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· SUs · Members
What Scotland’s quality reviews tell SUs about the rights students should expect
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Flexible learning needs flexible housing
The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, published in November, made a crunchy commitment on student housing.
· SUs · Members
What is authentic assessment and why should SUs be interested in it?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
What to do about the AI panic and the snap back to the exam hall
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
The Treasury exerts control where it can, while HE gets trashed in the process
One of the things that gets overlooked in the big student loans debate is the bargain that the public purse is getting on higher education.
· SUs · Members
Mattress of fact
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
When TNE goes wrong, it’s students that suffer
Drawing on global examples, Jim Dickinson argues that student protection must underpin any expansion of UK transnational education
· Comment
1000 days later, will Labour’s woes on student loans have changed?
Jim Dickinson examines how inaction on student finance could reshape costs, debt and access by the time that Labour faces the electorate in 2029
· Wonk Corner
Governments got HE teaching on the cheap – and every loan reform proposal starts from there
The commentary on Plan 2 student loan reform is all about fairness and broken promises.
· SUs · Members
Beyond the signup
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
OfS announces a set of expectations on disability adjustments and support
The Office for Students (OfS) has announced that it will develop and publish a “statement of expectations” on disability.
· SUs
And they’re off! The runners and riders in this year’s NUS officer elections
Jim Dickinson reviews the context and the candidates for this year’s full-time officer elections at NUS
· Wonk Corner
Another specialist provider collapses
The College of Osteopaths has announced that it will close on 28 February 2026 – this coming Friday.
· Wonk Corner
Nobody in government can see around the corner on student finance
It’s not very often that student finance makes the main exchange during PMQs. And if we’re honest, it didn’t really make it today either.
· SUs · Members
Students say employability is their top priority – what can SUs do about it?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
12 (+3) new Renter’s Rights tricks landlords could pull (and what to do about them)
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
The support paradox is a poverty problem
Life satisfaction is up, but money worries, isolation and pre-existing need exacerbate underlying problems. Jim Dickinson wonders if we’re reaching the limits of what universities can do on mental health
· Wonk Corner
Scotland’s national assessment review gets up and running
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) have published the scope for a national review of awarding arrangements.
· SUs · Members
The TEF and why it matters to SUs – 2026 edition
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
How to make students more powerful – eight secrets of the Money Saving Expert
Jim Dickinson examines what Martin Lewis’s approach to consumer advocacy can teach students’ unions about rights, trust and collective action
With Wonkhe SUs explainer