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· Analysis
Does the student number cap incentivise over-recruitment?
A curious multi-year effect of 2020s new student numbers cap means that it might make more sense to break it – for certain kinds of university. David Kernohan has the detail.
· Analysis
Meet the people – a lesson in asking the public the right question about universities
Understanding public opinion is always worthwhile but can be fraught with danger. David Kernohan examines the unexpected policy impact of a recent poll from University Alliance and Public First.
· Policy Watch
Student academic experience in 2019-20
David Kernohan goes in depth with the latest HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience survey.
· Data
Why can’t Million Plus have any additional student numbers?
Do the criteria for non-health care additional student numbers offer a preview of government policy focused on elite providers? For David Kernohan, that would be indefensible.
· Policy Watch
A beginner’s guide to… devolution in higher education
David Kernohan presents a guide for all those who may be confused by the notion of devolved systems of higher education.
· Policy Watch
Student number controls are back – with deadly penalties for over-recruitment
Controls on student numbers are returning for what is billed as a one year, one-off reappearance. David Kernohan finds the devils in the detail.
· Analysis
The search for savings in university budgets
Other than costs related to salaries, what do universities spend money on? And where else could funds be raised? David Kernohan takes an in-depth look.
· Comment
The shape of the financial crisis to come?
The outlook for higher education, and for those who have dedicated their lives to it, is as bleak as it has been in a generation. David Kernohan sets out what to expect.
· SUs · Members
Can social networks be used as an educational resource?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Who decides the future of universities?
For all the talk of efficiencies and market forces, letting an otherwise successful university fail because of Covid-19 would simply be a ministerial dereliction of duty. David Kernohan gets with the times.
· SUs · Members
You think Oxbridge, you think privilege
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
What is “socio-educational well-being” and do university classrooms affect it?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Long read
Merging universities forcibly: a Cooke and Bull story
David Kernohan tells the long and surprising tale of Welsh governments’ attempts to merge what is now Cardiff Metropolitan University with regional competitors.
· Stacks
Multi-storey: the Wonkhe Car Parking Ranking 2021
Wonkhe’s annual and not-entirely-serious ranking of universities by ease of parking returns. And we have a new number one.
With Paul Greatrix
· Analysis
Universities can’t be bailed out like a business
As David Kernohan discovers, furlough pay and business continuity loans do little to address the specific financial risk profile that providers face.
· SUs · Members
Mental health among transgender students
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
OfS cuts teaching funding
David Kernohan analyses the changes to OfS funding in 2020-21, and takes a look at the consultation responses that underpin the decisions.
· Analysis
20 things we’ve spotted in the March OfS board papers
As always, we’ve taken a read of the latest batch of OfS board papers to pick out the points of interest. Here’s 20 of them.
With Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
Risk management, planning, and audit are at the centre of the sector’s Covid-19 response
Risk management, audit, and strategic planning have all had a role to play in the way the sector has responded to Covid-19. And, as David Kernohan finds out, they will play a huge role in the return to a “new normal”.
· Comment
So, what is Clearing Plus?
It unexpectedly appears in the sector support package, but what might Clearing Plus mean for an already unstable 2020 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan applies himself.