This page contains some useful links and summaries of important policy changes affecting higher education in the UK. This page is regularly updated with current resources. 

The Hughes report

Report from Simon Hughes, the Advocate for Access in Education, published in July 2011. Includes recommendations around the National Scholarships Scheme.    

How to produce an access agreement 2012-13

On Tuesday, 8^th March 2011, the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) published new guidance setting out its expectations of English universities and what they would need to do if they wish to charge tuition fees of more than £6,000 for full-time entrants in 2012-13. 

Collaborate to compete: Seizing the opportunity of online learning for UK higher education

Responding to increasing financial pressure and a need for Higher Education institutions to put student demand and choice at the fore front of the decision making process, the Online Task Force has written the following report, addressing how UK higher education might maintain and extend its position as a world leader in online learning.

Universities at risk: the impact of cuts in higher education on local economies

This report, written in December 2010 by the University and College Union, sets out how to show the importance of universities and the positive impact they have on the local economy. 

Student perspectives on technology - demand, perceptions and training needs (NUS survey)

This study, produced by the NUS, was commissioned by HEFCE on behalf of the Online Learning Task Force. Its purpose is to gain a broad overview of the level of demand from students – new and potential – for online learning provision in UK higher education institutions (HEIs), and student‟s perceptions of that learning. As part of this study NUS undertook research focusing on the perceptions, demand, and training needs of students in both further and higher education. 

Higher Education Supply and Demand to 2020

The sixth report on demand for higher education that HEPI has published, updated each year in the light of the most recent information.

This year's report highlights high levels of unsatisfied qualified demand for higher education and predicts high levels of growth in these numbers in future. It also sheds light on the previous educational profile of students entering higher education - in particular that more than one third of entrants have no UCAS tariff points.  

Higher Education Reforms: Progressive but Complicated with an Unwelcome Incentive

Produced in December 2010 by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), this report looks at the potential impact of raising the tuition fee cap to £9000 

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