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· Analysis
Skills England has a new way to talk about skills, and the sector needs to listen
The UK Standard Skills Classification is a new way to think about the connections between courses and jobs. David Kernohan loves a new coding framework
· Wonk Corner
How can you get a maintenance loan and not a fee loan?
Still no satisfactory explanation
· Wonk Corner
Government would protect interests of “students, taxpayers, and research” in provider insolvency
And the committee seems to think there is one on the way before 2026.
· Analysis
Can there ever be a definitive graduate premium?
With the pressures of the current loan repayment system, it feels like the graduate premium has never been more central to higher education policymaking – or more difficult to accurately estimate. David Kernohan has the
· Wonk Corner
Size and shape dashboards, 2025
But why though?
· Wonk Corner
Telling people off is not a quality enhancement tool
And people like reading Wonkhe articles more than they do OfS investigation reports
· Wonk Corner
OfS capital allocations, 2025-26
A little bit of money for your new LED lights
· Comment
What’s in the new Office for Students strategy?
It’s taken eleven months, but the draft OfS strategy is now finalised. David Kernohan takes a look at what has changed
· Wonk Corner
If we wanted to do skills planning, could we?
In short, no.
· Wonk Corner
OfS reported for non-compliance
Can OfS even statutory instrument?
· Policy Watch
The Office for Students steps on to shaky ground in an attempt to regulate academic standards
The Office for Students’ intervention on degree algorithms poses some interesting questions about the role of regulation in maintaining academic standards. David Kernohan asks them.
· Wonk Corner
Learning and work is for the well off
Social mobility and “levelling up” through learning will take a lot more policy thinking to get right.
· Wonk Corner
Yes, there is a graduate earnings premium (even if you account for prior qualifications)
But this is old data and needs updating
· Wonk Corner
OfS board papers join the web 2.0 revolution
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· Comment
The white paper is wrong – changing research funding won’t change teaching
Changing research funding isn’t enough to bring about sector specialisation. James Coe has the politics and DK has the stats in a correlational look at the white paper.
With James Coe
· Analysis
The white paper on regulation
New policy proposals mean new rules – both in law and in the regulatory framework. David Kernohan breaks it down into three steps
· Policy Watch
What is in the post-16 education and skills white paper for higher education?
Higher education reform is here – along with a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education and skills. Debbie McVitty and David Kernohan work through the details of the government’s agenda for HE
With Debbie McVitty
· Data
Subcontractual higher education beyond the headlines
Outside of the problematic headlines, what is subcontractual provision of higher education? David Kernohan explores
· Comment
Higher education data explains why digital ID is a good idea
As a sector, and a nation, we don’t do personal identifiers well. And, as David Kernohan points out, it causes us problems
· Data
Outcomes data for subcontracted provision
How do students who are registered at one provider and taught elsewhere get on? And what combinations of the two do best? David Kernohan introduces a long-awaited OfS dataset