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Managing grade inflation and demonstrating student improvement
1 June 2018
Regulation of higher education
Student experience
Teaching Excellence Framework
Graduates
UUK's William Hammonds provides an update on UUK's work with QAA, GuildHE and the UKSCQA to explore how to address concerns around grade inflation.
Higher education: a diverse range of opportunities for everyone
8 May 2018
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Social action
Social mobility
Access
UUK's Dan Hurley on the wide range of opportunities higher education provides, and what the Office for Students can do to help universities make further progress on social mobility.
'Opportunity for everyone' shows how universities are opening their doors, but they must build on this for faster change
1 May 2018
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Social mobility
Social action
On the launch of UUK's 'Opportunity for everyone' campaign, Chris Millward, the Director of Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students, urges all universities to continue making progress.
Management degree apprenticeships: the UK’s engine room where overalls are not required
26 April 2018
Innovation, growth and skills
Degree apprenticeships
Petra Wilton of the Chartered Management Institute on why the Reform think-tank's recent criticism of degree apprenticeships is misplaced.
Employment data reveals added 'value' for graduates
25 April 2018
Innovation, growth and skills
Student experience
UUK's Greg Wade looks at yesterday's Graduate Labour Market Statistics, and what they mean for graduates and the UK economy.
Freedom of speech at universities includes the right to protest
27 March 2018
Regulation of higher education
Student experience
Equality
Freedom of speech
UUK Director of Policy Chris Hale assesses the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on free speech in universities.
Subject-level TEF – a done deal or the start of a consultation?
12 March 2018
Regulation of higher education
Teaching
Teaching Excellence Framework
Today saw a lot of media coverage and fanfare around a new 'degree course ranking' system. In reality, this was simply the launch of a long-awaited consultation on how to implement a subject-level version of the Teaching Excellence Framework.
The Office for Students – finally starting to focus on students?
28 February 2018
Regulation of higher education
UUK Programme Manager, William Hammonds, writes on new the regulatory framework for the Office for Students which comes into effect from April 2018.
Understanding student suicide
16 February 2018
Health and social care
John de Pury, UUK's policy lead on mental health, discusses the issue of student suicide, including suicide prevention and response.
Social mobility must underpin higher education
5 February 2018
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Social mobility
Part-time study
Access
Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, argues that the Office for Students now has a golden opportunity to put social mobility at the heart of its mission.
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