Area-based measures of disadvantage have been a staple of widening participation agendas in higher education for some time now. But what exactly are these measures and how can they be used to improve equality of opportunity in the UK?

Chester's Andrea Todd and QAA's Susi Peacock share tips on enhancing the learning experience of students who are parents.

Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris introduces Advance HE’s Compendium of Good Practice for embedding wellbeing into the curriculum.

This article explores how universities could provide fertile ground for professional services staff to progress into ‘third zone’ or 'pracademic' roles.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport who run the Better Health - Every Mind Matters Loneliness campaign is working with HE Professional to help provide the higher education sector with information to help support students who are disproportionately affected by loneliness.

Student loneliness is a major challenge across the higher education sector. This comprehensive guide outlines 10 action areas for professional services seeking to support efforts to tackle loneliness.

As providers prepare for the introduction of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement, we consider how service delivery might be impacted.

We explore some of the most important trends dominating the student recruitment landscape across the UK’s higher education sector.

Live projects enable employers to engage meaningfully with large numbers of students, help universities to deliver their employer engagement aims at scale, and give educators more control over what students are learning while engaging with industry.

In this article, we explore how universities can tailor storytelling techniques in their marketing campaigns to appeal to Gen Z’s sensibilities, needs and characteristics.

This article explores the Rector's role at St Andrews in enhancing student representation and rebuilding trust within the university community.

We explore how higher education marketing professionals can use data to drive their student recruitment campaigns in the UK, highlighting a number of examples of innovation in this area across the sector.

This blog explores the specific challenges facing professional service leaders in the UK higher education sector and potential solutions.

Professional development gives individuals and teams the opportunity to learn new skills that they can apply to their role and help them to advance their career. This article explores how it can support professionals working in universities.

Engaging in enterprising activity at university has several benefits for students, including building on employable skills and gaining valuable experience. Robert Crammond discusses how aligning employability and enterprise efforts lead to impactful graduates.

Helen Hook shares AGCAS research into the confidence of careers professionals to deliver enterprise education to students. She identifies ways to improve staff confidence, sharing practice from University of Birmingham and issues an invitation to join a wider enterprise educator network.

Data and insight can help to support graduate outcomes and employability in higher education. In this article we explore how careers professionals can use it to enhance service delivery.

Students are increasingly questioning how their university experience provides value for money; how can providers set realistic expectations?

What is a first-generation university student and how can the higher education sector in the UK do more to support them?

The challenges of student life have never been greater, but 60% of students are unaware of the full scope of services offered to them at their college or university. It’s time to reframe student support.