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· Wonk Corner
The size and shape of TNE provision
You don’t have to study in England to be a part of English higher education
· Wonk Corner
OfS fees set to rise by 18 per cent
That’s quite the rise – but does it represent value for money?
· Comment
Previously at the Industry and Regulators Committee
The oral evidence sessions at the the Industry and Regulators Committee haves been compulsive viewing for higher education policy fans, so David Kernohan summarises the story so far as we await the last episode
· Comment
The UK’s shadow higher education regulators
Away from the Office for Students and funding councils there is a whole world of effective, if sometimes burdensome, higher education regulation. David Kernohan prepares for validation
· Wonk Corner
Last orders for the Freedom of Speech Bill?
The final moment of scrutiny happens on Wednesday 10 May, with Lords set to agree to the latest government amendments to the tort. But what has happened so far, and what happens next?
· Wonk Corner
Lapworth and Wharton face the committee
But don’t expect answers to everything that previous witnesses have brought up
· Wonk Corner
Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill clears the Commons
MPs bid farewell to a bill that has changed not one iota since introduction
· Wonk Corner
The cost of free higher education
Calculating the cost of fees is not as easy as it seems
· Wonk Corner
Starmer drops free education, Wales turns away from England and PGR funding gets fudged
For some reason the 2nd May 2023 has proved to be quite a day for followers of all things student finance – with developments over Labour’s policy for England, Labour’s policy for Wales and England’s policy on PGRs.
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
Why did Robert Halfon interview an OfS student panel candidate?
No policy movement, but some interesting points raised in Westminster Hall?
· Data
HESA spring 2023: financial data
HESA financial data for 2021-22 shows a struggling sector dealing with an uncertain and expensive world. David Kernohan has the charts
· Wonk Corner
The sector is seeing more partnership provision than ever before
There’s four providers in England that contracted out more than ten thousand full time undergraduates each in 2021-22
· Analysis
A survey of higher education surveys
From regulation to opinion, It’s almost impossible to keep abreast of the scope and quality of sector polling. David Kernohan has a go
· Wonk Corner
OfS reaches agreement with the Archbishop of Canterbury
It’s destined to be a quiz question – who is permitted to award research degrees in England but does not have university title and is not registered with the Office for Students?
· Wonk Corner
Where do students live now? And where did they live a decade ago?
The pattern of student residence has changed substantially in a decade – even if we only look at students with separate term time and home addresses
· Wonk Corner
OfS tried to silence us, say student panel members
Worrying suggestions of a “chilling effect” on the OfS student panel emerged have from an evidence session in the Industry and Regulators Committee inquiry.
· Wonk Corner
New data shows a smaller improvement in pandemic grades for disadvantaged students in Wales
Did students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds see better grades during the pandemic?
· Comment
Let’s have a better debate about university funding
Arguing about fee levels and contribution takes up space that could be used to radically rethink some of our more unconsidered assumptions about universities. David Kernohan opens up the windows for some fresh air
· Data
Is the existing market for vocational short courses at risk?
The release of HE-BCI data sees David Kernohan realise just how expensive the lifelong loan entitlement could be for universities
· Analysis
Who wants to be a designated quality body?
Who would the next DQB ideally be? David Kernohan reviews the rules, sizes up the runners and riders, and reaches a surprising conclusion