Now that the framework programme’s integrity appears assured, it’s time to address the details – together, says Jan Palmowski

Repeated efforts to bring about ‘high-level systematic reform’ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar

Conservatives squeezed by ‘full-fat Farage’ on the right and an increasingly graduate-heavy electorate on the left, says leading political scientist

Politician calls on businesses to bear more of the costs of upskilling the workforce as universities wait for lifelong learning policy details

Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author

Future growth of UK higher education should not just expand graduate numbers but be tied to regional economic strategies, argues new book

Universities eye ‘block teaching’ as way of attracting more students but staff at places that have made the switch warn it is having the opposite effect

Students given wrong question and others left without supporting documents, but institution denies impact of voluntary severance programme was to blame

Difficult to get new models of collaboration off the ground without ‘transformation funding’, finds efficiencies review

Fierce competition to provide lifelong learning means UK universities require significant investment and national strategy, report finds

Attempt to harmonise tests across country seen as way of mitigating unfair advantages but critics argue more systemic changes are needed

Once praised as key workers, low-salaried university employees dedicated to student safety are increasingly seen as redundancy fodder, says security guard George Bass