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The article focuses on inclusion of widening participation metrics in the teaching excellence framework (TEF) in a Green Paper to be publish by British government as of October 2015. It discussed that government with include plans related to market entry and exit, English higher education, and reshaping the framework under British Prime Minister David Cameron. It mentions the views of Jo Johnson, universities and science minister, on linking widening participation and access to the TEF.

The article discusses the views of higher education policy expert David Watson on the Green Paper on higher education in Great Britain, released in November 2015.

The article mentions the views of Sorana Vieru, vice-president of the National Union of Students, on the impact of teaching excellence framework on curricula and standards which will be a disadvantage for staff and students from minority backgrounds.

The article discusses that the higher education White Paper "Success as a Knowledge Economy" in Great Britain marks the final stages of transformation of universities into second-rate schools. Topics include the White Paper stated to import the worst elements of the government's micromanagement of schools including inspections by Great Britain's Office for Standards in Education in England and it also recognizes that the quality of higher education cannot be measured by satisfaction alone.

The article offers information on how the plans in the higher education White Paper to lessen the four-year track record needed before institutions can award their own degrees were welcomed by A. C. Grayling, master of the New College of the Humanities in London, England in 2016.

The article discusses issues raised by "Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice," the British government's Green Paper on higher education reforms. Topics covered include the Office for Students, the sector's opening to new universities and colleges, Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Research Excellence Framework, student interest, disadvantaged students' access to higher education, and the remarks from Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson.

The article offers information on a paper by professor Ellen Hazelkorn, published by the Centre for Global Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education, which reveals the role of global university rankings on shaping purpose of higher education. Topics discussed include changing relationship between higher education and the state; demand for global ranking data due to globalisation and massification of higher education; and geopolitical relations to higher education.

The article assesses the British government's legislation and policies aimed at improving the condition of education in the country. Topics discussed include the author's assertion that the government got it right with regards to drafting the policies under the Higher Education and Research Bill, the factors that make it hard for the government to compose effective policies for further education and the weaknesses of the Schools That Work for Everyone Green Paper.

The article reports on the issuing of a new policy paper "Protecting the Public Interest in Higher Education" by the Higher Education Policy Institute, which proposes civic benefits of higher education and tighter restrictions on obtaining degree-awarding powers.

In this article the author opines that the higher education White Paper "Success as a Knowledge Economy" in Great Britain represents a major assault on the idea of a university and its vital public role of facilitating the creation and dissemination of knowledge and debate about common objectives. Topics include the government stated to have promoted higher education only in terms of private investment in human capital and students identified as consumers with purchasing power of tuition fee.

The article presents the White Paper which appears to criticise the move of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to put out tender quality assurance, which had been seen as risking the plans for a teaching excellence framework in England in 2016.

The article discusses the release of the second White Paper on the future of higher education with a theme to inject a bigger dose of market forces in the system which the government fears is too slow to respond to students' demands in Great Britain in 2016.

The article argues that the key finding of the higher education Green Paper in Great Britain is that universities have spent too much of the past few decades worrying about research and not enough about teaching. It is stated that the implication is that while the research is excellent, the teaching is not. It is opined that as a result, students graduate without sufficient skills for the workplace, with qualifications that are inconsistent across the sector.

The article comments on the Green Paper on higher education reforms issued by the government of Great Britain. Topics covered include the creation of the Office for Students, promotion of student interest, raising the standards of teaching and research at universities, and opening of the sector to new high-quality colleges and universities. It also mentions the treatment of part-time and full-time students, higher education funding, further education (FE), and teaching excellence framework.