Author
Dani Payne
Dani Payne is Senior Researcher at the Social Market Foundation
6 pieces
Newest first, since July 2021
· Comment
How to make premium funding fairer
Dani Payne argues that reallocating OfS funds as a per-student premium for care experienced and estranged students would serve as a model for wider and fairer funding reform
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The taxpayer and businesses will demand more from universities
Dani Payne argues that universities should prepare for less autonomy in exchange for a more secure future
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To win the funding argument universities need to explain where the money goes
Dani Payne argues that however much funding has fallen in real terms, universities need to better account for public investment for lobbying on sector finances to be successful
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Academic fieldwork is a context where harassment and sexual misconduct can thrive
Dani Bradford draws on her research to argue that universities should target academic fieldwork for intervention to prevent and address harassment and sexual misconduct
· SUs
Do students recognise racism as “harassment”?
Initiatives focusing on the retention of marginalised students and staff and anti-racism efforts are under fire. In May this year Cambridge university came under scrutiny for their Report+Support system. In particular en
· SUs
What did SUs learn from the Pandemic: Part 1
It’s not over yet – but as we gear up for the new academic year, what did we learn from the pandemic? We asked staff and officers from SUs across the UK to share reflections and learning from sixteen months of tea-time p
With Janette Alvarado-Cruz, Luke Newton, John Abell, Neil Mackenzie and Tim Hewes-Belton