The Student Eye

Course cuts and a new OfS strategy

Modern languages teaching in the spotlight again

Nov 15 • 

Oliver Hall

 and 

The Student Eye

1

Is AI to blame for the graduate job shortage?

Crisis? What crisis?

Nov 1 • 

The Student Eye

2

1

1

October 2025

Socioeconomic divides continue to impact higher education, OFS statistics show

The gap between students from the most and least deprived backgrounds in degree completion has grown in recent years.

Oct 18 • 

Oliver Hall

1

Starmer scraps Blair's university target and restores maintenance grants

Prime Minister says Blair’s 50 per cent goal is outdated, demanding greater respect for apprenticeships.

Oct 4 • 

The Student Eye

 and 

Amelia Gibbins

2

1

September 2025

University mergers and the "hidden curriculum"

Is collaboration the future of UK higher education?

Sep 20 • 

The Student Eye

, 

Oliver Hall

, and 

Jacqueline Wong

3

1

2

Is there a case for public-owned university accommodation?

A comparison of the French 'Crous' system and the UK private market

Sep 6 • 

The Student Eye

 and 

Amelia Gibbins

2

1

August 2025

Modern languages risk becoming the preserve of wealthy schools: Here's how we got here

Universities scramble as modern languages courses fall out of favour

Aug 23 • 

The Student Eye

 and 

Oliver Hall

2

4

Tuition fee rise, espionage, and a reliance on international students

How the tuition fee rise has been overshadowed by more pressing issues in the sector

Aug 9 • 

The Student Eye

, 

Amelia Gibbins

, and 

Oliver Hall

2

1

1

July 2025

Do high-pressure universities do students any good?

We ask what damage universities' high-pressure environments are doing to their students

Jul 26 • 

The Student Eye

, 

Oliver Hall

, and 

Jacqueline Wong

2

1

1

Will American students really turn to UK universities?

Amid political uncertainty in the United States, how attractive is the UK?

Jul 12 • 

The Student Eye

 and 

Oliver Hall

2

3

4

June 2025

Updates to the Freedom of Speech Act: What does this mean for universities?

New guidance from the Department for Education on freedom of speech sets out key regulatory changes for the sector

Jun 28 • 

The Student Eye

3

1

2

Town v gown: university cities and community tensions

How universities can work with their local communities

Jun 14 • 

The Student Eye

 and 

Oliver Hall

2