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· Comment
Who has the time to care – or feel cared for?
There’s new guidance out on compassionate communications in HE. Jim Dickinson worries that the indifference and callousness of a poorly funded mass system could prevent it from having an impact
· SUs · Members
Round and around
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
The fee increases problem is about adverts as well as contracts
Having read pretty much every HE provider’s terms and conditions, tuition fees policy or associated online material, I’m struggling to find any provider who looks to me to be legally able to levy the domestic fees increa
· Wonk Corner
Are students clustering out locals in the battle for housing?
One thing that I didn’t have the space to put into yesterday’s article on mergers and student numbers distribution was the potential impact on housing.
· Comment
Universities need a plan to manage future HE provision. So does the government
The jury’s out on university mergers making savings – unless campuses close. But what happens to those communities then? Jim Dickinson calls for a plan that is interested in place
· Wonk Corner
DfE is making a fat profit on Master’s loans
One of the more ridiculous aspects of the “sometimes it’s a loan, sometimes it’s a tax” nature of our student loan system(s) tends to manifest on Budget day.
· SUs
How to get off the hamster wheel of university level student representation
It’s the time of year when the diary looks full – but the solution of taking things out feels wrong. Jim Dickinson urges taking a step back
· SUs · Members
Menstrual and mental health
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
Some providers are cutting financial support for students – with OfS’ blessing
The Office for Students has started to upload approved Access and Participation Plans for 2025 onwards. Jim Dickinson asks what they tell us about student financial support in a squeeze
· Comment
Building community is as important as counselling wait times for student mental health
Financial stress, social anxiety, and insufficient resources to practise self-care – Livia Scott and Jim Dickinson assess the results of the Student Mental Health Study 2024
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Will better student housing rights reduce housing? It doesn’t look like like it
325,649. Now there’s a familiar figure.
· Wonk Corner
Fees are going up to £9,535. Or are they?
When the Welsh Government put the maximum undergraduate tuition fee up back in February, there was a bit of a kerfuffle.
· Wonk Corner
Labor will take 20 per cent off student debt
Student debt – and Joe Biden’s attempts to wipe chunks of it – has been a big debate over the past few years in the US.
· Wonk Corner
An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag
The Westminster government has announced a headline 3.1 per cent increase to maximum undergraduate maintenance loans in England.
· 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.