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· Wonk Corner
Robert Halfon’s mental health taskforce misses its targets
Last June, when then universities minister Robert Halfon rejected a formal duty of care for university students, the plan was instead to convene a taskforce to tackle some of the issues.
· Wonk Corner
National service isn’t a thing. Or is it?
Last time a Conservative suggested the reintroduction of national service, there were to be both sticks and carrots.
· Comment
Can the next government afford an increase in student or university funding?
Jim Dickinson reviews the early lines being taken in the election campaign on student finance – and tries to work out what might happen next
· Wonk Corner
A new salary metric is found in the trash
With a snap general election called, a good volume of stuff stuck awaiting sign-off on desks has emerged from HMG today.
· Wonk Corner
Some detail emerges on the international crackdown
So the graduate route lives on.
· SUs · Members
Genny lecturn
With Livia Scott and Mack Marshall
· Wonk Corner
If student panel members feed back their views but they’re never minuted, did they make a sound?
Regular readers of mine and DK’s reviews of Office for Students (OfS) board minutes will be aware of our slowly mounting frustration at the lack of detail that they tend to carry.
· SUs · Members
The government response to the graduate review is out – here’s the upshots for SUs
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
International student numbers could fall a lot further yet
Both Home Office and ONS figures on migration are out – Jim Dickinson notes the curious hole in the government’s attempts to predict the impact of its crackdowns on international students
· SUs · Members
A general election is on – here’s what SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
There’s a chilling effect on campus that few dare talk of
As the responses to the Office for Students’ latest consultation on its implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 roll in, a fascinating legal argument is brewing.
· SUs
Yes but what do students think?
Jim Dickinson wonders why he can’t work out what SUs think about things – and reviews how it’s done across Europe
· Comment
Is protest “free speech” or damaging to democracy?
The government’s Independent Advisor on Political Violence and Disruption has a report out “extreme” protest groups. Jim Dickinson thinks through the implications for universities.
· Wonk Corner
Student financial support for PGT is a forgotten, inadequate mess
Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement speech just under a decade ago was quite positive about the role of higher education in the economy.
· Wonk Corner
The student interests regulator couldn’t seem less interested in students’ interests
Pop quiz, hotshot!
· SUs · Members
Manifesto for action
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Could enrolment caps be coming for international students?
I expect that there are plenty of people in the UK that would love a prominent government minister to talk positively about the economic benefits international students:
· Wonk Corner
OfS parks its regulatory tanks on the lawn over campus encampments
Arif Ahmed, OfS’ Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom, has written out to vice chancellors over protests on campus.
· SUs · Members
What can SUs learn from complaints summaries in OIA’s annual report?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Free speech act and SUs – fines and recovery of costs by OfS
With Wonkhe SUs explainer