Movers & Shakers: Edition 537
Weekly guide to who's new and who's leaving.
Bloomsbury Institute suspended from recruiting overseas students
Private provider temporarily blocked from international recruitment amid UKVI probe as seven universities face visa action plans.
Russell Group warned over ‘divisive’ support for entry thresholds
New leader of research-intensive grouping says ‘challenging conversations’ needed but critics urge united front against political attacks.
UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine
Teenagers in their final school year and young people starting university will be offered two doses of a vaccine to protect them against meningitis B, the government has announced.
Insider wins promotion to lead FE college group
A deputy principal will step up to replace chief executive Craig Hodgson when he retires from Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG).
Simon Bartley: a champion of skills and young people
Tributes from across the world have been paid to Simon Bartley, the former chief executive of UK Skills and president of WorldSkills International, who died last month aged 68.
Teachers in Wales face delayed pay rises as new Welsh Government clashes with heads
The new Plaid Cymru Welsh Government has clashed with head teachers over pay within weeks of taking office.
Test makers handed out wrong English language results to thousands
The exams regulator, Ofqual, has fined Cambridge English £875,000 against after the test maker issued erroneous results to tens of thousands of people undertaking English language proficiency tests.
New HEPI and Advance HE report ‘The Student Academic Experience Survey 2026’
Against a backdrop of financial pressures and growing concerns about student wellbeing, the latest evidence suggests students remain remarkably positive about their university experience.
Student perceptions of their academic experience reach a decade-high despite the pressures facing higher education
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...
Graduates offered £20,000 to train as teachers in Wales
Golden hellos of £20,000 are being offered to graduates to train as teachers in subjects where there are shortages.
Students who went to private school fear being cancelled for views
University students who went to private schools are more fearful of being “cancelled” for their views than those from state schools, a report has found.
OfS research finds over eight in ten students are satisfied with their accommodation
Independent research published by the OfS finds that undergraduate students in their first year of university or college are largely positive about their accommodation. It suggests that accommodation costs were a significant factor in deciding where to study for most students,...
Priority subject teacher incentive to rise by £5,000 to £20,000
The Initial Teacher Education (ITE) incentive in priority subjects will rise by £5,000, to £20,000 from September 2026, as part of the new Welsh Government's 100-day plan.
ASCL to create ‘safe space’ for trust CEOs to ‘amplify’ their voice
New network aims to make government more aware of the challenges being faced by academy trust leaders.
‘No room for complacency’ as 35,000 teachers choose to walk away
More than 35,000 teachers walked away from the profession last year for reasons other than retirement with retention rates for new teachers and the use of non-specialist teachers in secondary school still notable concerns.
Teacher shortages? Five key metrics behind the new DfE workforce data
The new school workforce figures have brought with them headlines of more teachers at the chalkface, but expert Jack Worth warns that this masks a much more mixed picture of teacher shortages in schools.
Value-for-money ratings for university degrees hit 13-year high
Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans.
Students are coping better because the system is demanding less
Signs of genuine recovery in student experience appear in this year's Student Academic Experience Survey. Jim Dickinson argues the data tells a more constrained story – one where value, expectations and withdrawal form a single gradient, and money sits at its root.
Low expectations aren’t the same as high satisfaction in student housing
With OfS leading on headline satisfaction scores, Jim Dickinson reads an underlying research report on student housing – and finds a regulator that has mistaken tolerance for quality.