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· Wonk Corner
Universities Wales election manifesto
Universities in Wales need to be able to work with whatever government they end up with.
· Comment
We know the detail. But what’s the story?
There’s been enough hints about the content of the white paper – for David Kernohan what is still missing is a narrative
· Data
OfS Access and Participation data dashboards, 2025 release
Struggling to put your provider’s access and participation performance in context? David Kernohan has your back
· Data
OfS characteristics dashboards, 2025 release
What does the sector look like in 2025, in terms of the chances that groups of students can get in or get on? David Kernohan paints a picture using the latest OfS data
· Wonk Corner
Conservatives have a poor quality higher education policy
It’s back.
· Analysis
What the saga of Oxford Business College tells us about regulation and franchising
The Secretary of State de-designated courses delivered by Oxford Business College through franchise agreements, but a court found that her decision contravened essential requirements of procedural fairness. David Kernoha
· Analysis
Making grants and the levy work
After the big policy announcement comes the detail on implementation. David Kernohan runs through the options for targeted grants and an international fee levy
· Wonk Corner
So how are we going to do outcomes based regulation for modular provision?
OfS doesn’t know.
· Comment
The fifty per cent participation target is no more. Again.
Keir Starmer joins the ranks of those to abandon Tony Blair’s target of having 50 per cent of young people enter higher education. David Kernohan has the receipts
· Wonk Corner
More spin out data arrives
The first update to the spin out register comes with some new features
· Analysis
Exploring the motivation and satisfaction of higher education staff
Staff in higher education are motivated by many factors – David Kernohan assesses the gap between aspiration and experience
· Wonk Corner
Understanding the 2026 league tables
We look for surprises, but it is the fine detail that holds the key to getting the best out of university league tables
· Wonk Corner
Quality assurance moves faster than the speed of regulation
Good news for the 2020-21 cohort, I guess
· Policy Watch
TEF6: the incredible machine takes over quality assurance regulation
There’s something for everyone in the latest rethink of the Teaching Excellence Framework, but – as David Kernohan suggests – bringing disparate approaches together can highlight fundamental weaknesses
· Wonk Corner
Are students really that keen on generative AI?
It appears not so much
· Analysis
How to do the perfect merger
David Kernohan wonders how England’s regulatory apparatus will cope with a “super-university”
· Data
High tariff providers may be making medium tariff offers
It’s well known that higher tariff providers did well this recruitment cycle. But what is going on? David Kernohan gets stuck in to the data
· Wonk Corner
Losing pieces of HESES
The time-honoured teaching funding data collection is on a radical weightloss plan – but it needs to stop snacking on subjects.
· Comment
The first multi-university group arrives
The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent are moving together into a single governance structure. Mark Leach and David Kernohan report on the sector’s first “super university”
With Mark Leach
· Wonk Corner
Another ballot for industrial action
Once more, with feeling