NEW on Wonkhe: Keir Starmer joins the ranks of those to abandon Tony Blair's target of having 50 per cent of young people enter higher education. David Kernohan has the receipts buff.ly/WwrhDw3

Sadly I'm told that this is real

NEW on Wonkhe: Students are being othered again – and everyone loses out wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Have universities got the capacity and cash to respond to the government’s agenda? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Hahaha. Starmer scraps the never-existed "50 per cent of kids will go to uni" target and announces a 70 per cent target of "higher education or a gold standard apprenticeship". A mix of academic and vocational that basically what was actually in the OG Blair target!

NEW on Wonkhe: More spin out data arrives wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

"Labour plan for maintenance grants will ‘devastate’ universities"

"Labour to bring back maintenance grants for students on ‘priority’ courses"

"Maintenance grants to return for some students"

"UK to means-test university maintenance grants 'for those who need them most', Education Secretary vows | LBC"

"Labour to bring back university maintenance grants for poor students"

"More Americans are going to college in the UK amid Trump’s war on higher ed"

"Majority of female students in the UK willing to turn to OnlyFans if money was tight"

"No, the UK has not reached ‘peak graduate’"

NEW on Wonkhe: Rachel Connor sets out how communities can be at the heart of inclusive innovation buff.ly/H4NYJH8

NEW on Wonkhe: How much should the new maintenance grant be? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: An announcement at the Labour Party conference promise the return of targeted student grants, but the cost will be covered by a levy on international student fee income buff.ly/Doq4jS0

NEW: An announcement at the Labour Party conference promises the return of targeted student grants, but the cost will be covered by a levy on international student fee income wonkhe.com/blogs/grants...

"The new maintenance grants will be fully funded by a new International Student Levy, ensuring that revenue from international students is used to benefit working-class domestic students, and support growth and opportunity" ye gods

NEW on Wonkhe: Universities should be central to rebuilding communities wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Students are working harder than ever – because they have to wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Can universities use “Report and Support” tools or not? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty introduces the first tranche of findings of the Wonkhe HE staff survey, exploring quality of work against a backdrop of financial pressure buff.ly/KDJPywf

NEW on Wonkhe: Staff in higher education are motivated by many factors – David Kernohan assesses the gap between aspiration and experience buff.ly/T93OJLJ

NEW on Wonkhe: I have a lot of questions about the LLE wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Who’s ready for a debate at 930am on a Sunday? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Ahead of their session on the topic at this year's Festival of Higher Education, Claire Hamshire and Rachel Forsyth explore why trust is the bedrock of successful institutions wonkhe.com/blogs/buildi...

NEW on Wonkhe: Universities should define what good supervision looks like wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: Strangulation is increasingly present in student sexual experiences – yet remains dangerously absent from university policies. Harriet Smailes calls for education, data, and open dialogue to close the gap. buff.ly/hPqyyVm

NEW on Wonkhe: With ever-increasing government scrutiny of international recruitment practice, the sector must demonstrate transparency. IDP chief executive Simon Emmet explains why they are being loud about it, and encourages others to do the same buff.ly/xXu4kiL

NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us from medieval Thuringia to Cambridge buff.ly/P4Q8Dao

NEW on Wonkhe: From intimate staff-student relationships to the hidden scale of harassment, Jim Dickinson explores what OfS' new survey results release means for universities, and why systemic under-reporting risks masking a sector-wide crisis. buff.ly/5jsmTsn

NEW on Wonkhe: Anna Bull explores the latest OfS findings on the prevalence of harassment and sexual misconduct — and why they they're only one piece of a puzzle on student safety. buff.ly/4TciHVA

NEW on Wonkhe: Higher education’s social licence wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

"Britain's 'wokest' universities named and shamed - and how some of the biggest offenders have plunged in the prestigious rankings..."

"Number of graduates with £100k debt jumps by a third"

"Quarter of UK physics departments face closure, finds IOP report – Physics World"

"Multi-million-pound EU education fund 'brainwashes students to spout Brussels propaganda' | UK | News | Express.co.uk"

"UK students get chance to study in Europe from January 2027 under new Erasmus deal" inews.co.uk/news/politic...

"University boss calls for major review of Scottish higher education - BBC News"

"Don't give Sinn Fein credit for being "passive bystanders applauding a UK initiative" on Gaza students, say DUP"

NEW on Wonkhe: Yolana Pringle and Ben Tatler make the case that the REF pause should be the moment to build on the most substantial sector-wide collaboration ever undertaken on research environments buff.ly/B53PxLd

NEW on Wonkhe: Two overlapping non-disclosure regimes have come into play over the summer, William Downing explains what it means for institutions buff.ly/fhIOru2

"No lectures, exams, essays: inside a twenty-first-century university"

"China’s shift towards ‘organized research’: how can coordination and innovation co-exist?"

"How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia"

"Fund scholars who tackle urgent issues — from misinformation to error spotting"

"The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing"

"How universities came to be — and why they are in trouble now"

"The future of universities: A Nature special report"