LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

The Stevenson Trust hosts a discussion on the recent Scottish Election.

Modern Britain needs young people with degrees – here’s how to make sure they still have somewhere to study them

An edition of On Liberty published this month is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill. The new volume is edited by Piers Norris Turner (Ohio State...

The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries,…

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees

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Abstract. Gendering Party Politics explores the relationship between gender and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens. Across 17 chapt

Our friends at the British Academy (BA) have produced a hard-hitting new report which shows that financial difficulties or strategic choices in our universities have led to large swathes of the UK…

A new report shows that students are shut out of SHAPE education in their home regions, as large swathes of the UK are ‘cold spots’ for humanities, social sciences and arts degrees.

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Although the financial crisis facing the United Kingdom's universities is by now well known, the detailed reasons behind it have been less prominent in public and political debate. It is true that fr...

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”

When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences

Risk rating escalation comes as regulator says accounting firms are conducting “deep dives” at institutions

Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

Government guidance has been criticised as “chilling” by think tanks, while former cabinet secretaries have also raised concerns

New research from Public First shows that every UK resident is better off due to international students. Charlie Jeffery explains why it’s vital this message cuts through New research from Public First...

Modern Languages, chemistry and education degrees are all in the firing line