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· Comment
Is public sector research on the rise?
Public Sector Research Establishments get an unexpected day in the sun. But how do they relate to higher education? David Kernohan does some digging
· Policy Watch
Student immigration data, November 2023
Overall international student visa grants are high and steady, but visa applications are down. And we still don’t really know where people end up after their student visa expires. Jim and DK walk you through the latest d
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
What’s in the Autumn Statement?
There’s nothing in the autumn statement for students, obviously. Unless you’re from Wales.
With Jim Dickinson
· Comment
Data Futures issues have an impact far beyond the sector
Problems with sector data aren’t just an issue for the sector, notes David Kernohan. Other customers, including some with a lot of power, are getting anxious too
· Comment
There is another big pensions problem in higher education
Employer pension contributions into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme will cost many universities resource they don’t have. David Kernohan runs the numbers
· Policy Watch
LLE entitlements and more on the funding model
We now know who is eligible for lifelong learning entitlement loans, and how much. But, as David Kernohan relates, there’s a lot more we don’t know
· Wonk Corner
Boots in Beds
Another OfS investigation report reminds David Kernohan of one of last year’s moral panics, and points the way to the next phase of investigations
· Wonk Corner
Data even further into the future
All is not well in the world of student data
· Wonk Corner
Are around half of graduates really not in graduate jobs?
David Kernohan reads the latest IFS research on place, careers, and qualifications
· Comment
Where next for UCU?
The University and College Union is at a low point right now, but the whole sector needs it back to full strength. David Kernohan reads the tea leaves.
· SUs · Members
Imagine if there was a subject-level TEF
With Jim Dickinson and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Smoother financial systems means learning from experience
Your finance system is something that ties your provider together, and replacing or updating it can reap benefits if you can learn from what others have done. David Kernohan reads a new guide from BUFDG and KPMG
· Wonk Corner
Do we really need (yet another) major review of higher education?
Our closing plenary at The Festival of Higher Education wasn’t so sure
· Wonk Corner
The other inflationary funding trap
The arguments against increasing student fees to fund providers are politically robust
· Wonk Corner
The state of influence
Hands up, then, if you think the relationship between universities and government in England is a positive and mutually beneficial one?
· Wonk Corner
UCU ballot fails to meet threshold
It looks like an end to national industrial action from UCU, for the moment
· Comment
Seven ways through the Overton catflap
With political and economic constraints, action to benefit higher education looks unlikely this coming parliamentary year. David Kernohan searches for the small things that might make a big difference
· Wonk Corner
Balls, SOCs, chickens, eggs, and graduate jobs
An adventure in local graduate supply and demand
· Wonk Corner
Welsh regulatory changes delayed
More time for consultation, as Jeremy Miles bows to pressure for a slower, more considered, implementation
· Analysis
Can the Secretary of State tell UKRI what to do?
In the wake of Michelle Donelan’s letter, David Kernohan analyses the legislation that governs the way ministers and UKRI get along