Ben Moller, Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to India, opened with a positive case for the bilateral relationship at the Cambridge India Business Dialogue late last month. Pointing to UK campus expansions across India…

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The PIE News·higher-ed

The Netherlands records first-ever international student drop

During the 2025/26 academic year, there were 129,764 international students enrolled across degree levels at Dutch universities and higher professional education (HBO) – a 0.1% decline of just 133 students on the year…

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University of Cambridge News·higher-ed

Pilkington Prize award winners honoured

Pilkington Prize award winners honoured Paul Seagrove Wed, 06/17/2026 - 12:28 The prizes, which have been awarded annually since 1994, recognise individuals who make a significant contribution to teaching at the…

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The PIE News

Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875k over IELTS marking errors

The penalty follows revelations last year that a technical issue in IELTS’s automated marking system resulted in score corrections for thousands of test takers, prompting concerns about the impact on international…

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Student Loans Company·higher-ed

Accredited official statistics: Student Loans in England: 2025 to 2026

Statistics of English domiciled student loan borrowers and the change in debt in the financial year.

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The Guardian Education·higher-ed

Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans

Exclusive: Ministers consider national threshold in England that could in effect bar thousands from studying University students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under…

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The Guardian Education·higher-ed

Grade requirement for student loans would cut a financial lifeline for English universities

Institutions could lose out on at least £200m a year if 30,000 or so potential students without even one GCSE are excluded each year If universities thought a Labour government would quickly revive their financial…

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The Guardian Education

‘In the past, there was lots of swearing and saying you were crap’: my day at the all-new Italia Conti stage school

From Noël Coward to Martine McCutcheon, the famed institution has been hothousing talent for more than a century. Our writer finds there’s a softer approach these days – and a food bank When I walk into renowned stage…

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Teacher Tapp Blog·policy

Ofsted workload, PPA cover PLUS interview questions that cross a line

Hey there Tappers! We are halfway through June – the countdowns have started! Soon, we’ll begin asking you our usual end-of-term questions about Sports Day, leaving celebrations, and transitions for Year 6 into Year 7.…

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FFT Education Datalab·research

Key Stage 2 attainment, lifetime absence and context

How does your school’s attendance and attainment compare? This blog looks at national patterns. The FFT Primary Early Results Service lets primary schools see the same picture for their own 2026 pupils — KS2 scaled…

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NI Department of Education·policy

Subject Frameworks and Key Stage Documents

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The PIE News·policy

Sharon Harvey, Michigan Language Assessment

Describe yourself in three words or phrases. Outgoing. Frenetic. Inquisitive. What do you like most about your job? I love the international aspect of it. I love the fact that we do actually help people change their…

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Children's Commissioner England·higher-ed

The Big Future: Speaking to children in Nottingham and Leicester

I wrote last week about why we should listen to children . This week, I have found myself thinking about what it means to give children a voice. Sometimes, this is cultural. As I stood outside Nottingham University with…

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The PIE News·higher-ed

Duolingo launches new ear-scanning technology at DETcon

The new security product was launched at DETcon London 2026, at the University of London, marking a new innovation in test security and fraud prevention in high-stakes language testing. The use of earbud devices to…

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The PIE News·higher-ed

MPs slam HOELT as debate over international students continues

Blake Stephenson, MP for Mid Bedfordshire, said the government was “acting without sense and rationale” by pressing ahead with plans for a government SELT – known as the HOELT – to be fully remote . “Remote tests are…

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Ofqual

Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875,000 after incorrect results for global English language tests

Marking errors affected more than 60,000 candidates taking international English language tests.

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Ofqual

Notice: Undertaking and notices of monetary penalty and costs recovery: Cambridge English

Ofqual has issued Cambridge English with a monetary penalty of £875,000 for issuing over 60,000 incorrect results in International English language tests.

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HEPI Blog·higher-ed

From compliance to critical AI literacy: what HEPI Policy Note 71 points towards

This blog was kindly authored by Professor Mirjam Hauck, Professor of Critical Digital Pedagogies and Academic Lead for AI in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, The Open University Sam Illingworth’s HEPI Policy Note 71…

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The PIE News·higher-ed

Warwick and Reading rebrand foundation and language provision as Global Academies

While the name change was developed independently at each university, leaders at both institutions told The PIE News they arrived at remarkably similar conclusions – traditional labels such as “language institute”,…

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University of Cambridge News·higher-ed

New strategy to tackle bovine TB in England

New strategy to tackle bovine TB in England Jacqueline Garget Wed, 06/10/2026 - 00:01 Developed with input from over 100 farmers, vets, scientists, industry and government representatives, as well as members of the…

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“More of the right people”: diplomats walk a tightrope on UK-India student migration

The Netherlands records first-ever international student drop

Pilkington Prize award winners honoured

Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875k over IELTS marking errors

Accredited official statistics: Student Loans in England: 2025 to 2026

Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans

Grade requirement for student loans would cut a financial lifeline for English universities

‘In the past, there was lots of swearing and saying you were crap’: my day at the all-new Italia Conti stage school

Ofsted workload, PPA cover PLUS interview questions that cross a line

Key Stage 2 attainment, lifetime absence and context

Subject Frameworks and Key Stage Documents

Sharon Harvey, Michigan Language Assessment

The Big Future: Speaking to children in Nottingham and Leicester

Duolingo launches new ear-scanning technology at DETcon

MPs slam HOELT as debate over international students continues

Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875,000 after incorrect results for global English language tests

Notice: Undertaking and notices of monetary penalty and costs recovery: Cambridge English

From compliance to critical AI literacy: what HEPI Policy Note 71 points towards

Warwick and Reading rebrand foundation and language provision as Global Academies

New strategy to tackle bovine TB in England

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