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· Policy Watch
Research bureaucracy – can you have one without the other?
David Kernohan reads Adam Tickell’s independent review of research bureaucracy interim report
· Comment
What now for ARIA as it makes its passage through Parliament?
Legislation creating a new research agency will soon gain Royal Assent. David Kernohan wishes he knew what it was for.
· Comment
The high-skill high-pay economy is already on the way
A new report covering the last 20 years of the world of work suggests the UK is on a path to better pay and higher skills. David Kernohan wonders whether more graduates was the answer all along.
· Policy Watch
The new NSS will leave you asking why
The Office for Students has published proposed new questions for the National Student Survey for 2023. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson want answers.
With Jim Dickinson
· Comment
Post-92 and all that – a sector history for the rest of us
David Kernohan on what we can really remember about the history of higher education in England
· Data
A Christmas data carol from OfS
The week before Christmas brings the prospect of yet more changes to data collection for the sector. David Kernohan draws lessons from literature.
· SUs · Members
Do fees have an impact on student satisfaction?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Booster vaccination rates in student areas
If the booster is our best bet, how are things looking where students live?
· Wonk Corner
Prevailing rate fee loan interest cap triggered again
A little known safeguard built into the Plan 2 (and Plan 3) student loan repayment system makes interest rates a little lower than they would be for the first two months of 2022.
· Long read
How did universities come to be involved in research?
How, and when, did universities become involved in state funded research? As David Kernohan learns, later than you might think.
· SUs · Members
Here’s how universities are being advised to support student engagement
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Data
End of cycle 2021: Tariff, grades, and RPAs
David Kernohan wades into the backwaters of our first sight of UCAS data for the 2021 cycle
· Wonk Corner
What happens if you plot social mobility data against Proceed?
Two different datasets, referring to very different cohorts. But we did it before anyone else did.
· SUs · Members
What if we viewed student anxiety as an academic issue?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Data
Will we ever know where students live?
It’s a huge concern for students, applicants, and even public health. But – as David Kernohan finds – there is no accurate information on term-time addresses
· Wonk Corner
Minor tweaks to initial teacher training plans
DfE ITT proposals have been controversial in higher education. An extra year to prepare is the best of the government response.
· Comment
Christmas comes early as OfS leaves its annual under the tree
OfS’ annual review of higher education in England is on the shelves, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to
With Jim Dickinson
· SUs · Members
Is it actually possible to spot a milled essay?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
We know very little about students who transfer between courses and providers
New data suggests we are a long way off the responsive and student-led system that ministers dream of.
· Long read
For the LLE to work we need to get serious about student identifiers
There’s some important data plumbing that needs to be done to make the Lifelong Loan Entitlement work. David Kernohan is your man with an adjustable spanner.