This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at the confusion over who owns recorded lecture material or has the right to disseminate it. As universities gear up for a new round of strikes, taking place from 1 December to 3 December 2021, they may wish to reuse online teaching materials recorded during the pandemic...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at the reduction of national income the UK devotes to public spending on education. The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history, including a 9% real-terms fall in school spending per pupil and a...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at graduates’ perspectives on the student loan system in England. England’s higher education funding system has been reformed many times, leading to a system based on high fees and loans. Undergraduate tuition fees for full-time students were introduced in 1998 and rose to £3,000 a year in...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust is a landmark study looking at the role of higher education in social mobility. The research is a landmark piece of work for the study of social mobility in this country, utilising data on socio-economic background and education pathways linked to adult labour market outcomes for...

This report from UK think tank EDSK looks at the future of assessment and accountability in primary schools. Making Progress looks at the future of primary assessment and accountability in England. The report proposes moving away from distorting high-stakes tests like SATs and replacing them with more regular shorter online assessments in three subjects: reading;...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust looks at further education, disadvantage and social mobility. The further education sector has an important role to play in social mobility. Young people from more disadvantaged backgrounds are much more likely to undertake further learning in the FE sector, rather than the traditional academic route of...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute looks at the long-run impact of the pandemic on future earnings. This report models the long-run impact of the pandemic on future earnings, finding that pupils are each likely lose at least £16,000 in earnings, rising to £46,000 in a worst-case scenario if the government...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute looks at 16-19 curriculum breadth and employment outcomes. This report finds that the proportion of students with A and AS levels or equivalent covering at least three of the main subject groups such as humanities, sciences, maths and languages, has now halved since 2010. England...

This report from UK think tank the IFS looks at trends over time and future outlook of school spending in England. Following large increases over the 2000s, school spending per pupil in England fell in real terms from about 2010 onwards. The present government sought to reverse this picture in 2019 by providing a three-year...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at opportunities to target petty bribery in Nigerian schools. Underinvestment and corruption in Nigeria’s education sector have created a context where providers of education services are presented with routine opportunities to demand and expect bribes from parents and other service users for their children’s passing grades....