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· Wonk Corner
DfE stops funding spelling and grammar software for disabled students
A couple of weeks ago now, the Department for Education (DfE) quietly announced a decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) funding.
· SUs · Members
The government is amending the Employment Rights Bill – here’s what SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Here’s what SUs in England need to know about buses and forthcoming changes to bus franchising
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
The best and most rewarding study time possible
Reflecting on 48 hours in the Swedish capital, Jim Dickinson wonders what’s in Sweden’s sauce to cause depth and breath in student culture
· SUs · Members
Taking action on free speech
With Mack Marshall
· SUs
Study tour 2025: 48 hours in Stockholm
This page contains notes on findings from the 2025 mini Wonkhe SUs study tour to Stockholm, the Swedish capital. Included are LinkedIn details for each of the organisations we visited, some background notes on the countr
With Mike Day, Alan Roberts and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Were students heard in TEF 2023?
OfS has a report out on student (SU) views of their involvement in the TEF. Jim Dickinson reviews the results
· SUs · Members
Protected beliefs – when can an SU censor a member of staff?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Boom and bust – but still whopping
In the Home Office’s quarterly release on immigration, you can feel it – officials’ desire to give numbers to ministers that allow them to say that the department has returned to “being in control”.
· SUs
A postponement of a graduation or a problematic work environment means a lot
On our study tour to Stockholm the team takes a deep dive into student influence both individually and collectively
With Mike Day and Alan Roberts
· SUs
There is no contradiction between being radical and being responsible
On Day One of their trip to Stockholm the team write a new chapter, get a FREE education and see a vision for community and society being built in real time
With Alan Roberts and Mike Day
· SUs
Siv’s attitude gives him hope
Jim Dickinson and co kick off their study tour to Stockholm with some stops along the way from Copenhagen
With Mike Day and Alan Roberts
· SUs · Members
Lend us a fiver mate
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Young PG graduates will be paying much more come April 1st
We’ve talked before here about the mess that is PG loans in England.
· SUs
How (and why) to build tradition on campus
Jim Dickinson wonders what it would take to (re)establish rituals, traditions and celebrations to build belonging on campus
· Comment
The government’s in a pickle over fees and funding
Debates over higher education funding tend to focus on fees and maintenance – but what’s going on beneath the surface? Jim Dickinson goes down the watering hole
· Wonk Corner
As the cuts rain down in Wales, whatever happened to learner protection?
There’s quite an issue surrounding universities in Wales.
· SUs · Members
Going soft
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Partnership and promises are not incompatible
GuildHE has published its response to the Office for Students’ consultation on its new strategy – and there’s a fascinating section on the student interest.
· Wonk Corner
Chaos is coming for student renters in England
The Renters’ Rights Bill (which covers England) has now completed its run in the Commons, and has had its second reading in the Lords.