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· Policy Watch
Acting up in the Houses of Parliament
What new legislative delights did the 2020-21 Westminster parliamentary session bring for higher education? David Kernohan has been keeping score.
· Policy Watch
Is there life on MERs?
A new report from IFS illustrates some of the major issues with DfE’s proposed minimum eligibility requirements for fee loans. David Kernohan has thoughts.
· Wonk Corner
Michelle Donelan, among friends at Policy Exchange
The minister found her very own safe space today, where nobody questioned her interpretation of the issues or the quality of her newly carried-over bill.
· Analysis
Sorry, but we probably do need more graduates
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argues for (even) more graduates, while the Institute for Fiscal Studies argues we may have a graduate oversupply. David Kernohan tries to pull it all together
· Explainer
What happens when providers run out of money?
Five years into the life of the Office for Students, we are still no clearer about what happens to insolvent providers. David Kernohan explains.
· SUs · Members
What do students really think about trigger warnings
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Our quality drive is working (though it hasn’t started yet)
Michelle Donelan has declared victory on quality. David Kernohan feels this may be slightly premature.
· Comment
Time to get serious about data burden
As yet another task force gets to work on the eternal problem of data burden, David Kernohan offers some advice from history.
· Policy Watch
OfS has a new priorities letter from ministers
Ministers have been writing to the English regulator again. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson pull out the priorities
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
Carry on Freedom of Speech Bill
A rare and politically risky vote to disapply a Standing Order may give the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill a new lease of life.
· Wonk Corner
Emma Hardy looks for answers on graduate hardship
Former Shadow Minister for Higher Education Emma Hardy has been asking questions about loan repayments at Treasury Committee.
· Comment
Are the subject benchmarks about to have their moment in the spotlight?
Periodically, professional bodies, academics, and employers get together to set out expectations for the coverage of higher education courses. David Kernohan wonders how something old can feel so of the moment
· Comment
28 things we learned from February’s OfS board papers
Once again, we’ve read through the latest clutch of OfS board papers so you don’t have to
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
Something is going very wrong with the awarding gap for first class degrees
The gap between the proportion of white and black undergraduates achieving a first has grown again. David Kernohan gets across the latest set of OfS access and participation data
· SUs · Members
Student governors – what do they do and what should they do?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
What’s in the Spring Statement for higher education?
David Kernohan takes a first look at the detail of the Spring Statement and the OBR review, and finds graduates paying for many of the more eye-catching measures
· Wonk Corner
The new Office for Students Strategy for 2022-25
The OfS strategy really hasn’t changed much during the consultation process.
· Comment
Is OfS asleep or woke at the wheel?
The commons education committee is disappointed in universities and their regulator again. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan watched the scrutiny so you don’t have to
With Jim Dickinson
· Data
HESA Spring: Non-Continuation UKPI
Against many expectations, 2019-20 starters have overwhelmingly stayed in HE. David Kernohan celebrates a good year and a great UK performance indicator
· Comment
OfS tries another blend
OfS has commissioned a report on the quality and impact of blended learning. David Kernohan still hasn’t got over the last one