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Higher education

  • Research Briefing

    Medical, dental, and healthcare students: UK numbers and student support arrangements

    Thursday, 31 October, 2024

    This briefing provides an overview of applicant and entrant numbers for medical, dental, and healthcare students across the UK. It also sets out the student support arrangements in place in each part of the UK, and covers the NHS bursary reforms in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Health services
    • Higher education
  • Research Briefing

    Careers guidance in schools, colleges and universities (England)

    Friday, 16 August, 2024

    This briefing looks at the requirements on schools, colleges, and universities in England to provide careers guidance, the quality of the advice provided, and also the organisations working to provide careers advice.

    • Research Briefing
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Higher education funding: Trends and challenges

    Tuesday, 16 July, 2024

    Frozen domestic fee caps and inflation threaten the financial stability of higher education, with the number of universities in deficit expected to increase following new visa restrictions on international students.

    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Research in brief: Quick reads for the 2024 Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    UK-China relations: Developments 2021 to 2024

    Monday, 15 July, 2024

    This paper looks at how UK-China relations have deteriorated between 2021 and 2024, as well as the UK's and China's policies towards one another, the UK's national security concerns, and trade and investment links.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asia Pacific
    • Higher education
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International trade
  • Research Briefing

    Higher education in the UK: Systems, policy approaches, and challenges

    Monday, 15 July, 2024

    This briefing explains how higher education works across the UK. It considers where policy approaches align and diverge, and notes some challenges facing the sector.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Degree apprenticeships

    Wednesday, 08 May, 2024

    This briefing explains what degree apprenticeships are, how they are regulated and funded, and how many people start one.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Higher education around the world: Comparing international approaches and performance with the UK

    Tuesday, 30 April, 2024

    This briefing compares how higher education works around the world with the UK. It considers systems, student numbers, funding, access and participation, and research.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
  • Research Briefing

    Student loan fraud in franchised universities and colleges

    Friday, 23 February, 2024

    The NAO has found that student loan fraud at universities and colleges who were in a franchise partnership was disproportionately high in 2022/23.

    • Research Briefing
    • Higher education
  • Insight

    Student loan fraud in franchised universities and colleges

    Friday, 23 February, 2024

    The NAO has found that student loan fraud at universities and colleges who were in a franchise partnership was disproportionately high in 2022/23.

    • Insight
    • Higher education
  • Research Briefing

    University strike action in the UK

    Tuesday, 30 January, 2024

    This briefing explains why some university staff have been taking industrial action over pensions, pay, and working conditions in recent years, and what students can do if their studies are disrupted.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Higher education
    • Pensions
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23

    Tuesday, 09 January, 2024

    This briefing explains clauses of the Bill and summarises debates in the Commons and commentary, in advance of its third reading on 10 January 2024.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Government
    • Higher education
    • Institutions
    • International trade
    • Local government
  • Research Briefing

    Suicide prevention: Policy and strategy

    Thursday, 21 December, 2023

    This briefing paper considers suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in some key policy areas.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Benefits policy
    • Civil law
    • Criminal law
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Local government
    • Press and media
    • Prisons
    • Rail
    • Schools
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Students and the rising cost of living

    Friday, 01 December, 2023

    This briefing explains how the rising cost of living has affected further and higher education students in the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Work and incomes
  • Debate Pack

    E-petitions debate: Pay and financial support for healthcare students

    Monday, 13 November, 2023

    Information for the debate on e-petitions 610557, 616557, and 619609, which all relate to pay and financial support for nursing and healthcare students. A three-hour debate is scheduled in Westminster Hall for 20 November and will be led by Marsha De Cordova.

    • Debate Pack
    • Education
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Educational outcomes of Black pupils and students

    Monday, 23 October, 2023

    Looks at GCSE and higher education outcomes for Black pupils and students in England. Updated with provisional GCSE data for 2022 to 2023.

    • Research Briefing
    • Communities
    • Higher education
    • Schools

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