Consultation is in hand towards a new policy framework, due for publication in 2009, for the development of Higher Education (HE) in England. 

A set of independent contributions commissioned from individuals and organisations from the HE sector were published in October 2008.  

Papers of particular interest Internationalisation and HE (Drummond Bone), e-learning (Professor Sir Ron Cooke) and the contribution from the Chief Executive of KPMG.  

Professor Michael Worton, UCL, has been asked to produce a report by September 2009 to inform decisions concerning the status of specific languages and area studies disciplines in HE as 'strategic and vulnerable' - read the news summary at the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies website.

Read CILT’s initial contribution to the review.

To learn more about 'strategically important and vulnerable subjects, go to the HEFCE and SIV status (2005) policy article. 

To read the outcomes of the 2008 Follett Review, including the recommendation that languages be retained as strategic and vulnerable, go to the HEFCE, Follett Review (2008) consultation.

For further information and to contribute your views, please visit consultation pages on the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) website.