Were sector organisations all waiting for parliament to open before issuing reports?
The state opening of parliament yesterday appears to have opened the floodgates for higher education announcements, with Ucas, the Higher Education Policy Institute, the National Centre for Universities and Business, GuildHE and the UK Arts and Design Institutions Association all publishing reports this morning.
Frances Jones was on hand to report on the King’s speech yesterday as it was delivered, with the main headlines for universities concerning a series of confirmations rather than anything too surprising. Skills England is to be established to oversee post-16 education, an Industrial Strategy Council is on the way and, on artificial intelligence, the government “will seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful AI models”.