Author
Gareth Hughes
Gareth Hughes is Chief Executive at Durham SU
13 pieces
Newest first, since October 2016
· SUs
The competitors are offered milk from Hvanneyrarfjós
On Day Zero of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team drive a Dacia Duster into a nature reserve, stand in the car park of a university that went fully online, and walk up a campus volcano
With Jim Dickinson, Alan Roberts, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
· SUs
Students are the university’s best teachers
On Day 0 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team explores how German universities deliver high-quality, student-centred education at scale – and what UK SUs might learn from their example
With Jim Dickinson and Alan Roberts
· SUs
The more colourful the better
On Day -1 of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour, the team examines how a student-led initiative in 1920 grew into a vast public institution, revealing an alternative vision of higher education support
With Jim Dickinson and Alan Roberts
· SUs
We have never received a single complaint
On Day -2 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to central Europe, Jim Dickinson and team trace the tension between memory, power and student voice from Munich’s snowy streets
With Jim Dickinson and Alan Roberts
· SUs
We want the EU not the KGB
On Day -1 of this year’s magical mystery tour around Europe and students, Jim Dickinson and team come across plenty of protests for democracy
With Jim Dickinson and Alan Roberts
· Comment
Student and staff wellbeing is shaped by university surroundings
How do university spaces affect those who use them? A team of researchers present what they have discovered so far, and why it matters
With Susan Wilbraham, Emma Jones and Michael Priestley
· SUs
Taking development seriously means getting on the bus
Durham SU CEO Gary Hughes makes the case for participation in our forthcoming study tours as essential to SU and personal development
· SUs
What do we even mean by “officer support”?
Student leaders have high expectations of themselves – and feel the weight of responsibility as a role model and representative of thousands of students, as a member of university decision-making bodies, and as an SU col
With Steve Coole
· SUs
Now would be a very bad time to treat students like children
Wonkhe readers will know that wonks are always interested in the unanticipated or unintended consequences of policy. You might know that you want to implement a quarantine on incoming flights to tackle Covid-19 – but wha
· Comment
The university mental health charter is here
Addressing student mental health is a wicked problem for universities. Leigh Spanner and Gareth Hughes of Student Minds introduce the new University Mental Health Charter as a guide to solving it
With Leigh Spanner
· Comment
What role should students and their SUs play in the community?
Looking at the comments on a local media uni news story is an eye-opener. Gareth Hughes wonders what SUs should do about them.
· Comment
The university mental health charter: a preview
Rosie Tressler and Gareth Hughes outline the work Student Minds have done on developing a Student Mental Health Charter, and unveil their key principles.
With Rosie Tressler
· SUs · Members
From 23 to 26- the new NSS normal
We don’t have to lose our admirable commitment to the broader lives of our members, or access to decision makers, or funding opportunities. But we must accept it’s a different frame, which requires different people, with