Tuesday 29 September 2026
David Kernohan

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David Kernohan

Deputy Editor

1,570 pieces

Newest first, since February 2011 · page 29 of 79

  1. · Data

    TEF results, 2023

    Bronze, silver, gold, or requires improvement. Your TEF results are here. Except if they’re pending.

  2. · Wonk Corner

    KEF 2023 results

    The least well-known but best designed of the sector frameworks gets a new iteration for 2023.

  3. · Long read

    TEF: the next chapter

    The story of TEF is a long, confusing, and salutary one. David Kernohan assesses how we got here and where we are going

  4. · Wonk Corner

    *Another* clamp down on “low-grade” degrees?

    The policy announcement that keeps on giving

  5. · Wonk Corner

    Strikes called off

    A lot less places will see strike action next week than originally planned.

  6. · Wonk Corner

    We still don’t know how the LLE will work

    Sorry. It’s all still vague.

  7. · Comment

    Nearly thirty years of reviewing business and management provision

    Last time an English regulator published a detailed review of the state of the art in business and management was during the Major administration. David Kernohan finds we’ve lost a lot of focus in the intervening years.

  8. · Policy Watch

    Everything in the Industry and Regulators Committee OfS report

    The long awaited Industry and Regulators Committee report on the work of the Office for Students is here – David Kernohan sets out everything you need to know

  9. · Wonk Corner

    Redefining social mobility (again)

    This year’s SMC annual report makes some surprising (to them) discoveries.

  10. · Comment

    Where next on pay and conditions?

    As we face more strikes, more ballots, and more bad feeling on both sides, David Kernohan wonders what happens next.

  11. · Wonk Corner

    Farewell to MAB (for now?)

    Five days of strikes will end the current mandate for industrial action – and UCU have agreed to UCEA’s proposal for a joint review of sector finances.

  12. · Comment

    Universities UK counts the cost of regulation

    Universities UK is agitating for a regulatory rethink. David Kernohan puts it in context

  13. · Wonk Corner

    What we have learned from Clearing 2023

    Are we really all doomed?

  14. · Wonk Corner

    LLE Bill reaches report stage

    There’s surprisingly few amendments, but what is there is targeted and thoughtful

  15. · Wonk Corner

    A national student record system?

    You know what’ll solve the problems of the sector? Government sponsored centralised IT procurement.

  16. · Wonk Corner

    Busiest clearing on record

    It’s all happening in the admissions office

  17. · Data

    A level results and Clearing, 2023

    All the numbers you need from this year’s A level results day. We’ve put university admissions and A level results in context

  18. · Wonk Corner

    Where next for pay negotiations?

    Industrial action relating to pay and working conditions continues across the sector, with more strikes on the horizon.

  19. · Wonk Corner

    New Census data on qualifications, industry, and location

    Very much one for those with an interest in graduate destinations.

  20. · Analysis

    There’s more than one way to get a place on your dream course

    You don’t need stellar A level grades to land the university place you were hoping for. David Kernohan has the receipts