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· Wonk Corner
Whatever happened to student protection?
The positioning of the parlous state of sector finances in the upper echelons of Bridget Phillipson’s in-tray is A GOOD THING.
· Comment
If international numbers keep falling, what happens to the towers that housed them?
With recruitment of international students under increasing pressure, Jim Dickinson interrogates what happens when the purpose-built blocks to house them fall empty
· Wonk Corner
Universities and their staff should be under a “duty of candour”
In the King’s Speech, the Mental Health Bill is designed to implement some of the recommendations of the 2017 Wesley Report.
· SUs · Members
The other side
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
Labour has “no plans” to raise tuition fees
On King’s Speech day, Jim Dickinson was listening to the World at One – as the Secretary of State laid out her stall on fee increases and international students
· SUs · Members
Another university is possible
With Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
Students want more flexibility. Here’s some tweaks to deliver it
So far there’s basically no evidence that there’s any demand for “single module” provision via the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
· SUs · Members
How to be “positively pushy” to get things done for students
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
EHRC sharpens its stance on sector failings over disabled access
The UK equalities regulator has reflections and advice on disabled student access in UK HE. Jim Dickinson gets ready to pass or fail
· Wonk Corner
The student group claim gets a court date
You’ll recall the long running saga of students attempting to take legal action over claims their education was damaged both by the pandemic and UCU strikes.
· SUs
This one simple trick could change your rep system forever
Jim Dickinson identifies ways in which a large rep system being supported by a central coordinator and officers can be supported to have more power to change things for students
· SUs · Members
Oh what a night
With Mack Marshall
· Comment
Thirty seven things Labour should do now to make things better for students
Jim Dickinson picks up where Keir Starmer’s Change agenda leaves off – with a bunch of things the new government should do now to fix and ease the problems that students face
· SUs · Members
You’ll spend a lot of time in useless meetings. Here’s how to make them even worse
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
The former student leaders entering Parliament
It was a former President of NUS that unseated Michael Portillo in 1997. Jim Dickinson looks down the list of Labour’s new MPs to see who else might be about to use skills honed in student politics
· SUs · Members
It’s all about you
With Mack Marshall
· SUs · Members
Learning and rights from complaints from postgrads
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
A butterfly flaps its wings, and tuition fees remain frozen
The thing about government policy – even when there’s a change in government – is that government policy remains government policy unless and until the government changes it.
· Comment
The learner is at the periphery of this reform programme
Jim Dickinson considers the Scottish Government’s assertion that learners will be at the heart of its new tertiary education system
· Comment
The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance
Student maintenance has been ignored all election – until now. Jim Dickinson reviews the parties’ answers on the issue to Britain’s most trusted man.