SRHE Blog

by Rob Cuthbert SRHE News Editorial, April 2026 The Office for Students has had a significant reset, after it was heavily criticised, not just by the HE sector, but also in a coruscating report by the House of Lords Industry … Continue reading →

by Elizabet Kaitell On slowing down, noticing, and visual reflective journaling in the accelerated university There are mornings when I arrive at my workstation, and my mind is foggy, my shoulders tight, before I have even opened a single email. … Continue reading →

by John Ingoe Amid increasing financial pressures, a number of universities are considering a move from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) for their teaching staff. In this blog post, I take a deep dive … Continue reading →

2026, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, pp195. Reviewed by Paul Temple Bryan Alexander is a lucky guy. If his new book had been published a year ago, it would have missed the full impact of the Trump/Vance assault on American … Continue reading →

by Qianqian Chai and Xue Zhou Introduction – the challenge of GenAI integration in business education Since the release of ChatGPT, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has rapidly entered higher education. Business schools, with their strong ties to industry and emphasis … Continue reading →

by Liz Austen By the end of 2025 I had attended three HE related conferences: Euro SoTL, the Wonkhe Festival of HE and the SRHE Annual Conference. I presented on similar topics at all three events; what evidence do we … Continue reading →

by Gavin Moodie Although we’ve come to the end of the road Still, I can’t let go As an expat Aussie I have been sad to see the unremitting erosion of public support for what is arguably Australia’s most innovative … Continue reading →

by Eleni Meletiadou The blog is based on the recent outputs from our COST ACTION CA20137 VOICES project entitled: ‘Lived Experiences of Neurodiverse Academics and Early Career Researchers in Higher Education: Identifying Structural Barriers and Pathways to Inclusion.’ Introduction Higher education institutions across Europe increasingly emphasise equality, diversity, and inclusion, yet neurodiver…

The Society for Research into Higher Education

by Alex Buckley The SRHE conference is a great place to see our field in all its glory. From the sessions I attended in December 2025, one thing that was abundantly clear was the desire of so many HE researchers to change the world. A distinctive feature of contemporary HE research – reflecting the social sciences more broadly – is the focus on political and ethical issues, with avowedly politica…

by Rob Cuthbert In January and February the mainstream media were full of stories about the unfairness of student loans and the burdens on graduates facing huge debts and effective tax rates of more than 50%. They cut through in … Continue reading →

by Bing Lu, Rebekah Smith McGloin and Scott Foster This blog post reflects on ongoing collaborative efforts to advance more equitable doctoral admissions between a group of UK institutions. It argues that transforming graduate admissions is not simply driven by … Continue reading →

by Frances Sit and Graeme Atherton Across the world, access to higher education is often shaped as much by geography as by ability or aspiration. For many students, this can be starkly literal: the distance to a campus, the availability … Continue reading →