you, Bill, I really hope it sets out a roadmap for more ambitious reform over the next 5-10 years

Some really important findings in this report (I chair the strategic advisory board for the project) relating to the factors that promote and curtail skills development through various stages/ages in education 👇

NEW: The Education Maintenance Allowance, a weekly cash transfer to disadvantaged students aged 16-19, did not improve their long-run outcomes. The EMA only provided around 40p of benefits to students for every £1 spent. THREAD on our new Nuffield Foundation-funded report: [1/10]

DfE to explain in coming months how it will work with Skills England over L4-6 LLE ⁦Jonathan Woodhead⁩ ⁦martin jones⁩ ⁦Nick Hillman⁩ ⁦David Hughes CBE⁩ gov.uk/government/pub…

Really thought provoking piece by Mary Curnock Cook with insight from Eve Alcock Good faith institutions and students are navigating technology which is changing at light speed. If HE is preparing students for this world then it is essential to find ways to live with and in it.

Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor Edward Peck has been picked as the preferred candidate to be the next Office for Students chair. So barring anything very unusual, it's him. Someone with HE experience as permanent chair this time, then. Makes a change.

Are your HE assessments AI-integrated, AI-supported or AI-integrated? Some great learnings from a webinar I chaired and wrote up with Bess Brennan from Cadmus Higher Education Policy Institute bit.ly/41oFQoi

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This is a perfect encapsulation of how boys get ignored in education. The Education Policy Institute’s new report on educational disadvantage, out today, says girls are 4.5 months AHEAD of boys at age 16. The policy recommendation? Focus on why girls are not even further ahead.

Ten years after Higher Education Policy Institute last report on comparatively poor education outcomes for boys and men, very little has changed. My foreword suggests this is an unacceptable situation for both men and women hepi.ac.uk/2025/03/20/hal…

I always enjoy Nick Hillman's book reviews and this one is great in thinking about AI Higher Education Policy Institute bit.ly/3FRghVu

When in doubt, read Smita Jamdar 💙 🇺🇦 @[email protected] - here providing a highly informed perspective on the The Office for Students (OfS) judgement on University of Sussex bit.ly/3QR2e4E

Good to see the emphasis on Level 2 attainment as an engine of widening participation in HE in this excellent piece from Impetus Higher Education Policy Institute bit.ly/4j557L4

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“What may have felt like death by essay before, AI has merely finished off.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducatio…

Another cracking report from National Foundation for Educational Research Skills Imperative 2035 research (I chair the strategic advisory board for this work).

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