Author
Arthi Nachiappan
Editorial Assistant
39 pieces
Newest first, since September 2017 · page 2 of 2
· Analysis
Sex, drugs and harm reduction policy
Arthi Nachiappan explores what characterises critiques of university policy on drug misuse, supporting student sex workers and other issues, arguing in favour of a harm reduction approach.
· Analysis
It’s time for regulation on mental health
Jim Dickinson and Arthi Nachiappan ask what sector level leadership or regulation on mental health could or should look like
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
The rent challenge at the heart of the Augar review
Arthi Nachiappan takes a look at the biggest cost facing “traditional” students- their rent.
· Data
NSS2018 – feeling the heat?
Our first look at the 2018 National Student Survey results includes a bunch of David Kernohan’s visualisations – but even they can’t improve what appears to be some quite difficult news for the sector.
With David Kernohan
· Comment
Who do students expect to see on campus?
Arthi Nachiappan asks how a perceived lack of diversity, and lack of voice, amongst staff appears to prospective students.
· Policy Watch
A first look at what the 2018 TEF3 data tells us
Louis Coiffait and Arthi Nachiappan take a first look at what the TEF3 data tells us.
With Louis Coiffait
· Data
Analysing seven years of data on black applicants to HE
Arthi Nachiappan analyses seven years of (detailed and interactive) data about black applicants.
· Data
The move to open data in higher education
Arthi Nachiappan and David Kernohan speak to HESA’s Jonathan Waller, who is leading the agency’s move to open data, to take stock of where we are with open data in the sector and what the future holds.
With David Kernohan
· Live
It’s alive! A one day conference live blog round up
Live updates from Wonkhe’s conference on OfS and the new regulatory framework.
· Comment
Views from four female HE leaders
Arthi Nachiappan and Catherine Boyd interview Clare Marchant, Valerie Amos, Maddalaine Ansell, and Alison Johns, for International Women’s Day 2018.
With Catherine Boyd
· Blog
A tour of UCAS end-of-cycle data 2017
Wonkhe’s Arthi Nachiappan digests the final UCAS 2017 report and looks at trends across the three previous instalments.
· Comment
Sector voices on the review of post-18 education and funding
Wonkhe’s Arthi Nachiappan has interviewed key people from across UK further and higher education – mission groups, representative groups, think tanks, charities, and individual wonks – to find out the sector’s priorities
· Policy Watch
A beginner’s guide to the English regulatory transitional period
With so much going on, it can be easy to lose track of what to expect and when as the OfS replaces HEFCE, and HERA takes hold. Arthi Nachiappan and Catherine Boyd pull everything together.
With Catherine Boyd
· Policy Watch
What we know about the 2018 recruitment cycle so far
Arthi Nachiappan analyses the key trends in applications to different subject groups and by quintiles of participation based on UCAS data for the January 2018 deadline.
· Data
HESA widening participation 16/17 – visualised
The most recent set of HESA widening participation figures showed an overall slowing of progress. Arthi Nachiappan looks at institutional performance in detail, and there’s interactive visualisations for you too.
· Data
Institutional UCAS end of cycle 2017 statistics – visualised
Wonkhe’s Arthi Nachiappan and David Kernohan present some of our finest data visualisations and analysis for the 2017 UCAS cycle. Who are the big winners and losers? What can we learn about the way the sector is changing
With David Kernohan
· Policy Watch
The costs and benefits of international students
Arthi Nachiappan summarises recent research on the economic impact of international students and reactions to it.
· Policy Watch
Fairness, parity, clarity: a new social contract for Scottish students
The independent review of student support in Scotland makes some eye-catching recommendations at HE and FE levels. Wonkhe’s David Kernohan and Arthi Nachiappan go through the detail.
With David Kernohan
· Policy Watch
Can one size fit all? OfS and the future of regulation
The Higher Education Commission has launched a new report on the challenges facing the OfS in fostering a diverse higher education sector. Wonkhe’s Arthi Nachiappan and Catherine Boyd digest the key findings.
With Catherine Boyd