Tributes paid to Claire Callender, who held joint professorships at the UCL Institute of Education and Birkbeck, University of London timeshighereducation.com/news/tributes-…

If the EU/UK deal includes youth mobility - then we should actively look at joining Erasmus+ as an associate. That doesn’t necessarily mean stopping Turing. A blog after talking to some exchange students in Germany: moremeansbetter.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/is-…

So, farewell then Waterstones Oxford. We’re delighted you’re only moving from Cornmarket to Queen Street, but this is the building that the kids progressed from Children to Young Adult to Adult reading (and purchasing) in.

Former sites of HE providers can illustrate change. In Glasgow there’s been a complex series of changes, with moves and mergers. I had a look at some buildings as examples: moremeansbetter.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/ins…

A post where I recommend a visit to Christ Church this summer to see the items in the Cardinal’s College exhibition- an access scheme started 500 years ago by Thomas Wolsey. #histed moremeansbetter.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/an-…

Initially refused OfS registration because of concerns about its financial viability, Spurgeon’s College is closing its courses and going into liquidation. spurgeons.ac.uk

A brief mention of today’s announcement on skills, but the rest of the interview is on small boats. Nothing on the big issues of higher education, including student support, which is in the minister’s actual portfolio.

Whether higher education is affordable is actually raised on BBC News (UK) - the post 16 review will look at this, but looks there’s no prospect of shifting from income contingent loans. #UCAS