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Rights and responsibilities
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· SUs
How do we make students more powerful?
We’ve talked before on the site about NSS Question 26, and the numerous limitations of the question. There’s two theories that surround poor performance in this “academic interests” question – either the question is faul
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Can we “nudge” students towards better grades?
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With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Analysis
OfS has a student information problem
With OfS now regulating at full speed, Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan wonder how prospective students would find out whether their course was approved – and just what has happened to all the old HE providers?
With David Kernohan
· Comment
A long hot summer in the library
For Jim Dickinson, the university library is a key site in the ongoing struggle to offer services that meet the needs of a diverse student body.
· Analysis
Taking complaints seriously means supporting students to make them
Complaints can be a crucial source of feedback to learn from, both for providers and OfS. Jim Dickinson wonders how a student would ever make one.
· Comment
What happens when a provider has to close?
The closure of GSM London is bad news for students, but – for Jim Dickinson – it prompts wider questions about oversight, regulation, and student protection.
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What is deliberative democracy and why should SUs think about it?
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With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Getting their money’s worth
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What has Plato got to do with student rights and expectations?
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With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Look who’s back: Jo Johnson returns to universities brief
It looks like Jo Johnson is returning to the universities brief in government. Jim Dickinson has a think about what that might mean for the sector.
· Analysis
Seven things to note from July’s OfS board papers
You might not have spotted the release of the OfS Board Papers – but Jim Dickinson did, and he’s here to digest them for you.
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The value of SUs (archived)
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Student sport and higher education policy (archived)
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· Comment
Kneejerk reactions to grade inflation don’t help solve the problem
If we step back from the grade inflation row, it’s pretty clear that we need to revisit the UK’s degree classification system, says Jim Dickinson
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Six things to bear in mind about NSS Q26
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With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Let’s be Warwick avin’ you
· Analysis
If sunlight is the best disinfectant, how do we let more in?
Warwick has announced a plan to improve student disciplinaries. Jim Dickinson asks why it takes demos, media coverage and intense pressure to get learning like this.
· Policy Watch
The Higher Technical Education Review
Wonkhe’s David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson digest the latest review from the DfE – this one is on Higher Technical Education.
With David Kernohan
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An NSSity evil?