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Many of the biggest challenges facing the education system – including absence, disengagement and SEND – are complex, interrelated and are shaped by socioeconomic circumstance.

The 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey, published by Advance HE and the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), finds more students reporting good value for money and feeling positive about their choice of university than at any point in over a decade, even as financial...

North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund

Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research.

North East England’s new investment fund is a template for university spinout success

Universities in the North East of England have set up a fund dedicated to university spinout creation. Northumbria University vice chancellor Andy Long explains the thinking behind it.

Every morning, millions of children are expected to attend school. Yet many face barriers that prevent regular attendance.

Higher education in Europe is increasingly diverse.

Midlands Mindforge, the investment company dedicated to supporting university spinouts in the Midlands, has completed its first round of investments.

UKRI has announced 18 successful projects in cycle five of the OFGEM SIF have secured a total of £22.9 million in funding.

The Education Training Foundation (ETF), the professional body for the further education (FE) and skills workforce, has published its new report, Beyond the label: workforce, transition and the future of SEND reform.

A long-running question in education research is just how much difference individual teachers make to pupil outcomes.

Early childhood is a critical period for developing the foundational skills that underpin lifelong learning and well-being.

Universities UK is today setting an ambition to help double the level of external investment flowing into UK university innovation by 2035.

The Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Monday) publishing a new report, ‘Starting Well: Lessons from local areas on how to ensure all children are school ready’.

New research from the British Educational Research Association (BERA), funded by the Kusuma Trust, highlights practical, evidence-informed ways schools can better support neurodivergent learners in mainstream settings.

Tarnished Towers: Fixing England’s Broken Higher Education System, provides a comprehensive examination of the university crisis.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has opened a major new research fund to understand how Generative AI (GenAI) tools affect the way children and young people learn.

Population pressures, staffing challenges and overcrowding have undermined staff and prisoner safety and the effectiveness of rehabilitation across the prison estate in England and Wales, the Welsh Affairs Committeewarns in a report published today.

Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation

Huddersfield might appear an unlikely setting for a thriving health research complex.

Local authorities to pilot early years data sharing project

Councils in three areas are set to pilot new Government plans for data sharing between early education providers, health visitors and local authorities.

UK sector wants to double industry spin-out investment

UK can become ‘most attractive place in the world’ to invest in innovative companies, say v-cs.

Growing apart: the evolution of the disadvantage gap

Student perceptions of their academic experience reach a decade-high despite the pressures facing higher education

North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund

North East England’s new investment fund is a template for university spinout success

Every day counts: Understanding, preventing and responding to school attendance problems

Religious-based bullying and cyber-discrimination in higher education: insights from European research

UKRI backs Midlands Mindforge to deploy first spinout investments

Ofgem SIF: £22.9m to support ambitious, transformational projects

New ETF report sets out sector priorities to strengthen SEND support across FE and skills

Primary school teachers matter for learning, but may have little impact on attendance

Supporting children’s foundational skills for a strong start to school

Universities UK sets goal to secure £100bn doubling of external investment into UK innovation by 2035

Government needs to do more than set a target if it is going to improve school readiness

BERA and the Kusuma Trust publish major new report series on improving the education experience of neurodivergent young people

Tarnished towers: Fixing England’s broken higher education system

New landmark programme of research to investigate the impact of Generative AI on learning and cognition

Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales: Overcrowded prisons and workforce pressures undermining safety and rehabilitation, MPs warn

Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation

Local authorities to pilot early years data sharing project

UK sector wants to double industry spin-out investment