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· SUs · Members
What could be done to help/compensate the Class of Covid?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Stayin out for the summer
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
DfE revises its guidance for higher education
A new month and a new pushback of the earliest date by which there might be an easing of the restrictions on higher education in England means a set of minor revisions to the official guidance for higher education from t
· Comment
Someone has to give in the great tuition fees battle. Who will it be?
Jim Dickinson reviews the ongoing debates over who should pay, and over what specific issues, as demands for fee rebates and refunds grow.
· Wonk Corner
£50m for student hardship in England
More money to support student hardship is always welcome, but questions remain regarding how best to get it to those who will benefit most.
With David Kernohan
· Comment
Who should meet the costs of campus free speech?
Jim Dickinson visits the National Archives in Kew to investigate proposals on campus free speech from the 1980s
· SUs · Members
OfS has new guidance out on no detriment policies and safety nets
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
SAGE rejects staggering but wants more planning in HE
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) hasn’t specifically or explicitly discussed universities or students for months, but did have a dedicated discussion on the issues at its meeting on 14th January.
· SUs · Members
Main tenants
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Are tuition fee refunds as difficult as they sound?
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Students has recommendations on fees, accommodation and hardship. Jim Dickinson looks at its three big bullets.
· SUs
Understanding OfS’ consumer protection reviews
The Office for Students (OfS) has asked all higher education providers in England to undertake a review of promises made to students this year, and delivery against them. The request is closely linked to the ongoing and
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What on earth is going on with student Covid testing?
A couple of interesting things have happened today on the testing front.
· Wonk Corner
How many students are ignoring pleas to “stay at home”
So far this term, the Westminster government’s official policy objective has been that students who study away from home that went home for Christmas remain there until asked to return by their university.
· Comment
Should students tell tales on their university or college?
The Office for Students has published guidance for students and their unions on raising issues of concern. Jim Dickinson watches a regulator confuse opportunity with motive.
· Wonk Corner
Don’t we need a long hot summer of learning?
The entirety of the education system is now facing a major crisis – that of differential learning loss arising from pandemic restrictions, where inequalities are exacerbated.
· Comment
Student maintenance gets kicked into the long grass again
Jim Dickinson reads the interim conclusion to the post-18 review of fees and funding, and finds nothing on student maintenance – again.
· Wonk Corner
Whatever happened to sharia-compliant student finance?
There’s an argument that people reel off when students are calling for refunds – that most students won’t benefit because of the way the system is designed.
· SUs · Members
3D vision
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
London the big loser in university funding for 2020-21
Emerging a few hours behind today’s policy tsunami like an embarrassed uncle at a wedding was the Westminster government’s annual teaching grant letter to the sector.
· Policy Watch
Everyone’s into clearing in DfE’s post qualification admissions scramble
Jim Dickinson explains what is and isn’t on the table in the government’s long awaited review of admissions.