David Kernohan

How does our market based higher education system in England work – as a market? David Kernohan gets into the detail

How does our market based higher education system in England work – as a market? David Kernohan gets into the detail

Last seen around the time of the Augar review, KPMG has updated work on the costs of teaching. DK finds evidence of cost cutting everywhere

OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all - DK has thoughts

A new report argues for better jobs and better support in higher education

The Office for Students had a lot to learn from the recent high court judgement. David Kernohan looks at how it is trying to start that

New PM Andy Burnham wants to go further and faster on devolution, but for higher education, local focus still needs to be underpinned with a national policy infrastructure. David Kernohan assesses the options for action

It's all pretty much as planned.

The 2026 NSS results bring evidence that most students are happy with their academic experience, and particularly appreciate the skills of their academic staff

DK examines what the Institute for Fiscal Studies has done with a few extra years of data on graduate earnings, and on a new approach to comparing graduates to their non-graduate peers