Great to see this paper out!

Fantastic to see our new SKOPE and Education Policy Institute report on post-16 E&T across the UK out. It highlights key areas of policy divergence and some stark inequalities in participation and outcomes. Department of Education, University of Oxford Association of Colleges (AoC) WorldSkills UK The Edge Foundation

Good to see FE Week picking up our SKOPE and Education Policy Institute Nuffield Foundation report and highlighting the damage of massive policy churn to the post-16 E&T system across all UK nations Department of Education, University of Oxford feweek.co.uk/politically-dr…

As part of our project exploring academic partnerships in the UK, Independent Higher Education have today published a working paper sharing early data + insights from our research and proposing clear definitions for the most common types of partnership. Read it here: ihe.ac.uk/latest/publica…

Australian tertiary education commission “could become a monster”: the best way to prevent proposed oversight body going rogue is to avoid setting it up in the first place, Universities Australia conference hears. John Ross reports. #UniversitiesAccord timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Our major systematic review, 'How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries?' is published and available open access here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Zhe Wang @knvjoy Lorena Sanchez Tyson Ahmad Akkad Department of Education, University of Oxford

Do check out our latest issue inc Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola Dirk Ehnts, James Robson, Prof Jem Bendell 🌍☸️, @Brown_Joshua_J, @ProfMartinP, Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 themintmagazine.com/issues/issue-2…

Fantastic to see the new issue of The Mint Magazine out! Check out my article on the top three education and training missions I'd like to see in Labour's manifesto. themintmagazine.com/education-educ… Department of Education, University of Oxford SKOPE Association of Colleges (AoC) FE Week

🚨 Sharing new special issue: 'Theorising educational engagement, transitions and outcomes for care‐experienced people' in British Educational Research Journal (British Educational Research Journal). Nine great articles, edited by Dr Zoe Baker, Katie Ellis and me - please share! bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14693518/2…

Last week, City-REDI and BBK_CIMR co-organised a “Skills for Innovation” workshop, featuring Jen Nelles from Innovation & Research Caucus, David Gaughan, Greg Wade, Chris Millward, and more! In our latest blog, @fumi_kitagawa shares some of the workshop's findings. shorturl.at/mwLP4

The Centre for Global Higher Education (Centre for Global Higher Education) welcomes its new Director David Mills, who takes over from Simon Marginson this month. Watch David’s message as new director, as he shares CGHE’s accomplishments and hopes for the future ⬇ youtube.com/watch?v=AW4JqN…

NEW Learning and Work Institute research shows UK stalling in international skills rankings. Of 39 OECD countries, poised to be 10th (⬇️ from 6th) in higher ed quals by 2035, 29th for intermediate quals & 12th for lower quals. Putting at risk £20bn economic growth. 🧵👇

Come and work in SKOPE - exciting new postdoctoral role on a project looking at tertiary education: jobs.ac.uk/job/DHU335/pos…

More Mickey Mouse degree culture wars nonsense from the Tories. As usual they are unable to actually name specific degrees and can only define them in terms of outcomes and drop out rates. The problem is that apprenticeships have a far higher drop out rate than any degree program

Two thirds of Cambridge researchers on temporary contracts - important findings from Cambridge UCU. It reflects the precarity in the sector as a whole. I found similar stories in this project on precarious staff tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great to see the issue of pre-application supervisor contact being highlighted as contributing to inequalities in doctoral admissions. We also found this in the Close the Gap project at Oxford and Cambridge and are trying to find sensible solutions at the moment.

Thank you to The Work Foundation for choosing our new #AmbitionSkills report as #Researchoftheweek! 💡📑 With the support of City & Guilds and NOCN Group, the report examines the UK’s qualifications profile compared to other countries and warns of a growing “great skills divide”.

Join the Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) in this exciting new postdoctoral role on a project looking at tertiary education. More details and apply ➡ bit.ly/3V1Ox4B

Despite all the newspaper headlines about university finances, the Government should focus on building an integrated HE, FE and apprenticeship system so that learners of all ages can find the right pathway for them. Read a summary of our new report here: bit.ly/3LzFzal

Our post-18 education system will never reach its full potential in terms of driving growth and productivity if full-time university degrees continue to be placed on a pedestal above other qualifications and pathways. Read our new report here: bit.ly/3LzFzal