It’s a common question, but one that’s tricky to answer. Here are two attempts to do so using simple graphics. I’ve listed the organisations that I think are influential and plotted them on some basic axes. The list and their position is purely a subjective (albeit somewhat informed) judgement call. More...

Thank you, OfS, for publishing Contextual admissions – promoting fairness and rethinking merit. The fundamental premise is that access to higher education is being unfairly denied to disadvantaged students, as evidenced, for example, by the fact that ‘in 2018, 18-year-olds from the most advantaged areas were 2.4 times are more likely to enter higher education and 5.7 times more likely to enter higher-tariff providers than those from the most disadvantaged areas’. More...

Of course, those of us who spend our afternoons and early evenings on playing fields or rivers, and not only at Eton, know exactly why this is so. Organised team sport provides the perfect antidote to the demands of academic study: it gives structure to the day, balancing work and play, physical activity and sedentary, mental activity; it provides distraction, entertainment, laughter and a collaborative form of competition. More...

The #MeToo movement has led students who experience sexual harassment at university to call for better responses from their institutions. Students are demanding a shift in the ways in which their institutions tackle reports of sexual violence and harassment, including more proactive responses, greater accountability, and transparency in the actions that are being taken. More...