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Keep up at the back
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· Wonk Corner
Labour presses the government on students and universities
On Wednesday Labour’s Shadow Universities Minister Emma Hardy wrote to the government demanding that it urgent implements a “credible plan” to ensure that universities can reopen safely – including action on testing, dig
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Revised guidance for England on universities and Covid-19 means tiers before Christmas
The government has published its guidance for universities in England on reopening campuses. Jim Dickinson wonders if it’s too little too late.
· Wonk Corner
What is a household anyway?
As I write we’re waiting on the publication of the statutory instrument that puts into legal practice the messaging given to the press all day on “social gatherings of more than six people”.
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Do both modules? Here’s £500. Or maybe £1,000.
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Is it Freshers Flu or Covid-19?
Will students get a test if they have Covid symptoms? Jim Dickinson spends time with student reps and concludes things need to get simpler and clearer.
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The full weight of the procedures
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Could higher education ruin the UK’s Christmas?
There’s a new paper out prepared by a government task and finish group on higher education and Covid-19. Jim Dickinson reviews the risks.
· Wonk Corner
Indie SAGE drops its call for mandatory student and staff testing
Indie SAGE has now published the final version of its statement on universities in the context of Covid-19.
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Covid-19, student discipline and student opportunities
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The impacts of purpose-built student accommodation
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· Wonk Corner
Ireland, students and sexual consent
When you’re buried inside the detail of England’s higher education system, it’s easy to miss how bureaucratic it is – and how slow it is to respond to demands for change.
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Can OfS help universities bridge the digital divide?
As new findings on students and the “digital divide” emerge, Jim Dickinson considers the character of regulation required to address it.
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What’s in Scotland’s Programme for Government for HE?
For us, Scotland’s guidance to universities over Covid was the big news from yesterday – but the other major development was the publication of this year’s Programme for Government, and there’s a few bits and bobs in the
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Doesn’t the science on Covid get #madeatuni?
The BMJ has advice for universities on reopening campuses. Jim Dickinson considers the role of experts, science and data in the sector’s plans.
· Policy Watch
Scotland’s universities get new Covid guidance – but is it too late?
International students are already self-isolating across Scotland, as the government publishes revised guidance for universities. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan dive in.
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
UCU hits the headlines with a call to pause campus reopening
On Sunday the story leading almost every news bulletin was the call by the University and College Union (UCU) to “scrap plans” to reopen campuses next month in order to “prevent a major public health crisis”.
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Let’s avoid another groundhog day on universities, regulators and safety
As Indie SAGE publishes a new charter on Covid at work, Jim Dickinson tries to clarify responsibilities for keeping students, staff and citizens safe.
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Oh if you know when to take them you know
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Testing time for Sturgeon and universities
At First Minister’s questions, Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie was keen to follow up with Nicola Sturgeon over university campus reopening.