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· Wonk Corner
Just visiting?
David Kernohan wonders what it is that university visitors do
· Data
The state of sector finances, 2024–25
With the majority of providers now having published financial accounts for 2024-25, David Kernohan takes an in-depth look at what we can learn
· Wonk Corner
Higher education participation is up again
What counts as participation has changed, but you have to squint to see it
· Wonk Corner
Is this the end of the academic office?
It’s a question of use and affordability
· Data
HESA Spring 2026: Student data
The first HESA data release of the season is upon us, so DK unwraps data that gives an insight into current policy topics of interest.
· Wonk Corner
New tariff groups and an old problem
David Kernohan still isn’t a fan of grouping providers by tariff, but if we must do it he’d like to know which providers are in which group
· Wonk Corner
What does the End of Cycle data say about franchising?
Braving the uncharted waters of the non main scheme recruitment data
· Wonk Corner
The government’s legislative plans for higher education have a few problems
David Kernohan tries to make sense of what is going on. Also there’s a new Skills Bill coming, apparently.
· Data
UCAS End of Cycle, 2025: access and participation
How did providers do with access and participation, entry qualifications, and unconditional offermaking? David Kernohan plots the data from the End of Cycle release.
· Data
UCAS End of Cycle, 2025: provider recruitment strategies
What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release
· Policy Watch
A new international education strategy
David Kernohan runs through everything we’ve spotted in the government’s new international education strategy
· Wonk Corner
Three years on, TPS pensions are still very expensive for higher education
And the call is to scrap the rule that requires some providers to participate
· Data
The grade inflation mutant algorithm, 2026
Grade inflation is falling, but OfS still thinks too many are getting good degrees. David Kernohan asks what it would take to know what is really going on
· Wonk Corner
41 per cent of Reform-voting undergraduates don’t think Reform should be allowed to speak on campus
That’s a bigger proportion than for the whole sample. Which is something of a mood.
· Wonk Corner
What’s in the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill?
And why does it need to happen so quickly?
· Comment
Identifying “mickey mouse” courses
Critiques of the value, validity, and political foundation of degree courses have been with us for generations. David Kernohan searches for the meanings behind “mickey mouse”
· Comment
What is going on at Trinity Hall?
Is Trinity Hall Cambridge really reversing access and participation efforts? David Kernohan looks in to the detail
· Data
Alterni-TEF, 2026
Which groups of students are struggling? It’s all in the data, and DK has the TEF charts you need
· Data
2025 higher education in twelve charts
It’s like a popular series of compilation albums, but with tableau dashboards rather than minor pop hits. David Kernohan brings you the year in higher education numbers
· Wonk Corner
Why we need to treat statistics about higher apprentices five years on with caution
Another Sunday, another think tank all over the Sunday papers