Wednesday 14 October 2026
David Kernohan

Team Wonkhe

David Kernohan

Deputy Editor

1,578 pieces

Newest first, since February 2011 · page 5 of 79

  1. · Wonk Corner

    If we expand level 4 and above, who is going to study on these courses?

    We need more work at lower levels to drive progress towards Starmer’s target

  2. · Wonk Corner

    Draft CUC Code of Governance

    This one feels clearer

  3. · Wonk Corner

    DfE enacts the free speech rules it planned to last year

    But why now?

  4. · Wonk Corner

    Comparing vice chancellor pay to FTSE listed company CEOs

    It’s an order of magnitude thing.

  5. · Wonk Corner

    What’s the deal with Romanian nationals and student finance?

    And why is Rupert Lowe so upset about it?

  6. · Policy Watch

    Treating students fairly, on an ongoing basis

    A new ongoing condition of registration gives a familiar refresh to ongoing registration conditions on consumer protections. David Kernohan has the detail

  7. · Wonk Corner

    Pre-arrival questionnaires highlight entrant preparedness

    Knowing what students might need before they arrive would help both providers and students. A large scale trial of a pre-arrival questionnaire throws lights on the key issue.

  8. · Wonk Corner

    Medr has a regulatory framework

    Just in time for Easter.

    With Jim Dickinson

  9. · Wonk Corner

    Another bail out?

    If we have indeed found evidence of DfE plans to prop up the sector, what might such a scheme look like?

  10. · Wonk Corner

    Their name is not Susan

    A new job-share chief executive for the Office for Students

  11. · Wonk Corner

    Media literacy is changing – again. And this time the answers are not clear

    David Kernohan has thoughts about disinformation. But why would you believe him?

  12. · Wonk Corner

    Financial sustainability in Welsh HE

    The bits that are bad are plausible, and the bits that are good prompt questions.

  13. · Wonk Corner

    What is Chris Philp saying about international students on London campuses?

    And on what basis?

  14. · Wonk Corner

    Comparing student support and support for NEETs

    The costs are closer than you may imagine, but one gets repaid and one does not

  15. · Wonk Corner

    Measuring university contribution to social mobility

    Are today’s rankings the full story?

  16. · Comment

    The graduate premium in a world of human capital

    It turns out there are other bits of government beyond DfE with an interest in graduate earnings. David Kernohan unexpectedly finds hope in neoclassical economic theory

  17. · Wonk Corner

    Do one in ten students enter university without a single A level?

    Yes – that’s right.

  18. · Wonk Corner

    Graduate Outcomes gets tested

    DK finds a largely clean bill of health

  19. · Wonk Corner

    Is the future NEET?

    Who leaves compulsory education and what do they do?

  20. · Wonk Corner

    OfS unveils registration condition on subcontracting

    DK and Jim get stuck in to new condition E10

    With Jim Dickinson