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· Wonk Corner
Universities UK on graduate outcomes
Sector representative body makes the case for the long term value of a degree
· Comment
Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question
The Conservative party has promised to cull “poor quality” higher education courses, and fund apprenticeships with the proceeds. For David Kernohan neither the numbers or the ideas stack up
· Wonk Corner
OfS finance data tweaks for English providers
If you kind of squint a bit, there might be some burden reduction in here
· Comment
Home PGT numbers are falling and it is not clear why
Postgraduate taught home students are valuable to society and the economy. David Kernohan wonders why there are fewer of them every year
· Data
Modelling the financial impact of recruitment variation
The OfS has been modelling the impact of various recruitment scenarios. David Kernohan built a dashboard, so now you can do it for your provider too
· Data
HESA Spring 2024: Financial data
It was a bad year – what does it look like in retrospect? David Kernohan plots the provider level HESA Finance data from 2022–23
· Wonk Corner
Apparently, people like universities
A proper “man bites dog story”
· Policy Watch
Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route
The MAC review of the Graduate route finds no evidence of widespread abuse, and no impact on the integrity and quality of UK HE. The ball is back in the government’s court, say David Kernohan and Michael Salmon
With Michael Salmon
· Data
A history of Data Futures
Data Futures is here, it just isn’t evenly distributed. David Kernohan traces the surprisingly long history of the future of data
· Wonk Corner
More on foundation year fee cuts
The government has broken a long silence on funding foundation year provision.
· Wonk Corner
DfE suggests we may need more graduates
DfE, however, does not appear to be planning to give us more graduates
· Wonk Corner
UCU calls for an employer levy to fund undergraduate study
The University and College Union is the latest organisation to be granted access to the hardest working spreadsheet in higher education policy
· Wonk Corner
Where’s the 2022-23 student data?
More delays ahead for the beleaguered 2022-23 HESA Student open data.
· Wonk Corner
New Home Office data will let you watch international recruitment slump in near real-time
Yes – monthly data on visa applications until the end of 2024
With Michael Salmon
· Comment
Library data is an untapped resource to support student success
Ahead of the upcoming Kortext spring webinar David Kernohan spoke to panellist and Solent University, Southampton librarian Amy Stubbing about how universities can make better use of library data on student activity
· Wonk Corner
Onward wants to cut international recruitment
A new think-tank report calls for Student visas to be restricted to certain universities only
· Wonk Corner
DfE data on prior attainment and completing a course of higher education
It’s not good data.
· Wonk Corner
SLC board has a new LLE delivery strategy
Further train-related metaphors ahead for the LLE
· Policy Watch
The Public Accounts Committee on franchising and fraud
The Public Accounts Committee makes all the right noises, but David Kernohan isn’t spotting anything that will really shift the dial on franchise fraud
· Data
UCAS equalities data, 2023 cycle
The delayed release of UCAS equalities data from last cycle offers many opportunities – not least a peek into Clearing. David Kernohan gets stuck in