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· Analysis
The franchise problem may not have a quick answer
Will simply regulating franchise providers directly solve our concerns about fraudulent provision? David Kernohan isn’t sure
· Comment
What the UK can learn from Scotland’s tertiary pathfinder experiments
Rewiring skills and employment pathways doesn’t have to be expensive. David Kernohan shares the findings of a short, low cost initiative to bring regional providers, learners, and employers together
· Wonk Corner
New HESA student data shows sector in flux
Lots of things seem to be new. But what’s really going on?
· Wonk Corner
OfS has published some board papers for December 2024
There’s not much in there, but a couple of points worth noting.
· Wonk Corner
Regional pathfinders point the way for skills in Scotland
Once again – low levels of funding and cleverly designed projects deliver results
· Wonk Corner
Apply here to fix English higher education
The Department for Education is appointing to a key policy role
· Analysis
The five things universities do to cut costs
Though every higher education provider is different, changes driven by financial problems start with five similar questions. David Kernohan asks them
· Data
Which universities recruit commuter students?
A new analysis of HESA data helps us to begin to understand where commuter students may be studying. David Kernohan has the details
· Wonk Corner
OfS wants to know all about your 2024–25 financial projections, again
Interim financial return gives the regulator another view
· Wonk Corner
2025–26 pay negotiation heads of claim
Give campus unions New JNCHES and they take a mile
· People
Edward Peck’s performance at the Education Committee
The government’s choice for the next chair of OfS faced a Commons Education Committee grilling. David Kernohan had tickets
· Wonk Corner
UCU launches campaign against job cuts
The main campus union calls on the government to offer sustainable finances to the sector
· Data
Universities that expand access have graduates who take longer to repay their loans
The data behind student loan repayment rates by provider demonstrates that less advantaged students don’t repay as quickly. But, as David Kernohan examines, this is not a way of spotting providers that offer poor value f
· Wonk Corner
Don’t sleep on HESES
The OfS’ quietest data release speaks loudly about the way the sector is changing right now
· Policy Watch
The Office for Students reviews TEF… again
TEF 2023 – was it any good? OfS didn’t know, so they found out – David Kernohan reads along
· Wonk Corner
Don’t believe the HEIP
A stroll through the world of national higher education participation measures
· Wonk Corner
Widening access to medical school
If we need new doctors, do they all have to be from posh schools?
· Wonk Corner
Are there providers where graduates tend not to repay their loans?
New data from SLC throws absolutely no light on the question
· Analysis
Research flexibility doesn’t have to mean researcher precarity
James Coe and David Kernohan look for the balance between flexibility and predictability that can allow researchers, research, and the wider economy to thrive
With James Coe
· Wonk Corner
Why does it take the British Academy to plot subject geographies?
A curious deficiency in official data