Chris Skidmore: Creating the next Stanford or MIT of the future – right here in Britain

I’m delighted that the Government is today unveiling 20 new University Enterprise Zones. These new UEZs will be based in universities right across the country.

Richard Bingley: Five pillars of higher education success driven by Conservative reforms

Since 2010 the Tories have helped to drive forward transformational change – but Labour’s half-baked plan to abolish tuition fees could put it all at risk.

Ministers must ensure a visa regime aimed at retaining skilled graduates does just that

If it is seen as creating a back-door for low-skilled immigration it risks eroding the very public trust which has given the Government political space to liberalise the rules.

Jonathan Clark: Brexit. Is democracy at risk?

Two different conceptions of it are widely held in the UK, representative and direct. In 2019, they collide.

James Palmer: Devolving adult education is helping to give young people the skills that they need

The previously centralised direction of spending was unimaginative and bureaucratic. Funding went into leisure courses.

Daniel Rossall-Valentine: Tech now underpins prosperity in every sector – so to thrive, we need more engineers

The UK is very well-placed to make the most of a technological boom age – except for one great and persisting tech weakness: a shortage of trained people.

Iain Mansfield: Brexit by October 31. Stop using the Left’s language. And stand for skilled workers. Essentials for our next Prime Minister.

Which candidate can devise and push through the policies needed to unite the Tory shires with the Leave voters of the north?

Rachel Wolf: The Birmingham schools gay relationships row. Religious conservatives won’t like it, but government must take a stand.

You can’t ignore the existence of couples and families that you’ve actively supported in legislation.

Scott Mann: Why I am voting for Harper

He’s a respected, experienced former Chief Whip – without the baggage of having sat around the Cabinet table during the past three years.

Alison Wolf: The Augar Review takes productivity, Industrial Strategy and skills seriously. Will the new Prime Minister listen?

Universities have generally had an excellent decade, but the rest of the system has not. It’s time to correct the imbalance.

Alastair Thompson: The Augar Report’s proposals for student loan reform are a big step backwards

The Government should not be heaping what amount to extra taxes on those just getting by. For progressive change, ministers must look elsewhere.

Robert Halfon: Does May’s selfish machine care at all about the Party’s future – or the thousand plus councillors who lost their seats?

We are heading towards a 1997-type defeat unless we make fundamental and radical changes to our machinery and to our policies.

Nick Hillman: Don’t be swayed by the outrage. Treating EU students like other non-British students makes sense.

There are real problems with the Government’s general approach to international students. But morally and economically, this decision is the right one.

Chris Skidmore: Military personnel, veterans and their families deserve better access to Higher Education

We are providing funding to help service leavers to go to university, and scholarships for the children of those killed on duty.

Julian Brazier: Yes, the Conservatives must engage with young people – but challenge their worldview, not concede it

James Kanagasooriam’s recent analysis is powerful, but the suggested solutions are less sure. Simply offering what younger voters want won’t work.