Monday 19 October 2026
David Kernohan

Team Wonkhe

David Kernohan

Deputy Editor

1,579 pieces

Newest first, since February 2011 · page 18 of 79

  1. · 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

  2. · 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

  3. · Wonk Corner

    NSS 2024 – results by student characteristics

    Helpful, after a fashion

  4. · 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

  5. · SUs · Members

    Avoiding academic burnout? It’s belonging again

    With Wonkhe SUs explainer

  6. · 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

  7. · 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

  8. · 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

  9. · 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

  10. · Wonk Corner

    University efficiency savings and independent school efficiency savings

    Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two stories

  11. · Wonk Corner

    UCU recommends yes on pay-related, no on pay

    Employers and unions have the opportunity to work together on workload and other pay-related issues. Or there may be more industrial action this autumn.

  12. · Analysis

    OfS reports on business provision at Regent College London

    The Office for Students has published a report on business and management teaching at Regent College London – and there’s a lot to digest. David Kernohan picks out the key points

  13. · Analysis

    The OU reflects on the Phoenix tribunal findings

    The Open University has work to do in the light of the Phoenix verdict, and Nicola Dandridge is helping them. David Kernohan reads along

  14. · Comment

    Like, about six things we learned from the July OfS board papers

    The OfS publishes board papers, and Wonkhe reads them for you. That’s how this works

  15. · Comment

    Fees of £10,500 would be a return to the policies of 2017

    As The Times hints at a coming fee rise that will be welcomed by the sector, David Kernohan notes how little policy would actually be involved in making this happen

  16. · SUs · Members

    Perceptions of fairness can make a huge difference to student satisfaction

    With Wonkhe SUs explainer

  17. · Wonk Corner

    Withdrawal rates are down

    SLC data shows the sector takes non-continuation seriously

  18. · Wonk Corner

    Research England funding allocations, 2024-25

    How much money your provider will get for research

  19. · Policy Watch

    Year zero for Skills England

    England’s newest education agency has produced a first annual report. David Kernohan has a read.

  20. · Analysis

    A strategic plan for Medr

    What’s on the new Welsh tertiary regulator’s to-do list for the next five years? Quite a bit, David Kernohan explains