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· Analysis
How much will OfS cost institutions?
How much will institutional subscriptions raise to fund the new Office for Students? Not enough, argue Wonkhe’s David Kernohan and Catherine Boyd.
With Catherine Boyd
· Comment
Why keeping our countries open to international students matters
Countries who welcome international students with open arms can expect to reap long-term economic and social benefits as well as extending their influence in a globalised world, argues HSBC’s Trista Sun
· Comment
Getting the UK Quality Code just right
The Chair of UKSCQA walks us through the rationale and reasoning behind some aspects of the proposed UK Quality Code, ahead of the close of the consultation period.
· Analysis
Opening textbooks
How are textbooks used by academics and students – and how much do they cost? David Kernohan and Vivien Rolfe introduce the UK Open Textbook project.
With Vivien Rolfe
· Comment
The apprenticeship levy: will employers be shortchanged?
UVAC chief executive Adrian Anderson says more work is needed to ensure that employers get the best deal from the apprenticeship levy.
· Comment
What will we learn from Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) metrics?
Alice Frost and Hamish McAlpine from HEFCE introduce the next phase of work on the new Knowledge Exchange Framework
· Policy Watch
The industrial strategy white paper digested
An eye over the key announcements, themes and tensions within the industrial strategy white paper from Wonkhe’s David Kernohan.
· Policy Watch
Fairness, parity, clarity: a new social contract for Scottish students
The independent review of student support in Scotland makes some eye-catching recommendations at HE and FE levels. Wonkhe’s David Kernohan and Arthi Nachiappan go through the detail.
With Arthi Nachiappan
· Policy Watch
Validation arrangements continue to be risky business
In the wake of a BBC investigation, Catherine Boyd and David Kernohan look at the way validation and franchise arrangements are currently managed and how they will work in the future.
With Catherine Boyd
· Comment
We need fairer fees
Peter Lampl of the Sutton Trust urges the Chancellor to consider a new approach to tuition fees.
· Analysis
How apprenticeships can help productivity and social mobility
Apprenticeships have a long and complex history, even since the days of the coalition government. Mandy Crawford-Lee of UVAC looks at the way this agenda has evolved, and at the rise of the Degree Apprenticeship.
· Data
Is TEF making a difference to early indications of applicant interest?
Wonkhe’s David Kernohan dives into Hotcourses Group data to look for early signs of the impact of TEF on home student recruitment.
· Policy Watch
A game of risk
Regulation is all about managing risk – how well do the proposals in the regulatory consultation do that? David Kernohan sees an uncomfortable financial parallel…
· Analysis
Is the “major” review of HE Commission:Impossible?
Theresa May has announced a major review of student finance and sector funding. Detail is thin on the ground, but Wonkhe’s Mark Leach and David Kernohan analyse what needs to be covered.
With Mark Leach
· Comment
Dangerous acts and dogs’ breakfasts
The Higher Education and Research Act – was it really all that? David Kernohan argues that the claims of generational significance are dogging attempts at radical reform.
· Policy Watch
A £7,500 fee cap? How a headline changed everything
Team Wonkhe take a look into the politics and potential issues around the latest HE finance rumours from the Treasury, as reported in the Sunday Times.
With Mark Leach
· Policy Watch
Learning TEF lessons
The release of the TEF lessons learned report, highlighted in Jo Johnson’s UUK speech, means more changes to everyone’s favourite measure of teaching excellence. Catherine Boyd and David Kernohan take a look at the impli
With Catherine Boyd
· People
Edtech? It’s all about policy!
At the 2017 #ALTC conference Wonkhe’s David Kernohan talks to Liverpool Associate Pro-vice-chancellor and co-chair Helen O’Sullivan, and ALT CEO Maren Deepwell, about the current state of edtech at Liverpool and beyond.
· Policy Watch
REF2021: much still to be decided
Another REF consultation exercise? David Kernohan surveys what still needs to be decided as we move ever closer to the end of the cycle.
· Analysis
UEAlchemy: TEF appeal is successful for one university
We know the UEA appeal was successful, but we still don’t know why and on what grounds. David Kernohan delves into the detail to make an educated guess at what might have happened.