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· Wonk Corner
Students can go home for Easter in England
Some good news for a change.
· Wonk Corner
OfS updates its consumer protection guidance
In many ways the March 2021 update to the Office for Students’ guidance on student and consumer protection during the pandemic is pretty inconsequential.
· Analysis
For many students isn’t it all about the money?
Jim Dickinson digs into the intel on household income underpinning the budget, and finds that students are either missing – or their income wildly distorted.
· Wonk Corner
Is on-campus Covid testing a type of theatre?
As March 8th draws nearer in England, higher education providers are being asked to step up efforts to get students to engage in twice weekly lateral flow (LF) testing.
· Comment
Students’ practical concerns are piling up – is it too late to resolve them?
The Office of the Independent Adjudicator has a fresh batch of Covid complaints summaries. Jim Dickinson reviews the wreckage.
· Wonk Corner
Donelan wades into the culture wars… again
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
· SUs · Members
Low society
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Michelle Donelan on free speech at Durham
Subscribers to the Wonkhe Daily will know that every day we cover written questions and answers to ministers in Parliament.
· Wonk Corner
Did OfS fix the digital divide?
Buried near the back of the Office for Students’ new Gravity Assist report on digital learning are some fascinating research results.
· Wonk Corner
Here’s some painkillers for the emerging admissions headache
Just before Christmas a student slid into my DMs with an interesting question.
· Comment
The pandemic has decimated the university experience – how do we put that right?
Jim Dickinson reviews Sutton Trust evidence on the impact of the wider student experience and how it’s been harmed by Covid-19.
· Wonk Corner
Scotland gets an updated strategic framework out of restrictions, but little certainty for the sector
A day after England’s road map out of restrictions appeared, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled plans for Scotland.
· Wonk Corner
Half of students in (some) halls got Covid
News reaches us from Public Health England (PHE) declaring that “Fewer than 1 in 5 university students had Covid-19 by end of autumn term”.
· Policy Watch
(Some) students on practical courses in England can return to campus in early March
The Westminster government’s Covid reopening roadmap is out. Jim Dickinson gets across the implications for higher education providers and students.
· Comment
The sector should resist calls to junk work on race and racism
As Gavin Williamson warns of a “chilling effect” on campus, Jim Dickinson finds plenty of chilling stuff buried in the government’s free speech proposals.
· SUs · Members
Jaw jaw not culture war
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
How should SUs respond to DfE’s proposed free speech “standards”?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What went on in the Higher Education Taskforce in October and November?
For much of the year, the main forum of discussion between the English higher education sector and the Department for Education (DfE) has been a taskforce established originally to deal with the fall out from last summer
· Policy Watch
Government free speech proposals represent a breakdown of trust and confidence
The government has published proposals on academic freedom and freedom of speech. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan detect a fundamental breakdown of trust.
With David Kernohan
· SUs
Ten things SUs can do now on free speech and political diversity
In February 2021 we published the report from a project supporting a group of students’ unions to identify ways in which SU arrangements to secure freedom of speech and political diversity on campus might be taken forwar
With Wonkhe SUs explainer