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· SUs · Members
How to respond to OIA’s consultation on a new chapter of its Good Practice Framework
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Niche activism
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
Out of money? Out of time? OfS has a (new kind of) plan
Jim Dickinson examines plans from the Office for Students to handle “market exit” by higher education providers and is less than impressed.
· Wonk Corner
What did Michelle Donelan say to Parliament?
The minister has been in front of the select committee – and we watched so you don’t have to.
· Policy Watch
Students can be partners and consumers all at once in Wales
Jim Dickinson analyses proposed arrangements for students in the Welsh Tertiary Education Bill.
· Policy Watch
The return of higher technical education?
A first assessment of the UK government’s newly published plans for higher technical education
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Will a switch from live to recorded generate legitimate complaints?
Things to spot as Independent Adjudicator Felicity Mitchell blogs on complaints in an age of Covid-19.
· Wonk Corner
Should students get a refund? Some should, says a committee – but they won’t
The House of Commons petitions committee is clueless on consumer law and student rights
· SUs · Members
The other half
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Long read
If we must reopen campuses, we musn’t waste them on teaching
Jim Dickinson calls for a focus on the reality of student and staff lives as campus planning for next year starts to come to a conclusion.
· SUs
Changes to courses and the issue of “consent”
When a student (consumer) signs up for a service, they are entering into an agreement with a service provider that is making a set of promises about that service. Here we pull together some of the threads from briefings
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
26 things we spotted in the April and May OfS board papers
The Office for Students has published board papers for April and May, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to.
With David Kernohan
· SUs
What exactly are students going to do with their time?
At various points during the pandemic I’ve been writing about and talking to institutions and their SUs about the student experience. You know the sort of thing – the ways in which the student experience has and will be
· Wonk Corner
Should universities and courses at risk of failure be kept a secret?
Jim Dickinson reviews the commentary around the edges of today’s Institute for Fiscal Studies (IfS) report.
· Comment
The B3 bear is coming out of hibernation to close your low value provision
With the pubs open and the barbers back in business, sector regulation should shortly kick back in. Jim Dickinson looks at how OfS might respond to ministerial missives on value.
· Wonk Corner
OfS backs off
The Office for Students (OfS) has announced that it has scaled back and narrowed proposals to fine providers that change admissions strategies because of financial pressures related to the coronavirus pandemic
· SUs · Members
The new student normal
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Racism on campus and social norming
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Changing course? Seeking consent isn’t as simple as it looks
Do students have the right to refuse changes to their course in September? Jim Dickinson on the intersection of the politics and the legal position.
· SUs · Members
A £500 washing machine in an Airbnb
With Wonkhe SUs explainer