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Nearly half (44 per cent) of the gap between the GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils and their peers already exists at age 11, according to new Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research, underscoring the critical role of early years and...

Sam Illingworth’s HEPI Policy Note 71, What UK University AI Policies Actually Do, makes a finding that should unsettle anyone responsible for institutional AI guidance.

Against a backdrop of financial pressures and growing concerns about student wellbeing, the latest evidence suggests students remain remarkably positive about their university experience.

Statistics anxiety encompasses a range of emotional, behavioural and cognitive symptoms when engaging with statistics (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003), but mainly can be conceptualised as intense negative feelings towards statistics.

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...

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.

A new professional development programme (PD) to support the transition to the new post-16 education and training pathways will officially launch in September 2026, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has announced.

During the opening Plenary at the 2025 BERA Conference, Chantelle Haughton (Diversity and Anti-Racist Professional Learning), highlighted how Wales is ahead of the curve in the UK when it comes to implementing anti-racist educational policies and practices.

A new joint research report from Teacher Development Trust, Gatsby Foundation and The Cultural Education Network, powered by Arts Council England, examines the professional development experiences and needs of secondary teachers in England who teach science and arts subjects,...

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 recent survey reveals that many of England’s 376 maintained nursery schools face severe financial struggles.

Our intention in this blog post – the first of a three-part series – is to provide a refutation and critical evaluation of an influential but ultimately harmful colonial curriculum configuration.

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 should pitch to the centre, not (yet) the right.

Significant investments into Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Engineering Biology, Technologies and Quantum Computing have been announced by the UK Government in the past few months.

44% of the GCSE disadvantage gap is locked in by age 11, first-of-its-kind research shows

From compliance to critical AI literacy: what HEPI Policy Note ‘What UK University AI Policies Actually Do’ points towards

New HEPI and Advance HE report ‘The Student Academic Experience Survey 2026’

Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education

Growing apart: the evolution of the disadvantage gap

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

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

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

AoC launches nationwide professional development for new post-16 pathways

Confronting colonialism in Welsh higher education: Can we re-map for a different future?

Teaching in & beyond Specialism: CPD for teachers in Arts and Science

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

Half of England’s maintained nursery schools unable to balance budgets as funding review looms

A decolonial and transcolonial curriculum: an urgent political moment

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

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

Populism and centrism in universities

The UK’s technical skills shortage is really a pathways problem