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Should reps be paid?
Jim Dickinson reflects on a national discussion over whether reps should be paid to represent other students
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Lessons from coordinating participation bursaries
Chiara Blows reflects on the importance of accessible student activities and the role bursaries can play in making things more equitable.
Study Tour January 2025
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Extracurricular activities have big benefits for students
There are wide-ranging personal, academic and institutional benefits of extracurricular activities. Robert Phillips urges universities to promote and tailor them to underrepresented groups
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Social mobility is in the mix
Friendships that cut across income brackets and backgrounds are the stuff of many an american teen movie, but it turns out that they’re also a measurable driver of social mobility.
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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
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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
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A proper review of student maintenance is now long overdue
The fundamentals of the system for student support in England were put place before most of them born. Jim Dickinson argues for change to alleviate poverty and support opportunity
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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
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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.
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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.
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Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
