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· Wonk Corner
How to fix student loans
Maybe it was just a new year coincidence, but maybe we’ll look back on January 2026 as the month when England’s (and by extension, developed nations’) student loans systems’ complexity and injustices finally caught the i
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It couldn’t happen here
With Mack Marshall
· SUs
Well that will never work. Why is creativity so hard in SUs?
Jim Dickinson explores how students’ unions have professionalised themselves into creative paralysis – and what continental counterparts can teach us about embracing experimentation, silliness and survivable failure
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Euro unis are using diploma supplements to recognise student volunteer roles – and the UK could too
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Meet the SU where the academic societies have £800k budgets
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Northern Ireland reviews its approach to widening participation
It would be easy to read this consultation politically.
· Policy Watch
Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room
Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain
· Comment
Graduates are paying more and getting less
Jim Dickinson traces how a student loans system once sold as cost-sharing has become one where graduates fund everything – and where Labour has quietly reversed promises to make things fairer
· Wonk Corner
NUS turns its attention to parents
Back in 2021, the following passage of text was quietly added to the gov.uk page on student finance for undergraduates:
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What goes on tour
With Mack Marshall
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What does the latest research tell us about student belonging – and what can SUs do about it?
Jim Dickinson unpacks recent academic research on why students leave, why they stay, and what SUs should be arguing for
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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What UK SUs need to know about Erasmus+ – and what to do about it
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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What can UK SUs learn from how Central Europe supports international students?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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100+ of our favourite student-run festivals and events from across Europe
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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January 2026 Study Tour: Belgium
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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January 2026 Study Tour: France
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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January 2026 Study Tour: Netherlands
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Study Tour January 2026: Germany
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Study Tour January 2026: Luxembourg
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Study Tour January 2026: Switzerland
With Mack Marshall and Wonkhe SUs explainer