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· Wonk Corner
Congrats! You got into medical school!
You got in to medical school – but there’s a problem…
· Wonk Corner
SQA results day 2021
It appears harder to get a good Higher or Advance Higher grade in Scotland this year than ever before.
· Policy Watch
A level results and university entry 2021
Grades are higher than ever – many candidates will celebrate, but there are problems ahead for the sector and for those still seeking the right course or provider.
With Matt Grogan
· Wonk Corner
Who’s in clearing? (pre-results day 2021 edition)
Some providers have already declared themselves out of Clearing this year. For larger providers in England, here’s the state of play as of the day before results day.
· Wonk Corner
The use of lectures, 1960s style
As we approach the start of the 2021-22 academic year students are demonstrably unhappy about the seeming demise of the lecture.
· People
Book review: Teaching Machines by Audrey Watters
Technology-supported personalised learning is an old concept, and in an eagerly-awaited book Audrey Watters traces the long impact of the behaviorist ideas that underpin it. David Kernohan takes an eye-opening read
· Wonk Corner
OfS funding allocations 2021-22
There’s only one surprise here – the “high cost funding” allocations retain that name. There’s no “strategic” here.
· Comment
Sixteen things we learned from March and April’s OfS board papers
The Office for Students has published board papers for March and April, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to.
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
TRACing the pandemic
Profit-making activities making a loss? It can only be the TRAC Covid special. David Kernohan has the numbers.
· Wonk Corner
It’s (a bit) like LEO, but for FE and Skills
You can earn a median £50k+ three years after a level four certificate in site management. But only 20 learners did.
· Data
Tales from a strange year – Graduate Outcomes 2018-19
We’re still working out how we can best use the powerful Graduate Outcomes dataset in understanding higher education outcomes. David Kernohan plots one option.
· Wonk Corner
The R&D people and culture strategy
If the government is serious about expanding research and development, more grant funding is just one part of the solution.
· Policy Watch
A reprieve for archaeology, but cuts confirmed for London and the arts
Consultation responses against you? Tell them the Secretary of State made you do it. David Kernohan assesses the responses to the OfS’ funding consultation
· Analysis
What the public believes about universities, and why
Some widely held ideas about higher education have a surprising history, even though they shape policy and perceptions in 2021. David Kernohan checks his references.
· Wonk Corner
How did the pandemic affect Graduate Outcomes?
According to HESA analysis, not as much as you might think.
· Policy Watch
Are proposals on quality really in the student interest?
OfS has new proposals out on quality and standards. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan get into the detail, and wonder who they’re really designed to serve.
With Jim Dickinson
· Policy Watch
TEF: rebooted
The Office for Students trails a new TEF remake. David Kernohan has a bowl of popcorn and his feet on the seat in front
· Wonk Corner
The Lords discusses output metrics and the UK Quality Code
Such is the depth experience on the red benches, it is always great to hear the Lords discuss higher education policy.
· Data
What can we see in the 2021 National Student Survey?
As expected, students were less satisfied than ever during the last academic year, with creative arts students particularly unhappy. David Kernohan breaks down the detail
· SUs · Members
How to understand the so-called “culture wars”
With Wonkhe SUs explainer