David Kernohan is Deputy Editor of Wonkhe. Until June 2016, he worked at Jisc as a programme manager and senior codesign manager, after being seconded from HEFCE in 2006. He has also worked for the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales). As Associate Editor, David has responsibility for the development and delivery of a variety of editorial content. His key areas of wonkishness include higher education data, graduate employment, teaching quality enhancement policy, funding policy, sector agency politics and history, and the use of technology in higher education
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· Wonk Corner
Graduates now cover 84 per cent of the cost of a degree
The effects of little-noticed threshold freezes
· Wonk Corner
A reinstated Unionlearn might be the missing piece of the LLE puzzle
It turns out that the people that advocate for workers rights might also be good at advocating for worker reskilling.
· Wonk Corner
Mission impossible?
Has a long-standing truce in the relationships of our mission groups broken down?
· Comment
It turns out the English higher education market is pretty strange
How does our market based higher education system in England work – as a market? David Kernohan gets into the detail
· Policy Watch
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
· Data
Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?
OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all – DK has thoughts
· Comment
Higher education finances are “under review” – but what does that mean?
It is the Treasury that gets to decide on any changes to sector funding, and it is the state of public finances that determines that there will be no major rethink. David Kernohan has been listening to the chancellor
· Wonk Corner
Data from the 28th day of clearing shows some concerning trends
There are very much winners and losers today
· Wonk Corner
Will a graduate jobs roadmap show us the right way?
A Universities UK report makes that case for supporting graduates into employment
· Wonk Corner
Professional and support staff need visibility and recognition
A new report argues for better jobs and better support in higher education
· Policy Watch
We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again
The Office for Students had a lot to learn from the recent high court judgement. David Kernohan looks at how it is trying to start that
· Wonk Corner
OfS figures out what a governing document is
The Sussex reckoning continues
· Wonk Corner
How do universities and students get paid?
How do students get maintenance loans and universities get fee income each term? – here’s how
· Comment
What brass bands can tell us about REF reform
New science minister Chris McDonald loves brass bands. Will he grow to love the REF in the same way?
· Policy Watch
Assessing Scotland’s sector finances
The first pillar of Scotland’s review of university funding looks at the current state of the sector. As DK finds, the evidence is not encouraging
· Wonk Corner
The official introduction to Chris McDonald
As roles are formally announced James Coe and DK take a look at the life and times of Chris McDonald, the new Minister for Science
With James Coe
· Wonk Corner
Are graduates facing the worst jobs market on record?
There’s a thing in the Telegraph again. Sorry about this.
· Data
Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC
It is the sector’s most underused, and most misunderstood, data collection. David Kernohan wants to get it back on TRAC
· Wonk Corner
A busy UCAS clearing for 2026
All the news from the UCAS clearing data releases
· Data
A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?
It’s DK’s annual data spectacular on JCQ (A level and other level three outside of Scotland) results day.