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· Comment
Bridget Phillipson increases fees by 3.1 per cent
Westminster’s Secretary of State for Education has resolved to increase undergraduate fees and maintenance by forecast inflation. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have all the analysis you need
With David Kernohan
· Comment
The state revoked her visa. The state lost at tribunal
A Palestinian student has won a human rights appeal after the Home Office revoked her visa over comments on Israel-Gaza. Jim Dickinson examines the case’s principles and implications
· Comment
Academics need an academic freedom ombuds
What should the government do next on academic freedom and freedom of speech? Jim Dickinson proposes a streamlined approach, with better protections and routes for redress for academics
· SUs · Members
Heebee GPs
It’s a good idea for SUs in England to take part in the future NHS consultation—today an officer explains why. Mack has looked at every AI policy in the UK, and Jim has been looking at every hardship fund
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
What’s been going on with the Renters’ Rights Bill?
Both last week and this, the committee set up to do line-by-line scrutiny of the Renters’ Rights Bill has been taking evidence.
· Wonk Corner
The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?
The government has announced that the National Living Wage is to rise by 6.7 per cent to £12.21 per hour in April.
· Wonk Corner
More consumer rights cases emerge from OfS and NTS
Two higher education providers have changed the terms and conditions in their student contracts after the Office for Students (OfS) referred concerns to National Trading Standards (NTS).
· SUs · Members
Reach for the PGRs
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Wales’ international students may get a guarantor for their rent
Jayne Bryant, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in Wales, has today published a White Paper on Adequate Housing, Fair Rents and Affordability for consultation.
· Comment
SU bars in hospitals or hospitals in SU bars?
Jim Dickinson might have taken the opportunity to feed into the NHS 10 year plan ideas platform a bit too seriously. Or maybe not
· SUs · Members
What the Renters Rights Bill committee heard about students in its first major meeting
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Welsh student housing is a problem. Spain may be a solution
A Senedd Committee is calling for private renters to be given more rights, including the possible right to compensation if they are evicted, in a new report out today.
· Wonk Corner
Forget students and universities. We certainly will
While this parliamentary session doesn’t have much that’s directly aimed at students or universities, there’s a raft of other bills with the potential to make the experience of higher education better or worse.
· Wonk Corner
Putting up fees is like putting up the price of a second class stamp
I was at my mum’s at the weekend, and one of the things we were both moaning about in equal measure was the failure of the Royal Mail to deliver a letter she’s been waiting on from the council.
· SUs · Members
Runners up not losers
With Mack Marshall
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Yes but where does all the time go?
Jim Dickinson has been to a teaching and learning conference – and like the sector as a whole, lost track of time
· Wonk Corner
The London Student Oyster card fiasco will hit attendance – and may cause drop-out
It’s very difficult to be a student in London without a Student Oyster photo card.
· Wonk Corner
And you thought that crackdowns on rip-off degrees were dead
The Conservatives are so used to announcing a crack down on rip-off degrees every six months or so that even its leadership contenders in opposition can’t wean off.
· Wonk Corner
2022 broke the student housing market. Here’s how to avoid a repeat
The release of HESA stats on where students have been living is always an interesting moment.
· Wonk Corner
The almost-ban on staff student relationships needs clarifying and simplifying
In the Office for Students’ (OfS) new condition of registration on harassment and sexual misconduct, there’s almost a ban on staff-student relationships.