Policy paper

Higher education: success as a knowledge economy - white paper

A white paper setting out the government's plans to reform the higher education and research system.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 16 May 2016
• Last updated: 16 May 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice (web-ready version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474132862, BIS/16/265, Cm. 9258

PDF, 13.6 MB, 85 pages

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Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice (print-ready version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474132855, BIS/16/265, Cm. 9258

PDF, 960 KB, 85 pages

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Details

This white paper sets out a range of reforms to the higher education and research system. In some cases these plans are subject to Parliament.

This white paper builds on the proposals consulted on in the earlier green paper.

See also:

• Teaching Excellence Framework: year 2 - technical consultation
• Accelerated courses and switching university or degree: call for evidence

Published 16 May 2016

Last updated 16 May 2016 + show all updates

1. 16 May 2016

   Updated web version with a tagged and accessible PDF.

2. 16 May 2016

   First published.