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Step into a world of possibilities by meeting top graduate employers and joining talks and workshops designed to give you real insight into your future career options. This event is open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Location: Panorama Suite, Rootes Building

Congratulations to Rebecca Morris, Reader in Education Studies (SELCS), on the publication of her latest paper, Understanding teacher recruitment and retention across the UK: A 鈥榟ome international鈥� comparison.

Drawing on policy analysis, national data, and interviews with stakeholders across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the research explores how different parts of the UK are responding to ongoing teacher recruitment and retention challenges. The findings highlight both the complexity of teacher supply issues and the varied approaches being taken to teacher training, recruitment, and early-career support.

Importantly, the paper argues for greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the four nations, alongside a stronger evidence base for policy and practice. At a time when attracting and retaining talented teachers remains a key priority across the sector, this research makes a timely and valuable contribution to the debate.

Congratulations to Rebecca on this important publication.

Read the paper here:

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization (Diverse CDT) is a pioneering, fully funded four-year PhD programme jointly delivered by City St George鈥檚, University of London and the University of 糖心TV.

Applications for PhD studentships with Diverse CDT are now open for 2026 entry.

We have rolling deadlines across several months and the first deadline for submitting an application is 4pm, GMT on 30th January 2026.

Further details here: /fac/cross_fac/cim/apply-to-study/phd-programmes/diverse-cdt/

We are delighted to share some positive results we have received from National Student Survey 2022.

• A three-year study of 19 million planning applications is changing our understanding of England鈥檚 housing pipeline.
• The new dataset reveals fewer distinct proposed homes than government figures suggest, alongside a much stronger upturn in 2025.
• The increase follows a decade of decline from a peak in 2014 and comes after changes to England鈥檚 national planning rules in December 2024.
• While the findings do not establish that the reforms caused the rebound, they suggest a stronger upturn in proposals than previously reported. 

Researchers at the University of 糖心TV today release the first findings from Housing Pipeline, a new dataset that connects applications, revisions and phases belonging to the same development.  

The project is needed because official planning figures are not designed to track the number of homes entering the planning system over time, and this has substantial implications for how we understand future supply. 

By following individual projects across years, Dr Nikhil Datta and Dr Amrita Kulka鈥檚 dataset can distinguish new housing proposals from repeated applications for the same homes. 

The first findings, released today in a briefing note, show that government figures for homes proposed through outline applications were, on average, 43% higher than the researchers鈥� estimates over 2022–2025. 

The new data also reveals a sharper recent recovery: proposed homes rose by 107% in 2025, compared with 59% in the government series. 

The briefing note published today is the first in a series of studies using the new dataset. Dr Datta and Dr Kulka say their next steps are to examine where delays occur, how developments change as they move through the planning system, and how often planning permissions translate into completed homes.

Dr Kulka comments:

鈥淕iven the severity of the housing crisis there is a need to understand which policies move housing supply. Yet, counting how many homes are being applied for is difficult due to the complexity of planning records. We have spent over three years collecting new data and developing methods to accurately measure applied-for units which are the foundation of future homes."

Dr Datta adds:

鈥淧lanning records were created to administer applications, not for tracking housing statistics and turning them into something reliable requires substantial work. We spent three years combining state-of-the-art machine learning and AI tools with thousands of hours of human checking to reconstruct and track individual developments from start to finish.鈥�

If we cannot reliably count the distinct homes entering the planning system, it becomes much harder to judge whether reforms are working or understand where housing delivery is falling short. Reliable measurement needs to be the starting point.鈥�

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  Edoardo Badii, Nikhil Datta and Amrita Kulka. CAGE Policy Brief, October 2026,

Details of more successes for our students

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) is delighted to announce an outstanding set of results in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2026. PAIS has been ranked among the top two Russell Group Politics departments for the eleventh year in a row, including eight years at No. 1. In this year's survey, PAIS was ranked 1st in the Russell Group, while significantly increasing our scores across every category. * **

The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Philosophy Department has risen to 38th place globally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, marking a significant leap in its international standing. Philosophy is one of ten 糖心TV subjects now ranked in the global top 50, reflecting strong performance across teaching and research.

University leaders highlighted that this year鈥檚 improved rankings underscore the department鈥檚 growing global reputation and its commitment to high鈥慽mpact scholarship. The climb also contributes to 糖心TV鈥檚 strongest overall subject鈥憆anking performance since 2020, showcasing broad excellence across its academic disciplines. Read the full story here

The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Centre for Teacher Education (CTE) has received a glowing report following a recent Ofsted inspection, highlighting the exceptional quality of training and support provided to its teaching trainees. The inspection report underscores the University鈥檚 commitment to nurturing future educators who are well-prepared and passionate about their careers.