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· Wonk Corner
SQA results day 2022
The 2022 admissions season has begun in Scotland.
· Data
Easy as one, two, three?
With Associations Between Characteristics quintiles starting to appear in regulatory data, David Kernohan sets out to introduce this little known OfS resource.
· Policy Watch
What are Conservative leadership candidates saying about higher education?
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have set out their stall for university policy. David Kernohan isn’t sure he’s buying.
· Policy Watch
Who’s getting more QR funding in England next year?
James Coe and David Kernohan digest the latest QR and knowledge exchange allocations (the first since REF 2021) from Research England.
With James Coe
· Wonk Corner
Grade inflation – an international perspective
What if grade inflation wasn’t just an issue in England?
· Policy Watch
What’s next for NSS?
Yet another consultation on the National Student Survey has emerged. David Kernohan takes you through it.
· Wonk Corner
What land does your university own?
Or, more to the point, why does Lincoln College Oxford own two farms about three miles from my parents’ house?
· Policy Watch
OfS responds on B3, TEF, and indicator construction
Few changes but much of interest in the OfS’ consultation responses on B3, TEF, and indicators. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan read so you don’t have to.
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
Will Liz Truss abolish OfS?
Will Liz Truss abolish OfS? David Kernohan works through the policy implications.
· SUs · Members
Why do distance education students drop out?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
We can’t get no satisfaction
How do we know if the OfS is popular?
· Policy Watch
QAA to step away from designated role in England
What does QAA walking away from being designated quality body mean for universities? David Kernohan tries to make sense of it all.
· Wonk Corner
ARIA arrives
A website, a twitter account, and two blokes from the “entrepreneurial fellowships” world
· Wonk Corner
Why does the LLE pilot need a new bursary halfway through the first recruitment cycle?
It’s been quite a long time since I ran a scientific experiment.
· Data
Are universities ready for the next storm?
Is the higher education sector as ready as it can be for the difficulties ahead? David Kernohan assesses the latest data.
· Wonk Corner
Who is new universities minister Andrea Jenkyns?
Brace, brace, as a new minister takes on universities at the Department for Education.
· Data
Proceed and NSS? not so much
Why does student satisfaction data bear so little relationship to outcomes or continuation? We’ve got the data.
· Stacks
Who is James Cleverly?
David Kernohan spots the new Secretary of State’s thoughts on freedom of speech on campus in a trawl through his past.
· Wonk Corner
FUNDCOMP: the saga continues
It’s gone. Possibly.
· Policy Watch
NSS data 2022: the sector is bursting at the seams
Large providers and healthcare related courses see a worrying drop in student satisfaction on academic support. David Kernohan has your full guide to this year’s NSS data.