Wonkhe - Higher education: policy, people and politics.

11th Dec 2018

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Calling a truce in the sector wars over Augar

David Hughes of the Association of Colleges calls for a truce in the sector wars over Augar.

by David Hughes

10th Dec 2018

How lonely are today’s students?

by Jim Dickinson

10th Dec 2018

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Wonkhe Weekly – E11. New minister, student rent, racial harassment

This week our podcast panel consider the departure of Sam Gyimah and the arrival of Chris Skidmore as universities and science minister.

by Team Wonkhe

Podcasts

7th Dec 2018

Latest articles

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How OfS will regulate access and participation

by Louis Coiffait

13th Dec 2018

Driving home for Christmas? Commuting as a symptom of student disadvantage

by David Kernohan

13th Dec 2018

The uncomfortable truth of access evaluation

by Dan Howells

13th Dec 2018

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A beginner’s guide to medical education

by Jonathan Rees

12th Dec 2018

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Letter from Australia: Building the house of science

by Julie Hare

11th Dec 2018

To cap it all off: Graduation decoration excitement

by Paul Greatrix

11th Dec 2018

Letter from Australia – cry freedom (of speech)

by Julie Hare

9th Dec 2018

Why the MadeAtUni campaign matters

by Janet Beer

7th Dec 2018

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Letter from Australia: Surfing the metric tide

In her letter from Australia, Julie Hare looks at the issues with performance-based measures in HE funding, via a NCSEHE report.

by Julie Hare

4th Dec 2018

HE in Australia

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Letter from Australia: the online avalanche?

by Julie Hare

2nd Dec 2018

Letter from Australia: another day, another inquiry

by Julie Hare

27th Nov 2018

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People and place look positive for Australia

by Julie Hare

25th Nov 2018

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Knowledge exchange

KEF clusters: helping fair comparison in a diverse sector

by Hamish McAlpine

19th Nov 2018

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KEF consultation closer

by Louis Coiffait

19th Nov 2018

TEF Latest

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Engaging students in the TEF

by Josh Gulrajani

4th Dec 2018

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The subject TEF journey continues

by Janice Kay

23rd Oct 2018

Developing subject-level TEF proposals: can the exercise live up to its aims?

by Sarah Stevens

23rd Oct 2018

Featured jobs

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Director of Science Policy Research Unit

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Jobs

5th Dec 2018

HEFWC

Director of Policy and Funding

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Caerphilly £56,121 - £68,604 per annum plus benefits

Jobs

11th Dec 2018

HEFWC

Director of Regulation and Analysis

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Caerphilly £56,121 - £68,604 per annum plus benefits

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11th Dec 2018

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Academic governance in focus

What’s the point of academic governance?

by Trevor Pearce

21st Oct 2018

Governance – what counts as academic?

by Hugh Jones

21st Oct 2018

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Having regard to institutional autonomy

by Susan Lapworth

21st Oct 2018

University governorship should not be like marriage

by Peter McCaffery

21st Oct 2018

Amateur hour at the governing body

by Jim Dickinson

21st Oct 2018

Governing the academic(s)

by Team Wonkhe

21st Oct 2018

Access and Participation

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How do unconditional offers affect attainment?

by Arthi Nachiappan

29th Nov 2018

Judge us on our ability to transform lives, not prior attainment

by Graham Galbraith

29th Nov 2018

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Let’s stop using unconditional offers as an incentive.

by Dan Beynon

29th Nov 2018

What we now know about REF2021

by David Kernohan

23rd Jul 2018

Monday Morning HE Briefing

Everything going on in and around UK higher education digested, analysed and explained by our team of wonks – direct to your inbox.

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23rd Nov 2017

Student surveys

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Don’t students need a TEF of their own?

by Jim Dickinson

22nd Oct 2018

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The NSS: a survey

by David Kernohan

15th Oct 2018

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Student views, student surveys, and getting better at responding

by Jim Dickinson

14th Oct 2018

Data on Wonkhe

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Impact of English post-18 review in Wales

by David Kernohan

26th Nov 2018

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Student loans visualised

by Arthi Nachiappan

20th Nov 2018

Myths and realities of sector finance II: balances and borrowing

by David Kernohan

5th Nov 2018

Myths and realities of sector finance

by David Kernohan

29th Oct 2018

Post-18 review

Other people’s children – Hinds on technical education

by David Kernohan

7th Dec 2018

Taking is too easy: leaks from the Augar review

by David Kernohan

3rd Nov 2018

Developing flexible routes to higher skills

by John Cope

26th Oct 2018

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Long reads

Protect and survive: the story of Student Protection Plans

by Jim Dickinson

26th Nov 2018

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The strange tale of the University of London Bill

by David Kernohan

26th Jul 2018

Begone, fiscal illusions: understanding student loans in the national deficit

by Andrew McGettigan

18th Jul 2018

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Registrarism

The all new 2019 fictional universities ranking

by Paul Greatrix

7th Dec 2018

Are you being served? Supercharged student services

by Paul Greatrix

4th Dec 2018

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More cats on campus

by Paul Greatrix

30th Nov 2018

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Beginner’s guides

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A beginner’s guide to the USS dispute

by David Kernohan

5th Mar 2018

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A beginner’s guide to the English regulatory transitional period

by Arthi Nachiappan

12th Feb 2018

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A beginner’s guide to the Office for Students

by Catherine Boyd

8th Jan 2018

A beginner’s guide to Open Access

by Graham Steel

14th Aug 2017

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A beginner’s guide to the Teaching Excellence Framework

by Ant Bagshaw

18th Jun 2017

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A beginner’s guide to Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data

by David Morris

11th Jun 2017

Policy Watch

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Higher education’s absolute earnings benefit

by David Kernohan

27th Nov 2018

The realities of ethnic minority pay

by Arthi Nachiappan

22nd Nov 2018

Adding to the confusion on freedom of speech

by Jim Dickinson