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In the scramble to AI-proof assessment, fluency isn’t competence

As universities swap essays for vivas to beat generative AI, Glenn Hurst argues that marking fluency rather than understanding will penalise students who stammer

Glenn Hurst|22/10/26

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In the scramble to AI-proof assessment, fluency isn’t competence

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

OfS begins second round of consultation on future TEF quality assessments

Debbie McVitty|22/10/26

PhD students to get parental leave, but no support with childcare costs

PhD students to get parental leave, but no support with childcare costs

Kate Bowen-Viner|22/10/26

Wonk Corner

Are there really more graduate NEETs than A-level NEETs

Jim Dickinson|15/10/26

A slightly better outlook for graduate jobs

David Kernohan|14/10/26

AI marking could cost universities their get out of jail free card

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|13/10/26

Students are being nudged into housing they can’t afford that may also be unsafe

Jim Dickinson|12/10/26

The Sunday Times has counted postgrads as rich kids turning down maintenance loans

Jim Dickinson|10/10/26

EU fees have been parked, but Europe’s real bill for UK higher education is still coming

Jim Dickinson|06/10/26

Another reminder about in-year student data

David Kernohan|06/10/26

The student protection gap is about more than providers

Jim Dickinson|05/10/26

Wonkhe event12 days to goThe collaboration questionTuesday 3 November · Impact Hub Euston, LondonBook your place

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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Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Last seen around the time of the Augar review, KPMG has updated work on the costs of teaching. DK finds evidence of cost cutting everywhere

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|18/09/26

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Ministers dodge the question of candour in universities

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|12/10/26

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|17/09/26

Student loans are still broken and unfair

Student loans are still broken and unfair

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|13/09/26

We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|04/09/26

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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