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· Data
Local skills demand data may be more noise than signal
Gathering skills demand data to power a local skills revolution is hard work. David Kernohan appraises another attempt.
· Policy Watch
Collaboration is already baked in to the sector, and we need to see more of it
David Kernohan reads a Jisc/KPMG report that highlights the opportunities generated by providers working together and points out just how much joint work is already going on
· Comment
Bridget Phillipson increases fees by 3.1 per cent
Westminster’s Secretary of State for Education has resolved to increase undergraduate fees and maintenance by forecast inflation. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have all the analysis you need
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
How fees will rise by inflation
With an inflationary fee rise on the way we ask how it would need to happen, and why would this be the first rise since 2017? David Kernohan explains
· Wonk Corner
Getting money back from the Student Loans Company
The tale of a very special shopping trip for one lucky Wonkhe staff member
· Wonk Corner
Birkbeck computing B3 performance justified
The last entry in the 2022 B3 investigations is completed
· Wonk Corner
The Office for Students is pretty good, says the Office for Students
It’s KPM day!
· Wonk Corner
What’s the kerfuffle about PSNFL?
What does a change in fiscal rule target measures mean for the sector?
· Data
The demographic tide is turning, but university remains popular
David Kernohan asks whether a projected decline in young people spells shrinkage for the higher education sector
· Wonk Corner
Access goes backwards in Scotland
It’s a disappointing development, but are we seeing signs the area-based SIMD measure isn’t fit for purpose?
· Wonk Corner
Horizon funding could end up being a data definition problem
How can Horizon be supported by existing research funding when Horizon *is* existing research funding? It depends how you count it
· Wonk Corner
What OfS has learned from the first round of quality assessment
We’re pending regulatory action, but OfS are interested in what can be learned from the eleven investigation reports that have been published
· Data
What data do we need to formulate local skills policies?
If we’re planning the future state of local skills provision, we’d better be sure what we are betting on. David Kernohan reads the form
· Wonk Corner
NSS 2024 – results by student characteristics
Helpful, after a fashion
· Data
What pharmacy can teach us about offer-making and prestige
We have more data about the grades applicants need to enter university than ever before – but do we know how these decisions are made? David Kernohan applies himself
· SUs · Members
Avoiding academic burnout? It’s belonging again
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Long read
Research assessment has always been controversial, yet it necessarily persists
Arguing about research assessment has been a central feature of seventy-five years of higher education policy. David Kernohan traces the roots of the latest debates
· Analysis
Data can help predict where students are struggling with wellbeing
A Jisc report into a project that used analytics to help effectively target mental health and wellbeing support may offer a glimpse of the future. David Kernohan takes a look
· Wonk Corner
What’s in the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill?
David Kernohan has really missed reading new primary legislation about education and skills
· Data
Closed courses and new programmes
What do we know about trends in undergraduate courses offered in the UK? David Kernohan makes the best of a bad job