higher education Articles

Astronomic vice-chancellor pay is indicative of wider inequality – but we cannot let it dominate and distract us from other issues in higher education, argues the NUS's Robbie Young Many people have been, quite rightly, outraged by the current news headlines around...

Just as the UN has its sustainable development goals, the UK needs its own diversity inclusion goals, writes June Sarpong At long last, it seems that diversity – or, more importantly, the lack of diversity throughout British society – has become an issue for political...

English education reinforces social segregation – but it does not have to, writes Ralph Scott Last year’s referendum on membership of the European Union united the country in one way: it created a new consensus that our country is dangerously divided. It did not take...

My first career was in further education when I made my way from part-time lecturer to FE college principal through the decade covering the mid-1970s to mid-1980s. During this time I worked and studied – earned and learned. Firstly I completed my FE teacher training...