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· Wonk Corner
Why are we panicking about mature student participation?
I often read concerns about declines in mature students over the past decade.
· Wonk Corner
Bridget, Liz and Steve need to go for a coffee
Who knows if it matters now that he’s off to be Business Secretary in the reshuffle.
· SUs · Members
“All your loan goes on rent”: what SUs need to know about Unipol’s house hunting research
With students paying £36 a week more than planned and 62% unaware of looming rental reforms, Jim Dickinson explains the affordability crisis threatening access to higher education
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
RIP democracy
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
What about postgrad care leavers?
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
Summer update: Protection in Scotland
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
The exploitation of international students begins before they enrol
Imagine you’re an international PGT applicant who’s changed their mind about the course they applied for.
· Comment
For student leaders, it’s been a Cruel Summer
Mack Marshall and Jim Dickinson chart a summer of startling student stories – from hidden hardship to systemic neglect – and warn that silence in higher education is costing students dearly
With Mack Marshall
· SUs
A cycle of silence is destroying progress on addressing students’ problems
Jim Dickinson explores how structural and cultural pressures create a “conspiracy of silence” around the student experience – and why SUs could choose truth-telling over reputation management
· Comment
Partnership? Students in Scotland need protection
As funding pressures mount, Jim Dickinson argues that Scotland’s celebrated model of student partnership is no longer enough – and students now need real, enforceable protections
· Wonk Corner
Finally, a politician who gets it. Not that one
As I type, the Mail is running with the above headline to signal that its readers should be pleased with the Reform Party’s “plan” to deport 600,000 asylum seekers.
· SUs
The Wexley 450 – a media handling exercise
The scenario It is 9.40am on Tuesday of clearing week. An hour ago the University of Wexley – a large post-92 institution with 24,000 students – emailed all staff announcing a “Shaping Wexley’s Future” programme. Around
· SUs · Members
Now here’s a way to generate some additional study space when deadlines and exams loom
Jim Dickinson explores how Antwerp’s Study360 turns underused city spaces into thriving pop-up study hubs – offering UK students’ unions a compelling model for community-connected academic support
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Summer update: Make work (-based study) pay
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
Breaking the “meritocracy of difficulty” – what could a survey on culture at your university help to kick off?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
OfS pushes ahead with two tier fairness for students
Jim Dickinson explores how the Office for Students’ latest reforms raise the bar for fairness in England – just not for the majority of students already in the system
· Comment
Beware the sharing issue in the depths of the higher education iceberg
Jim Dickinson explores the hidden depths of the higher education iceberg – from misconceptions about value to the quiet crisis of overstretched resources and shrinking provision
· SUs · Members
How (and why) to respond to the government’s unpaid internships consultation
With the government’s consultation on unpaid internships quietly underway, Jim Dickinson explains how SUs can spotlight the hidden costs of educational placements and demand joined-up policy that truly makes work pay
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
We need to talk about culture
Drawing on student testimonies and a Portuguese case study, Jim Dickinson investigates how endurance, rather than education, can become the benchmark for success in some university cultures
· SUs · Members
Summer update: Clearing the week
With Mack Marshall