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Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Robert Halfon, delivered a speech at the UCAS Admissions Conference 2023

• Updated: 24 May 2023

Advisers will promote government advice on security-related topics, such as export controls, cyber security and protection of intellectual property.

• Updated: 25 May 2021

Landmark Bill will require universities to promote freedom of speech on campus and legal duties will also be extended to students' unions

• Updated: 12 May 2021

Students offered testing for Covid after Christmas as universities asked to stagger returns

• Updated: 2 December 2020

Ofqual has jointly released a statement with several organisations involved in assessments, committing to work together and streamline communications.

• Updated: 22 September 2020

More students from across the globe are choosing to study at UK universities, according to an international study on the world’s best education systems.

• Updated: 11 September 2018

A letter from the Secretary of State delegating statutory responsibility for monitoring the Prevent duty in higher education to the Office for Students.

• Updated: 1 April 2018

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announces £144,261 of funding for a new programme to support universities in tackling antisemitism on campus.

• Updated: 16 January 2018

Minister outlines plans to boost accountability and transparency across high education sector

• Updated: 7 September 2017

The government calls for universities to do more to stop students buying custom written essays online.

• Updated: 21 February 2017

Universities show their support for a new assessment framework as part of government plans to raise standards.

• Updated: 27 January 2017

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan addresses college principals, vice principals and chairs of governors from the further education sector.

• Updated: 25 February 2016

While there has been some progress, further education and skills providers must do more to help the local economy.

• Updated: 26 November 2014

Ofsted report shows that consistently good or better teaching, learning and assessment has never been more significant for learners in FE.

• Updated: 18 September 2014

The Minister of State for Schools on how universities take AS results into account when selecting students.

• Updated: 22 May 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools talks about the impact the Government's educational reforms will have on sixth form colleges.

• Updated: 26 November 2010

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government