Governance Models
The Office for Students has increased the workload for governing bodies. Alongside this, higher education is a more dynamic sec…
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Cyber Risks
In November 2019 we hosted an event for IT practitioners with speakers from universities; from JISC; and the National Cyber Sec…
The OfS and the Prevent Duty
The Prevent Duty is the legislation ensuring that public bodies take necessary steps to reduce the risk of radicalisation and e…
UUK Initial Draft Framework on VfM Statements
Universities UK (UUK) recently published an initial draft framework to support the development of value for money statements. I…
Augar
The recently published Augar review suggests that some tuition fees might be reduced. Although these are just recommendations f…
Student Mental Health
Mental health provision is a general concern across all of higher education, often taking centre stage in political and higher …
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Data, Data Returns and Regulation in a Pandemic
Now that the dust has somewhat settled after the disruption to work caused by COVID 19, late May has been particularly busy for…
Good Internal Audit
Following our recent commentary on internal audit in higher education, this briefing sets out our thoughts on what 'good'…
Rethinking Internal Audit in Higher Education
It sometimes feels feels to us that internal audit in UK higher education is coasting. The new regulatory environment should…