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The three “f” words I can’t stop saying at uni
Rosie Ellen Birch recounts her recent campaign and explains why accessibility is everyone's responsibility.
Summer 2025
Changing things through students: Community organising in SUs
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What I learned on a Wonkhe SUs study tour
Sam Dangerfield reflects on a previous SUs study tour that challenged UK SU norms, revealing how history, patriotism, and communitarian values shape student life across Latvia, Estonia and Finland
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Student experience on Wonkhe
Universities in England can’t ignore the curriculum (and students) that are coming
As Bridget Phillipson unveils “landmark reforms” to the schools curriculum in England, Jim Dickinson explores how curriculum and qualification redesigns are reshaping the pipeline to higher education
Students' unions on Wonkhe
Who gets to be an artist?
Are you from a professional family, went to private school, have a postgraduate degree, and live in London with a load of cash in the bank?
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
Study tour to Portugal
To be FAIRe, there was plenty to learn in Portugal
On the way home from this year study tour to Portugal, Jim, Mack and team reflect on what UK SUs might learn from the country's impressive systems and culture of student organising
Students unions on Wonkhe
OfS’ understanding of the student interest requires improvement
Jim Dickinson argues that the Office for Students’ new quality proposals sideline the very student voices they claim to champion – and risk undermining trust in higher education regulation
cost of living on wonkhe
Graduates, you will [not] pay less under a Labour government
The gap between the income that people get from work and the amount of money that students are expected to live is getting bigger.
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Latest from Belong – students’ health is not OK, and that’s not OK
Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success
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.
Free speech
The importance of civility in higher education
Higher education needs to reconsider the idea of civility. Lydia Dye-Stonebridge spent two years finding out how and why
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