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Newest first, since February 2011 · page 19 of 79
· Wonk Corner
Productivity and skills doesn’t always mean vocational and intermediate
Another report calls for government investment in intermediate vocational qualifications. DK wonders what employers think
· Comment
Efficiency and effectiveness are harder to find than to talk about
David Kernohan evaluates the impact of a 2011 report into efficiency in the higher education sector
· Data
“Unexplained” grade inflation in 2024
The latest OfS data on grade inflation is out – but what does it mean? David Kernohan has answers – and also questions
· Wonk Corner
2024 UCAS cycle, 28 days after JCQ results day
It’s the trends we’ve been seeing all along
· Wonk Corner
Applied Business Academy to close all higher education courses
It appears banning a provider from accessing fee loan income during an investigation makes delivering higher education less attractive
· Wonk Corner
OfS Key Performance Measures on student outcomes
Is this the best way to demonstrate how effective a regulator is?
· Wonk Corner
UCU responds to the latest UCEA offer
As Jo Grady says – a complicated spot to move forward
· Comment
Why do we all work such long hours?
It’s easy to understand why we get sucked in to working long hours. David Kernohan asks what it would take for us to address this issue before it becomes a real problem
· Long read
Is the data we offer applicants any use?
Your odds of higher education and career success are determined by factors both inside and outside of the provider and course choices you make. David Kernohan asks whether the data we offer enables applicants to make the
· Data
What HESA data can tell us about provider recruitment strategies
The long-delayed final release from the 2022-23 HESA Student collection shows us where students come from. David Kernohan plots the data
· Wonk Corner
ESFA is to close
We do love a machinery of government change
· Wonk Corner
UCEA “full and final offer” in 2024-25 pay round, September version
It’s back! And it honestly hasn’t changed that much in two months.
· Wonk Corner
OfS student characteristics data, 2024
Is it time to address national inequalities nationally?
· Wonk Corner
An actual, old-fashioned, bidding competition from OfS
DK gets misty eyed over the way we did quality enhancement in the early 00s
· Data
HESA Student data 2022-23, open data (part one)
It’s (almost) the student data release you’ve been waiting for since the start of the year. David Kernohan plots what we have of the HESA Student data for 2022-23
· Wonk Corner
Schumacher College to close
Is this the first of many?
· Wonk Corner
What on earth is going on in Clearing?
Is there a lockdown and nobody told us?
· Wonk Corner
Clearing 2024 (day 1)
Things are moving quickly in Clearing (updated to day 5)
· Data
A level results day, 2024
All the results, all the analysis, and all the clearing action from JCQ results day 2024
· Wonk Corner
Navigating Clearing, with data
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