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· Wonk Corner
What commentators say about A levels and university every year
Call it a sneak preview of results day, but with some deeper than usual responses
· Analysis
Weekend delivery rules won’t be judicially reviewed
Five universities attempted to bring about a review of the ineligibility of weekend-delivery students for maintenance loans. As David Kernohan reports, the court wasn’t keen
· Wonk Corner
The Social Mobility Commission builds university league tables with eight year old data
It is not clear why
· Wonk Corner
The graduate repayment burden is growing and becoming more regressive. Here’s how to fix that
A genuinely impressive higher education report in mid-August
· Wonk Corner
A bumper year for Scottish applicants
All the action from Qualifications Scotland’s results day, and the first clearing data release of 2026
· Wonk Corner
Research England funding allocations, 2026-27
What institutional-level formula allocations look like for the coming year
· Wonk Corner
Fishing, with Neil O’Brien
DfE gives the Conservative HE spokesperson another spreadsheet.
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: No country for young men
Higher education faces a demographic cliff through to 2040. David Kernohan sets out four possible futures of higher education in a shrinking Britain
· Comment
Devolution is not the only answer – higher education still needs a national policy agenda
New PM Andy Burnham wants to go further and faster on devolution, but for higher education, local focus still needs to be underpinned with a national policy infrastructure. David Kernohan assesses the options for action
· Wonk Corner
UCAS June deadline data shows a growth in application rates and offer making
Everything you need from the final pre-clearing data release
· Wonk Corner
OfS sets aside £660k to pay Sussex costs
Everything we spotted in the annual report and accounts
· Wonk Corner
International fee levy confirmed
It’s all pretty much as planned.
· Comment
Discount rates don’t work for higher education
We think short term about graduate returns, and the public accounting models we use bake this presumption in. DK has been at the green book again.
· Wonk Corner
Sector support on contextual offers
New guidance from UUK, UCAS, and the Sutton Trust aims to make contextual offer making fairer and more transparent
· Wonk Corner
HE participation by 25 hits new high
And task and finish proposals think local, level 4/5, and collaborative
· Comment
Keeping cool on campus
Our campuses, residences, and buildings were not designed for the kind of heat the last few summers have offered. David Kernohan asks what providers are doing to keep staff and students safe
· Data
The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education
The 2026 NSS results bring evidence that most students are happy with their academic experience, and particularly appreciate the skills of their academic staff
· Wonk Corner
OfS funding cuts for nursing, computing, history, and the creative arts
The long-awaited annual guidance letter from the Secretary of State to the Office for Students makes for difficult reading.
· Wonk Corner
The intersection between ethnicity, disadvantage, and social mobility via higher education is complex
Entry rates might not be the easiest way to understand it
· Wonk Corner
How much do we really know about HE entrants with low prior attainment?
Small numbers cause big problems