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Newest first, since February 2011 · page 25 of 79
· Wonk Corner
Place, adult participation, and 20 years of HE expansion
How has higher education participation in small local areas changed since 2001?
· Data
UCAS January deadline, 2024
It’s a decent year for January deadline applications, but some underlying trends are cause for concern. David Kernohan has the data
· Comment
Students take new seats for a welcome week election
An election at the start of the academic year could disenfranchise students. David Kernohan explains
· Wonk Corner
Four big beasts in a triangle of sadness
King’s College London is attempting to start a better national conversation on university funding. David Kernohan listened in.
· Wonk Corner
Those London Economics/Nuffield Foundation fee models in a nutshell
A welcome cross-UK comparison of fee and maintenance arrangements that also looks at exchequer spending and provider income per student
· Analysis
Student-staff ratios may not have an impact on the student experience after all
New data analysis from David Kernohan shows that, contrary to popular belief, more staff may not be the most important way to keep students engaged and satisfied with their experience
· Data
The public sector needs graduates
Graduates want to work in the public sector, and the public sector wants to employ them. David Kernohan investigates what the data tells us about how these two UK success stories link together
· Comment
Your next UCU general secretary might hold the key to the future of the sector
Who is running for UCU General Secretary, and what would they do to address the issues the sector is facing in 2024 and beyond? David Kernohan has thoughts
· Wonk Corner
QAA to the rescue on international foundation programmes
Last week’s coverage in The Sunday Times generates action on quality, but not from the regulator
· Data
HESA Spring 2024: Staff movement
Are there more or less academic staff at your university – who are they and what do they teach? David Kernohan gets the answers from HESA
· Wonk Corner
A farewell to SIMD targets for providers
John McKendrick’s first report as access commissioner will be popular
· Wonk Corner
The Sunday Times on international foundation years
What are the facts behind this morning’s splash?
· Wonk Corner
The last of the current OfS fee information series
There’s a poignancy to OfS’ dullest annual release this year.
· Wonk Corner
Two new “boots on the ground” reports bring concerns
The longest and the shortest investigation on record bring, in one case, some fairly fundamental concerns
· Data
UCAS End of Cycle 2023: provider data
Some mythbusting, some unexpected anomalies, a fashionable market exposure analysis, and how your provider got on in the last recruitment cycle. David Kernohan has the data
· Wonk Corner
HESA spring 2024: Staff, in outline
It’s HESA spring – but we had a bad winter
· Wonk Corner
Higher education participation rates don’t predict Labour votes
The first, I suspect, of many examinations of the higher education impact on the forthcoming election.
· Comment
What universities do instead of closing
There’s a long road between financial uncertainty and collapse. David Kernohan chats to Sam Sanders at KPMG about the other routes struggling providers might take
· Policy Watch
Low numbers make for short course trial failings
Low applicant interest in short courses and tuition fee loans means the £2m OfS trial tells us very little about appetite for the LLE. David Kernohan has the caveats
· Comment
The other student loan affordability problem
It’s not just graduates that are struggling to afford student loan repayments. The IFS notes that covering the cost of loans is getting very expensive for the government. David Kernohan has a read