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Should you be student-led for student-led’s sake?
Rosie Hunnam and Jamie Robinson ask if it's still feasible—and beneficial—for students' unions to rely heavily on student volunteers to make activities and events happen
How to run a students' union
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Inside the student blockades in Serbia
Over the past two months, students in Serbia have been at the forefront of nationwide protests and institutional occupations, bringing higher education in the country to a standstill. The protests have attracted much media attention in the country and the region, although Western media have so far been slow to pick up on the events. … Continued
Study Tour January 2025
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Student experience on Wonkhe
Honesty and accuracy is about to get even more important
As universities reduce budgets and make changes to what was originally promised, all while struggling to control what some say on their behalf, a new law is being quietly implemented to better protect students. Jim Dickinson explains.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
Open sourcing a student union
Alex Harden-Way explores how you can open source a student union, embodying values of accountability and accessibility.
SUs Video Briefings
Freedom of speech in SUs
For SUs, free speech regulation is a terrible mess
Jim Dickinson reflects on a new legal case that highlights the importance of democratic debate and the right of citizens and members to discriminate on the basis of others' beliefs
Featured SUs explainers
Students unions on Wonkhe
OfS’ quality reports are music to students’ ears
The higher education regulator's quality reports into business provision are proving to be a hit with students that have read them. Jim Dickinson tunes in
cost of living on wonkhe
Higher education should lift students out of poverty – not trap them within it
The latest student money and wellbeing survey from Blackbullion shows the impact of student poverty on learning and experience. Lee Elliot Major calls for reform
accommodation on wonkhe
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Get involved in our national student experience research
We're inviting our subscriber SUs to take part in our new student research platform, Belong. Here's how it will work
Featured SUs Explainers
Here’s what SUs need to know about OfS’ new regulation of access and participation
The Office for Students (OfS) has published new arrangements for the regulation of equality of opportunity in higher education in England and there are big opportunities for SUs.
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Free speech
Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?
Who are the students assumed to be losing out over free speech controversies, and how should we support them? Jim Dickinson interrogates the data.
Featured SUs Explainers
Featured SUs blogs
We need to talk about sabbatical burnout
One of the conversations we have a lot at this time of year with SUs is about burnout and sabbatical officer workload.
Policy forums and round tables
Round table report: Harassment and sexual misconduct
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Study Tour 2023: The low countries
As the sector expands, why are we letting more mean less?
Are we making compromises to the student experience just to make the numbers add up? Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott reflect on a week in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with student leaders.
Country Briefings
Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
