This consultation contains proposals to reshape the higher education landscape to have students at its heart. Its core aims are to raise teaching standards, provide greater focus on graduate employability, widen participation in higher education, and open up the sector to new high-quality entrants.

The sharing economy allows people to share property, resources, time and skills across online platforms. This can unlock previously unused, or under-used assets – helping people make money from their empty spare room and the tools in their sheds they use once a year. It allows people to go from owning expensive assets, such as...

This survey of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Online Distance Learning (ODL) literature aims to capture the state of knowledge and opinion about MOOCs and ODL, how they are evolving, and to identify issues that are important, whether consensual or controversial. Abstract:

This is the government’s initial response to the recommendations from The UK Administrative Data Research Network: Improving Access for Research and Policy (53), the report of the Administrative Data Taskforce (ADT). The UK government broadly supports the recommendations and will work with the research community to support the use and reuse of de-identified administrative data...

The strategy centres on supporting business R&D in areas in which the UK excels, within the context of developing the wider UK innovation eco-system including universities and other organisations. The Economics paper provides supporting evidence for this policy. The Government is putting innovation and research at the heart of its growth agenda through greater investment...