Ahead of Tuesday 1 September 2026, the Office for Students has published amendments to its guidance for the freedom of speech complaints scheme for staff and visiting speakers.
Innovative Educators, an online training service, has published a free on-demand webinar on how to increase student engagement during induction periods without increasing staff workload.
In autumn 2026, the UK Government Home Office is running several Martyn’s Law in-person roadshows across the UK to update a range of sectors on the legislation.
Professional services staff at the University of London have published an article on a framework that helps providers develop a coordinated and impactful approach to gathering student feedback.
Mills & Reeve, the legal firm, has published a briefing on the Office for Students’ consultation on a proposed condition of registration about treating students fairly.
Dr Emma Maslin (Senior Policy and Research Officer) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services.
The Student Loans Company has published the first edition of its Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) communications asset pack for providers across England.
Advance HE has published its reflections on a recent event which explored how providers may use the Disabled Student Commitment to respond to the upcoming Office for Students’ statement of expectations on disability.
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) and Advance HE have published an article on the recent findings from the 2026 Student Academic Experience survey.
On Wednesday 10 June 2026, Jill Stevenson (Robert Gordon University) attended a Student Mental Health Action Plan (SMHAP) delivery group meeting hosted by Scottish Government.
This session demonstrates how recent advances in AI empower anyone to "vibe code" tools that change how they use the internet, simply by writing in plain English and letting AI generate the code.
Advance HE has published an updated briefing summarising the implications of the UK Government Supreme Court judgement on the definition of sex and the updated EHRC (Equality Human Rights Commission) code of practice for higher education providers.
The UK Government Department for Education (DfE) has announced plans to maintain the disability and mental health student premiums granted to English higher education providers, as part of the Strategic Priorities Grant.
The Quality Assurance Agency Cymru has published an analysis of a report on low satisfaction scores in the National Student Survey experienced by students over three or more years, categorised by specific subject areas.
This session explores how a provider implemented feedback from students, and some key service and organisational design principles to transform their student query and support provisions.
This session allowed delegates to share their views into the development of the Office for Students statement of expectations in relation to disability.
This session reflects on the learnings of a pilot that explored whether it's possible to provide structured, proportionate evidence of learner-reported impact in prevention and response training.
This session introduces core principles of compassion‑focused therapy and explores how these can transform leadership practice in complex, high‑pressure academic environments.
This session outlines the methodology, key findings, of an innovative student voice campaign, including real-time feedback loops and social media student takeovers.
This session presents cross‑sector findings from internal audits of compliance with the Office for Students’ (OfS) condition E6 on harassment and sexual misconduct.
This session shares the learnings from a partnership programme that brought together education providers (further and higher education) and NHS services in Wales.
This session addresses the importance of using real-time student insight from robust data analysis to develop services to ensure institutions become responsive rather than reactive.
This session addresses a provider changed its institutional approach to reasonable adjustments, with significant benefits to students, and significant time and cost savings.
This session offers practical insight into embedding predictive analytics within Student Services operations to support retention strategy and institutional performance targets.
This session explores an approach to the design, implementation, and evaluation of student consent workshops to meet the E6 condition of registration: Preventing & responding to student harassment and Sexual misconduct.
This session showcases a joint initiative developed between Disability Services and the Mental Health & Wellbeing Team, and aims to upskill practitioners to work more confidently and therapeutically with neurodivergent students.
This session highlights an approach and its successes migrating reasonable adjustments processes, including the categorisation and mapping of reasonable adjustments to standardise practices.
Medr has published a self-evaluation framework for higher education providers to respond to violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence affecting both staff and students.
On 16 June 2026, we responded to the UK Government Department for Education consultation on assistive software funded through the Disabled Students’ Allowance.