The Department of Health (DH) has today launched a consultation on how to maximise the benefits to the taxpayer and the NHS arising from increases in the numbers of medical school places to take place from academic year 2018-19. More...

HEFCE has awarded grants to over 60 projects in universities and colleges across the country which address concerns about sexual violence and harassment on campus. More...

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has today published a report following its inquiry into the role of universities in commercialising their research. More...

Seventeen projects, involving 64 higher education providers, will receive up to £500,000 each from HEFCE’s Catalyst Fund over two years to address differences in student outcomes.
HEFCE research has exposed gaps in the higher education outcomes between different student groups. These gaps in attainment and progression to further study and employment persist even when background characteristics and prior attainment are taken into account. More...

What makes excellent interdisciplinary research (IDR)? How can it be best supported, developed and embedded? How important are structures and culture to getting this right?
These important questions were discussed by researchers, funders and policy makers at a joint HEFCE, Research Councils UK and British Academy event on 8 December 2016. More...

The suggested good practice takes account of the Competition and Markets Authority’s advice on consumer law. It covers the areas that the Review of Unistats and the Key Information Set (see Note 2) indicated should be made available in detail on providers’ websites and linked to from Unistats, rather than collected and published centrally. The guide will help students access detailed and contextualised information, presented in a way that allows them to make appropriate course comparisons to inform their study choices. More...

The number of students studying postgraduate courses in England has increased substantially in 2016-17, following the introduction of postgraduate masters loans.
90,600 students started full-time taught postgraduate courses at English higher education providers in 2016-17. This is an increase of 22 per cent on the previous year. More...

The report ‘Financial health of the higher education sector: 2015-16’ shows a financially sound position overall. However, there is significant and increasing variation in the financial performances of individual institutions, with the main financial strength remaining in a small number of them. More...