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OfS and Advance HE assess the state of the sector for AI in education

"Making AI work for students" explores how institutions are managing AI across learning, teaching, assessment and operations, along with advice about what good looks like. Debbie McVitty is ambivalent

Debbie McVitty|11/11/26

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OfS and Advance HE assess the state of the sector for AI in education

Cutting Disabled Students’ Allowance software risks a postcode lottery for students

Cutting Disabled Students’ Allowance software risks a postcode lottery for students

Carolyne Smith|11/11/26

Student financial support should run on students’ time, not the university’s

Student financial support should run on students’ time, not the university’s

Ben Stone|11/11/26

Wonk Corner

A good graduate outcome is more than a SOC code and a salary

David Kernohan|11/11/26

Rising halls complaints and a missing Code

Jim Dickinson|06/11/26

Who counts and who pays if EU students get home fees

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

Policy Watch

Jim Dickinson|06/11/26

Industrial strategy advisory council rings the alarm about HE funding

Michael Salmon|06/11/26

The state of research infrastructure is harming research

David Kernohan|04/11/26

Four in ten students are living in poverty – but the government hides it

Jim Dickinson|02/11/26

Is action on graduate repayments really a priority for government?

David Kernohan|01/11/26

£125m of student loan repayment refunds last year

David Kernohan|29/10/26

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The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

Antony Moss|The Post-18 Project|25/09/26

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

Gwenno Roberts|The Post-18 Project|10/08/26

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

David Kernohan|The Post-18 Project|22/07/26

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|07/07/26

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|29/06/26

The Post-18 Project: Demographic downturn and the post-18 system

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Everything in the 2026 Budget for higher education and students

Everything in the 2026 Budget for higher education and students

Team Wonkhe unpacks John Healey’s first budget as chancellor and what it means for the sector

Team Wonkhe|Policy Watch|28/10/26

Continuity and efficiency are UCAS’ watchwords as it confirms no major changes to national admissions process

Continuity and efficiency are UCAS’ watchwords as it confirms no major changes to national admissions process

Debbie McVitty|Policy Watch|05/11/26

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

Debbie McVitty|Policy Watch|22/10/26

Wales picks benchmarks over bright lines to judge tertiary quality

Wales picks benchmarks over bright lines to judge tertiary quality

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|20/10/26

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|12/10/26

Data on Wonkhe

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all - DK has thoughts

David Kernohan|Data|16/09/26

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

David Kernohan|Data|18/08/26

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

David Kernohan|Data|13/08/26

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

David Kernohan|Data|09/07/26

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

David Kernohan|Data|25/06/26

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The lifelong learning entitlement means universities will need to run on two clocks

The lifelong learning entitlement means universities will need to run on two clocks

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Student support isn’t neutral – it can protect institutions as much as students

Student support isn’t neutral – it can protect institutions as much as students

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In search of strategic alignment between student feedback insight and student success goals

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Universities aren’t short of data on student experience – they are lacking meaningful analysis and evaluation of what works

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New TEF, new data, same issues

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