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· Wonk Corner
That university debt problem is a big issue off the balance sheet too
Elsewhere on the site my colleague David Kernohan has been looking at the “decision” (if you can call it that) to stop regulating universities on their levels of borrowing.
· Long read
Social mobility is about to die – and university won’t help
Jim Dickinson reviews what’s about to happen with the great boomer wealth transfer – and why it will destroy the social mobility power of HE
· SUs
An autonomous agitator within the corporate ambition of the university
Jim Dickinson considers what “autonomy” really means – and thinks through models which combine efficiencies over infrastructure with a strong and independent student voice
· Comment
OfS is starting to better understand the student interest
England’s higher education regulator has published highlights of research into what students think, want and expect. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson look into John Blake’s i’s
With David Kernohan
· SUs · Members
No escape from reality
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
What SUs can learn from complaints about harassment and sexual misconduct
What SUs can learn from complaints about harassment and sexual misconduct
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
OfS opts for summaries and secrecy on sexual misconduct
The National Student Survey (NSS) is up and running for 2025, and this year, at least in England, another (this time national, all providers) pilot of a harassment and sexual misconduct prevalence survey has been glued o
· SUs
Is a burger in a campus bar educational? Depends
Jim Dickinson reviews a High Court judgement that could have major implications for the way in which catering on campus is supplied
· Wonk Corner
A(nother) new competence framework emerges
The Department for Education’s Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce has published – via Advance HE – a new competency framework.
· Policy Watch
Fairness and protection for students is coming – but not for those that need it now
The higher education regulator in England is proposing a new regime to ensure students are treated fairly. Jim Dickinson wonders why it will only apply to a handful of them
· SUs · Members
Let’s TWST again
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
What are students’ rights over closed modules, campuses and courses?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
Honesty and accuracy is about to get even more important
As universities reduce budgets and make changes to what was originally promised, all while struggling to control what some say on their behalf, a new law is being quietly implemented to better protect students. Jim Dicki
· SUs · Members
What can SUs learn for the future from the encampments of 2024
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Northern Ireland students get a 20 per cent boost to maintenance
Undergraduate maintenance loans in Northern Ireland are to increase by 20 per cent in September, the Department for the Economy has announced.
· Policy Watch
DfE steps in to require franchise partners to register with OfS
Following serious criticisms the government is stepping in to require teaching providers in franchise arrangements to register with OfS. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson ask whether it will work
With David Kernohan
· Comment
Lessons for leaders from the campus encampments
A new report tells the “inside story” of pro-Palestine encampments in UK universities. Jim Dickinson considers the implications for the relationship between students and their university
· SUs
Now! That’s what I call a student leader 2025
Jim Dickinson looks ahead to both SU elections season and Eurovision season to find tenuous links between the two
· SUs · Members
Make the noise and make it clear
With Mack Marshall
· Long read
Students are at the centre of a political uprising in Serbia. Again
As months of student-led protests come to a head in Serbia, Jim Dickinson reviews the role of both “official” and “unofficial” student representatives in the country’s growing problems and protests