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· 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
· Comment
Why has England’s annual funding letter appeared on take out the trash day?
Does the Department for Education have anything to hide in its annual funding letter to the sector? David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson go rummaging through the bins.
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
How might NSS results be published in 2023 and beyond?
Here’s what we will likely see on NSS results day this year.
· Wonk Corner
Are schools more efficient than universities?
An answer to Lord Agnew
· Comment
Is everyone onboard the journey to a million?
UCAS projects a million applicants by 2030 – David Kernohan asks if the government is ready enough to ensure providers can cope
· Analysis
What is going on with initial teacher training in higher education?
Teacher training has long been associated with higher education – is it just coincidence that the move away from university provision has seen the biggest teacher shortage in a generation? David Kernohan has the backgrou
· Comment
Universities are changing size and shape very rapidly. Can anyone keep up?
New English student numbers figures show how rapidly universities are changing size and shape. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson consider if the regulation can keep up
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
MPs and vice chancellors debate the LLE
The bill scrutiny process continues but the questions are still being asked about the policy
· Wonk Corner
The return of the free speech tort comes with caveats
Yes, more free speech fun for a Friday evening
· Wonk Corner
Joint statements released on pensions and non-pay elements
What progress has there been on pensions, pay, and working conditions?
· Analysis
The Lifelong Loan Entitlement could get very expensive for learners
The interaction between LLE intentions and Plan 5 economics could make lifelong study a very expensive option. David Kernohan built a model
· Wonk Corner
Former ministers weigh in for OfS inquiry
Jo Johnson and Charles Clarke shepherded the last two big higher education bills through parliament. But what did they make of the current state of regulation?
· Policy Watch
The Lifelong Loan Entitlement consultation response arrives
The Department for Education unveils more detail on the biggest change to student finance in years. David Kernohan is across the detail
· Comment
Government has an interest in keeping universities solvent
Would the regulator and department really stand by and watch as a provider hit financial uncertainty? David Kernohan tests the mood
· Wonk Corner
What would happen if the sector won’t let the DQB demit?
What would happen if the government’s consultation on whether to de-designate the QAA as designated quality body went the wrong way?
· Wonk Corner
HESA Spring 2023: UK students by (standard) domicile
We asked, they did. HESA steps into the world of standardised administrative regions.
· Comment
Lifelong learning bill fails to receive scrutiny
The second reading of the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Levels) Bill offered very little in the way of policy. David Kernohan sat through it
· Wonk Corner
What’s “higher education”?
Getting back to the fundamentals with HESA is always worth doing
· Comment
A skeleton bill is no way to determine funding policy
David Kernohan looks at the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill and asks – where’s the policy?
· Wonk Corner
What’s going on with that Horizon affiliation money?
It’s the question research policy nerds have been asking all week – what’s happened to the Horizon money. David Kernohan is like the Sweeney but with parliamentary estimates rather than a Ford Granada.