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· SUs · Members
How to reduce and prevent student bullying
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Autonomy now means whatever DfE wants it to mean
So Michelle Donelan’s line on the delayed return to campus is, as expected, not focused on the return to campus.
· Wonk Corner
Reading the first interview with the new OfS chair
Okay, let’s do this. The new chair of the Office for Students, James Wharton (Lord Wharton of Yarm) started on 1 April, and today sees the publication of his first “in depth” interview – with the Telegraph.
· Wonk Corner
Vaccines, variants, and the return to campus
If – like most of the population – you’ve had half an ear on the news over the Easter break, yesterday was a confusing day.
· Comment
Avoiding analysis of racial disparity in higher education is one way to avoid fixing it
David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson work out what’s missing from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report – and wonder why.
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
Three in five US students experienced basic needs insecurity due to Covid-19
The #RealCollege survey from Hope 4 College is an annual assessment of students’ basic needs – looking at food security, housing insecurity, and homelessness.
· Wonk Corner
Should universities make students get the Covid-19 vaccine?
There’s some comprehensive and quite concerning polling out today on students and attitudes to vaccination.
With Jim Dickinson
· Policy Watch
The NSS review: the survey gets a reprieve
A bizarre DfE attack on the National Student Survey prompted a hurried review of the current methodology. As David Kernohan finds out, there’s no evidence to support radical change.
· Wonk Corner
Is Oxford banning music theory?
The culture wars turn to music theory, for some reason.
· Policy Watch
OfS consults on capital and recurrent funding for 2021-22
The January guidance from the Secretary of State is operationalised, but the consultations offer you a chance to comment on London weighting, subject funding, and bidding competitions. David Kernohan wades in.
· Policy Watch
Who benefits from higher education study?
A new report from IFS shows that ethnicity and disadvantaged backgrounds play a large part in graduate earning expectations, and new data from LEO confirms it.
· Wonk Corner
Where next for understanding applicant choices?
There’s a secret code to higher education applications.
· SUs · Members
How a year of emergency digitally-enabled learning could get even better
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What does “Failures of State” say about the start of the 2020-21 academic year?
Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott’s first draft of Covid-19 history is a powerful and affecting read.
· SUs · Members
This is what SUs need to know about league tables
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Analysis
Sixteen golden nuggets from the December and February OfS board papers
Office for Students board papers for both December and February have been published. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson pan for the gold.
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
Michelle Donelan on the cost of textbooks
Concerns about the cost of textbooks grow – and now the Universities Minister has weighed in. Kind of.
· Analysis
Can libraries sustain a role in providing learning resources at scale?
Libraries are now a primary source of learning resources for students at all levels of higher education. David Kernohan finds that the implications extend far beyond the library walls.
· Wonk Corner
Dominic Cummings on ARIA and research funding
The Science and Technology Committee meeting we’ve all been waiting for did not disappoint.
· Long read
ARPA, ARIA, defence, and innovation: when research goes to war
Research power, commercial developments, and military might share a tangled history. David Kernohan traces the thread of innovation through ARPA, Bletchley Park, universities, and the Android app store.