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· Wonk Corner
The Renters’ Rights Act is out of the oven, but the student housing market is still cooked
At times it has felt like the legislation has been in Parliament since before I was born.
· SUs · Members
Paying the price
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Who gets to be an artist?
Are you from a professional family, went to private school, have a postgraduate degree, and live in London with a load of cash in the bank?
· Wonk Corner
We need to talk about Kalven
Arif Ahmed – OfS’ director for freedom of speech and academic freedom – has been out and about preaching to choirs again.
· Wonk Corner
A not so happy birthday to the Robbins Review
Yesterday was the 62nd birthday of the Robbins Report, the 1963 landmark that fundamentally shaped British higher education policy.
· Comment
A generation of students has been failed and forgotten again
As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a system that left stud
· Wonk Corner
Graduates, you will [not] pay less under a Labour government
The gap between the income that people get from work and the amount of money that students are expected to live is getting bigger.
· Wonk Corner
There’s a lot of children on campus. Are they safe?
Whether we’re talking about mental health, sexual misconduct or even familiarity with academic regulations, the contributors in the comments section on many of the articles I publish here are often keen to point out to m
· SUs · Members
How to respond to Medr’s consultation on a new regulatory system for Welsh tertiary education
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
Can regulation cope with a unified tertiary system in Wales?
As Wales moves toward a single regulatory framework for its entire tertiary sector, Jim Dickinson explores whether Medr’s revisions signal true simplification or simply better-organised bureaucracy
· Wonk Corner
Improvements to maintenance support are nothing of the sort
The headline “announcement” in the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper on living costs is that maintenance loans will rise in line with forecast inflation every academic year.
· Comment
How higher education became a get rich quick scheme
Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes
· SUs · Members
Students are not disengaged
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Some reasonable adjustments may have just become academic misconduct
Lots of universities across the UK permit the use of Grammarly in reasonable adjustment plans for disabled students, and some permit it in some circumstances for those whose first language isn’t English.
· SUs · Members
How (and why) to respond to the consultation on OfS’ proposals on quality
With the OfS pushing for a more integrated, high-stakes quality system, Jim Dickinson breaks down the implications for student voice, institutional strategy, and how SUs can shape what comes next.
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Universities don’t seem to understand how power dynamics on campus are abused
Despite new OfS requirements, universities remain reluctant to fully ban staff-student relationships. Jim Dickinson investigates the gaps between policy, practice, and what students really want
· Comment
Why is regulation on disabled students so weak?
As new insight from OfS reveals improving outcomes and worsening experience for disabled students, Jim Dickinson asks whether higher education regulation is fundamentally flawed in its design and focus
· SUs · Members
Immigration rules changes affecting students and graduates: What SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
OfS doesn’t seem to be able to enforce its own rules
It wouldn’t be a terrible bet to assume that there will be industrial action in universities this year.
· Wonk Corner
Universities act on domestic agents. A bit
One of the things that sector representative bodies do for their sub is to rush to the rescue with some sector-led self-regulation when scandals surrounding the sector hit the press.