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· 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
· Comment
Is sector data still good enough?
Public data, statutory collections, regulatory releases, student surveys – is the data the sector has the data the sector really needs? David Kernohan has thoughts
· Data
What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?
It’s LEO, but not as we know it – DK examines the latest attempt to link attainment aged 16 to graduate and non-graduate outcomes
· Comment
Higher education study still makes financial sense for most
DK examines what the Institute for Fiscal Studies has done with a few extra years of data on graduate earnings, and on a new approach to comparing graduates to their non-graduate peers
· Wonk Corner
The Starmer era in English higher education
What legacy does the outgoing Prime Minister leave for the sector?
· Wonk Corner
England’s political tertiary consensus
It is lovely when everyone agrees. Apparently we – as a nation, or a bunch of policy nerds, or whatever – have been paying too much attention to higher education and not enough to other skills routes. No more an educatio
· Analysis
Opportunity is shaped by where you live, who you are, and how much money your family had
David Kernohan reads into a new report from the Sutton Trust on how ethnicity, gender, place, and poverty combine to determine opportunity
· Wonk Corner
Is the government really re-immersing itself in the MERs debate?
And just how reliable is entry qualification data anyway?
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: Demographic downturn and the post-18 system
Higher education will be among the first systems to feel the impact of demographic shifts. David Kernohan sets out recommendations on what needs to change now
· Data
Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24
DK gets beyond the headlines in this year’s graduate outcomes data.
· Wonk Corner
Shall we get on with fixing student finance? or just change the name?
One of these things is much cheaper than the other
· Comment
Changing public attitudes to higher education
The latest British Social Attitudes survey release tracks a disquieting change in the public’s perception of higher education. David Kernohan has the numbers