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Rational thinking
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Students need detail about September – but is that possible?
OfS has guidance out on making accurate promises to students. Jim Dickinson peers into the crystal ball.
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Why encourage complaints when we’ve already decided to ignore them?
DfE and OfS have been telling students to complain if the “quality isn’t there”. Jim Dickinson digs into the rationale for a Covid complaint.
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Should students take the gamble?
Jim Dickinson considers whether and how universities might encourage students to not defer in September.
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Bursting the bubbles
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“The government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by Covid-19”
Jim Dickinson goes looking for the financial help on offer from Government for students. Clue – there isn’t much.
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DfE has published guidance on reopening universities in the autumn
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UUK has published some principles and considerations on emerging from lockdown
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In September provision needs to be different but good – not different but bad
As students and applicants worry about their experience in September, Jim Dickinson weighs up whether we should offer reassurance rather than honesty.
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Social distance learning
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What are FE colleges being told about opening – and why might it matter for HE?
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NHS Test and Trace and the major questions for students
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Lifting the lockdown means thinking through the implications for student conduct
When a university brings a student to a town or city but keeps them largely off campus because of Covid-19, what happens next? Jim Dickinson paints a picture.
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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.