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· Comment
The student loan system needs replacing not remixing
Stepped student loan repayments sound progressive. Jim Dickinson argues they distract from an accounting structure that structurally rewards chancellors for squeezing graduates and hides the lack of public subsidy
· SUs
I prefer the abnormal one
On Day -1 of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team chase happy hour deals at £10 a pint and discover that the secret to student belonging might be a huge shared kitchen and a relative absence of clothing
With Mack Marshall, Mike Day and Alan Roberts
· SUs
The harbourmaster harbours no doubt
Before the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland even lands, the team get lost in Icelandic TV, discover a ram appreciation society, and wonder what a students’ union looks like when its average member is nearly 30
With Alan Roberts, Mack Marshall and Mike Day
· Wonk Corner
Eight mallets, eight moles, and a blindfold
There’s a fascinating HEPI Debate paper out on marketisation.
· Wonk Corner
Shame and fear won’t fix students’ AI use
When we published our research on AI in assessment last month, one of the findings that generated the most response was what we called Finding 7.
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
How clear was the guidance over weekend delivery?
Thus far in the weekend delivery scandal, it’s been hard to envisage the circumstances under which the Student Loans Company’s (SLC) regs as published could have been misunderstood.
· Policy Watch
Better Connected needs to be better connected to higher education
With “close to home” now the fourth most important factor in university choice, Mack Marshall and Jim Dickinson argue that DfT’s failure to recognise students as a transport user group is becoming an access and participa
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
International agents are running rampant across Europe
I’ve often despaired at the lack of willingness of universities to share intel on the behaviours of international agents.
· Wonk Corner
DfE’s desperation on equality impact-assessing student finance reaches a new low
For the past few months I’ve been waiting patiently for the Department for Education’s (DfE) annual equality impact assessment on its changes to student financial support.
· Wonk Corner
The 22,000 weekend delivery students need information
One of the more unseemly aspects of the weekend delivery loans crisis is the ongoing antics of agents.
· SUs · Members
Students (still) need to see themselves in their SU
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Medr’s regulatory framework is a fair-weather friend to students
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
If your Amnesty group wants the university to sign its Defend Dissent Charter, here’s what you need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Wales. So close, and yet so far away
Just for a minute (well, five or so years), I thought one bit of the UK wouldn’t be a laughing stock in Europe on student participation. Alas, it wasn’t to be.
· Wonk Corner
Medr has a regulatory framework
Just in time for Easter.
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
This isn’t a fraud crackdown. It’s a financial emergency with no one at the helm
We’re a few days on from the Department for Education’s (DfE) decisive action on weekend course misclassification, and the fallout is starting to build.
· Wonk Corner
Spikes in inflation will hit students twice
For a couple of months, it looked like the headline maximum rates for maintenance loans in England (along with everything else linked to forecasts of RPI-X) would be favourable next year.
· Comment
Regulatory failure is letting ways to widen access get a bad name
Media stories about foundation years, entry qualifications and weekend delivery all lead back to the same place. Jim Dickinson follows the data
· Comment
Disadvantage is a predictor of AI use. But not in the way you might think
Jim Dickinson finds that disadvantaged students use AI as a production shortcut while their better-off peers treat it as a learning tool – and that the hidden curriculum explains why
· Comment
Weekend courses turn into weekday consequences – with students left holding the bill
Jim Dickinson unpacks the fallout from a DfE crackdown on weekend course misclassification – and finds students caught between forced repayment, forced delivery changes, and a system that is unlikely to accept blame