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· SUs · Members
What SUs need to know about a new study on students’ use of AI
Jim Dickinson reports on an Edinburgh Napier-led survey of 6,610 students across seven UK institutions, which found a third had never used generative AI for their studies at all.
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
The absolutism is watered down in OfS’ amendments to its free speech guidance
With OfS’ free speech complaints scheme opening on 1 September, Jim Dickinson finds a regulator retreating from absolutist positions on campus expression
· Comment
The Miller judgment draws its line through students
Jim Dickinson reads the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment on David Miller’s dismissal – and finds one half setting out what a university can’t touch, and one what it still can
· SUs · Members
How (and why) to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) notice periods
Jim Dickinson sets out what the Scottish Government’s consultation on early termination of PBSA tenancies covers, and how SUs in Scotland should respond before it closes on 22 October 2026.
· Wonk Corner
Commuter students? It’s all about the money
Last week the Office for Students (OfS) published research on commuter students that it had commissioned from Savanta.
· SUs · Members
Blocks and wedges
With Sharanya Sivarajah
· SUs · Members
The ultimate guide to curriculum reform for SUs
Jim Dickinson provides a guide for SUs navigating a curriculum reform project, covering what to ask for and watch out for as courses are redesigned around them.
· Comment
Students have the right to set-off to university
Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
· Wonk Corner
Why are all the risks that students face being kept a secret?
A couple of weeks ago now, you may have seen that the FT picked up the stat that the Global Banking School is now the UK’s biggest HE provider.
· Comment
Curriculum reform is a wedge issue
With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to absorb it
· SUs · Members
The essential guide to immigration reform for SUs
Jim Dickinson sets out how immigration policy now shapes recruitment, fees, and international students’ prospects after graduation, and what SUs need to understand about the reforms driving it.
With Sharanya Sivarajah and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Superseding a bad mark isn’t the same as deleting it
Friday is self-report day.
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Frozen out
With Sharanya Sivarajah
· Wonk Corner
Optional modules are not as optional as they look
The Competition and Markets Authority has published a revised version of CMA37, its general guidance on unfair contract terms.
· SUs · Members
What SUs in Wales, NI and Scotland can learn from a new quality report
Jim Dickinson looks at the QAA’s Quality Enhancement Review of Swansea University, and what it shows other SUs about getting inside the quality review process and the rights it implies for students.
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Ministers are throwing students to the wolves
On Tuesday the government published its response to the Education Committee’s report on higher education funding and the threat of insolvency.
· SUs · Members
What SUs need to know about a new report on placements and professionalism
Jim Dickinson follows up on the British Medical Association’s research on sexism and sexual violence during clinical placements, and what it means for how SUs support students on placement.
· Wonk Corner
When the metric becomes the virtue, trust breaks
At one UK medical school, signing into placement at 9:01 earns a late mark.
· Wonk Corner
Labour’s growing enemy of opportunity
Earlier this year, Josh MacAlister, the now re-appointed DfE minister, explained what the government is doing for the poorest students:
· Comment
Northern Ireland’s cheap degrees come with hidden price tags
With the Treasury dangling £237 million and Ulster cutting 450 jobs, Jim Dickinson unpicks why Northern Ireland’s funding review is a set of trade-offs that cannot all be won at once