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Communiqués from an ongoing set of unresolved internal political skirmishes
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The only certainty about September is uncertainty for students
As Cambridge and Bolton announce their plans for September, Jim Dickinson ponders the sorts of certainty being offered to students.
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Outcomes based regulation doesn’t work in a pandemic. Or a select committee.
It’s not just Grant Shapps who wants to know more about higher education in the autumn. Jim Dickinson watches a whole committee of MPs try to get answers from the Office for Students.
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There is new guidance on student (and staff) mental health and wellbeing
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Wait and see
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I know what Wonkhe SUs did last summer – all our webinars archived in one place
All the Summer 2020 webinars, archived on one handy webpage
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From liquidity to solvency – what might a real bailout look like?
Jim Dickinson goes hunting for clues for solutions to the emerging sector solvency crisis – and finds a report for Policy Exchange from David Goodhart.
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Communication with students means listening as well as talking
Effective communication with students during the pandemic isn’t just about the wording of emails, argues Jim Dickinson
· Analysis
20 things we’ve spotted in the March OfS board papers
As always, we’ve taken a read of the latest batch of OfS board papers to pick out the points of interest. Here’s 20 of them.
With David Kernohan
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Securing the student interest in Covid-19 will require tough choices
Jim Dickinson thinks through the trade-offs between institutional and student interests as boards of governors consider their response to Covid-19.
· Analysis
How important is university autonomy during and after a pandemic?
OfS is consulting on new rules to clamp down on competitive behaviours. Jim Dickinson considers whether universities would be wise to resist.
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Even in the Covid crisis, universities are not too big to “fail”
Amid mention of a higher education “restructuring regime”, Jim Dickinson wonders what that might mean if the government’s HE bailout package falls short.
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Keep your distance
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The days go so slowly, but the weeks go by in a flash
Ahead of the lifting of a moratorium on unconditional officers to university applicants, Jim Dickinson considers how the “student interest” might be secured
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It’s a small world – how contagious are university campuses?
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Unremittingly miserable
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Consumer Law and Covid-19
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If there’s no going back, how do we get forward to a new normal?
If we think there are problems in universities now, just wait for what needs to be solved in September. Jim Dickinson on how we’ll get to a “new normal”.
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Transitional demands
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When (and how) will campuses re-open?
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