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· Analysis
Every graduate should have the chance of a decent job
A new report from HESA brings an important new perspective to the current debate about graduate jobs. David Kernohan finds it more than “decent”.
· Comment
ARIA is still missing a mission
David Kernohan considers whether government reluctance to tie the new research funder to a particular purpose is allowing MPs to make political hay.
· Data
A geography of employment and earnings, from OfS
An experimental OfS data release on employment, geography, and earnings leaves David Kernohan wondering about what could have been.
· Wonk Corner
Student households and work
Covid-19 made quite an impact on the number of student households in the UK – and has had an impact on student working patterns.
· SUs · Members
Making the student academic experience more “immersive”
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Data
A lifelong learning revolution needs investment in data and administration
If what emerges from the Skills and Post-16 Bill is truly transformative, David Kernohan thinks it needs a transformation in data management too.
· Policy Watch
Where next for higher education funding in Scotland?
David Kernohan sees a new report from the Commons’ Scottish Affairs Committee very much as marking the end of an era for universities in Scotland.
· Wonk Corner
OfS briefing on mature learners
Reskilling and upskilling are welcome facets of the government’s levelling up agenda, and likely to form a significant component of the path to the post-covid economy
· Wonk Corner
James Wharton at GuildHE, Gavin Williamson and Gillian Keegan at the Lifelong Education Commission
It was quite the day for digesting the inmost thoughts of current and former apologists for the Prime Minister.
· Policy Watch
Credit frameworks in a lattice of learning
David Kernohan takes a closer look at the new QAA credit framework and explains how it could become one of the more influential documents in higher education.
· Wonk Corner
Medical and dental places for 2021-22
Remember last summer, when an unexpectedly good crop of A level results put particular pressure on medical and dental schools who had made more offers than they could accept under the terms of number controls?
· SUs · Members
How students perceive of time at university
DK dives into research on how students think about time during their degree course.
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Identifying student subcultures in the unexpected online student cohort
DK gets under the surface to look at new research on how groups formed and operated during the online pivot
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
HESA changes its SOCs
On the face of it, the shift from the 2010 to the 2020 Standard Occupational Coding system for the 2017-8 Graduate Outcomes doesn’t sound like much.
· Data
Proceed with caution – measuring positive outcomes needs context
Proceed claims to project the likelihood a student will complete their course and progress to a positive outcome. But with UKPIs disappearing, it all feels a little out of time.
With Jim Dickinson
· Policy Watch
Still waiting for skills reform
This is the article that should tell you about how the new lifelong learning entitlement will work based on the text of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. As David Kernohan explains, nothing is ever that simple.
· Wonk Corner
The OfS measures its own regulatory burden
Last year 420,721 words of regulatory documentation were made available by the Office for Students. In comparison, JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings trilogy has 455,125 words.
· Wonk Corner
Admissions professionals weigh in on PQA
There’s been two post qualification admissions consultation responses I’ve been waiting for in particular.
· Analysis
Are £7,500 fees (and funding cuts) back on the table again?
The rumour mill lines up behind government using finance to determine what people should be studying at university. As David Kernohan explains, it’s always been a bad idea.
· Wonk Corner
The Sutton Trust on deprivation measures
Everyone in higher education is in agreement that where a person starts off in life should not act as a determinant of their HE experience.