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· Comment
Should we bail out universities?
Are universities in financial trouble, and what should happen if they are? Jim Dickinson takes a look at HEPI’s student polling on bailouts and protection plans.
· SUs · Members
Theroux the looking glass
Campus sexual misconduct has been the subject of a major documentary.this week
· Comment
Dream on dreamer – TEF gets in the way
Jim Dickinson delves into the options for policymakers arising from the review of the TEF
· Analysis
Is sector expansion harming social mobility?
Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan ask if the expansion of universities since the removal of recruitment controls could be harming social mobility.
With David Kernohan
· Analysis
Is the Office for Students delivering the deliverables?
Jim Dickinson looks at last year’s strategic guidance from Government to the higher education regulator
· SUs · Members
Consenting adults
Wonkhe SUs update – Wednesday 17 February
· Analysis
When could student democracy amount to anti-semitism?
Jim Dickinson looks at the background to the case of a student society approval being the subject of a popular, or not so popular, vote
· SUs · Members
Civil engineering
The Civic University Commission final report is out so we’ve been thinking about students and the community.
· Analysis
Labour sets out an anti-market stall
In a major speech, Labour has set out its stall on higher education in England. Jim Dickinson asks if it’s still carefully avoiding the biggest issue of all.
· SUs · Members
A turning point for student politics?
· Analysis
You get what you pay for? The OfS on senior staff pay
Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan take a look at the latest OfS data on vice chancellor pay.
With David Kernohan
· SUs · Members
Students’ unions, eh?
· Analysis
Whatever happened to the student experience?
In 2006, the late David Watson thought the concept of student experience had lost its way. Jim Dickinson looks back to ask whether the sector heeded his words.
· Analysis
The complex web of freedom of speech guidance
Jim Dickinson takes a detailed look at guidance from the EHRC and DfE on Freedom of Speech on campus
· Analysis
Are holes starting to emerge in sector regulation?
Jim Dickinson looks at the emerging picture of HE regulation in England, focusing in on Disabled Students and non academic debt.
· Analysis
Let’s go fly a kite: Running and regulating universities
Top wonks from across the sector share their ideas for the running, governing and regulating of universities.
With Smita Jamdar, Jo Grady and Paul Greatrix
· Analysis
New year, old arguments – value for money in higher education
New research from YouGov and The Times opens up some old arguments about value for money. The team make sense of it all.
With Arthi Nachiappan and David Kernohan
· Comment
A solution in search of a problem
Associate editor Jim Dickinson argues that calls to reform Students’ Unions amount to trying to fix something that isn’t broken
· Policy Watch
How lonely are today’s students?
Jim Dickinson and Arthi Nachiappan look at the latest ONS research on loneliness and young people
With Arthi Nachiappan
· Long read
Protect and survive: the story of Student Protection Plans
Every English higher education provider has to have a student protection plan in place to register with the Office for Students. Jim Dickinson looks at the protection on offer.