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· Policy Watch
Will next year be as bad financially as we thought?
There have been many predictions of financial pain in the sector following Covid-19. David Kernohan looks at a new Office for Students publication that suggests things may not be quite so bad – on aggregate.
· Analysis
The OfS’ performance on place
New OfS data uncharacteristically treats place and subject as a pure market in higher education provision – for David Kernohan more nuance (and more data) is needed.
· Wonk Corner
Measures for 2020-21 A levels
This year’s A level cohort has missed out on an awful lot of learning. So we need a robust way of reflecting what they have achieved under difficult circumstances, and supporting a transition to the next stage of educati
· Analysis
Has 2020 really had no impact on early non-continuation?
New data from SLC shows non-continuation for this term in line with previous years. David Kernohan thinks there may be more.
· Policy Watch
DfE publishes staggering advice for universities on students return in 2021
Advice is out from DfE on the return to campus in 2021. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan unpick the implications.
With Jim Dickinson
· Data
The further adventures of the UK’s worst higher education courses
Start to Success represents the latest attempt to identify “low quality” courses. David Kernohan suspects that the metric itself may be low quality.
· Wonk Corner
Where are all the Zoom free speech stories?
You’d think the explosion of societies running virtual “invited speaker” events would have given the usual sources any number of “no platform” stories to run with. Where are they?
· Wonk Corner
A level inequality is baked in, not a 2020 phenomenon
The detailed equality analysis of 2020 A levels is here!
· SUs · Members
What do students really think about how they are assessed?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Spending Review 2021
What’s in the Westminster spending review for HE?
· Wonk Corner
Attainment, assessment and the sawtooth effect
A thoughtful Ofqual report on the impact and management of assessment changes gives the admission debate a lot to consider.
· Stacks
To improve quality assessment we should bring back subject review
Now historic enough to have passed into sector mythology, David Kernohan calls for the unlikely return of subject review as a way out of the current quality impasse.
· Policy Watch
Grade inflation slows, but what is really going on?
Grade inflation is not as simple as the OfS makes out. David Kernohan complicates things a little – in a good way.
· SUs · Members
What does PTES 2020 actually tell us?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Data
Campus Covid cases corrected?
Public Health England has corrected an issue that saw campus cases reported at students home address. David Kernohan wonders if it changes what we know?
· Policy Watch
OfS consults on minimum outcomes in every subject – as the B3 bear hunts down Mickey Mouse
What is a poor quality or low value higher education course? The Office for Students has an answer, so Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan take it for a spin.
With Jim Dickinson
· Wonk Corner
UUK to tackle “low quality courses”
Ministerial warnings about low quality courses have prompted Universities UK to get a sector led handle on the issue.
· Analysis
A US-style application system isn’t everything it seems
Characteristing the US university admissions system as “PQA” misses a lot of important differences. David Kernohan looks at the facts.
· Wonk Corner
Was Cummings’ resignation a PQA protest?
Did Dominic Cummings resign today in order to eclipse the announcement of DfE’s post qualification application policy?
· Analysis
Who owns admissions policy and where will it end up? The government just complicated the picture
From PQA to PQO, the sector and government are at loggerheads over admissions reform, but could there be a consensus way forward underneath the political bluster? Team Wonkhe unpicks the latest drama.
With Mark Leach, Jim Dickinson and Debbie McVitty