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The Renters Rights Bill is law – what should SUs do to prepare for May 1st 2026? (updated)
Jim Dickinson looks at how landlords are preparing for the Renters Rights Bill in England – and what SUs can do to prepare too
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Is student work on the increase or not?
Earlier this year, Torsten Bell – the pensions minister, Labour MP for Swansea West, and former chief executive of the Resolution Foundation – said something that sounds surprising.
· SUs · Members
How (and why) to respond to the Welsh Government’s call for evidence on the future of tertiary education
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Students have priced in bad jobs. They haven’t priced in bad managers
Back in November, the Student Working Lives report from HEPI and UCLan / University of Lancashire gave us linked institutional data showing what student employment actually costs academically.
· Comment
If the graduate premium is falling, supply-side tinkering won’t bring it back
Jim Dickinson assembles cross-national evidence showing Britain’s shrinking graduate premium is a demand-side problem – and that closing courses won’t fix it
· Wonk Corner
Student loan reform is coming. But not without a proper review
A couple of sticking plasters have popped up this morning from opposition parties to address the ongoing debate over Plan 2 student loans.
· Wonk Corner
This is not fan fiction. Could have fooled me
Now and again here at Wonkhe towers, we’ll be sent a draft article with a heavy metaphorical hook.
· SUs · Members
Pay the placement
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
The student group claim is a sign of things to come
The large-scale arrival of ambulance chasers to higher education seems to have come as quite a shock to parts of the sector.
· Comment
Do students lack skills, or does the system struggle to surface them?
Jim Dickinson considers whether concerns about graduate readiness reflect missing attributes – or a system that fails to surface and record what students have already learned
· SUs · Members
The ultimate guide for SUs on what to think about and what to do if a merger is on the cards
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
More student loans misery for DfE’s press office
What fresh hell is this?
· Wonk Corner
Donelan returns with a way out of the student loans crisis
In the Plan 2 student loans crisis, ghosts of the past keep appearing.
· Comment
Who calls the shots when resolving students’ complaints?
Jim Dickinson explores how professional indemnity insurance may shape universities’ responses to student complaints, and what that could mean for transparency and fairness
· Wonk Corner
Postgrads and parents have reason to be furious about what was buried in the budget too
Rachel Reeves’ decision to freeze thresholds for repayment and student loans interest has belatedly caused no end of press coverage over the plight of Plan 2 student loan holders. But it wasn’t the only thing buried in t
· Wonk Corner
The Palestine Action ban has been ruled unlawful
On Friday the High Court handed down its judgment in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, finding that Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful on two grounds.
· Comment
The student group claim settles out of court
An out of court settlement brings legal action at UCL over pandemic and strike disruption to a close. Jim Dickinson explores why questions about variation, acts of god and liability remain unanswered.
· SUs · Members
Local elections in May 2026 (England): What SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What if austerity really was over?
This isn’t the first time I’ve admitted this on here, but back in 2010 when I worked at NUS – and when the coalition’s £9k fees proposal appeared – we knew fees weren’t really going up that much.
· Wonk Corner
Is the “doom spiral” about curriculum or poverty?
There’s a super new book out from Lancaster Professor of Higher Education Paul Ashwin (and nine colleagues) about what higher education does to the people who go through it.