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Neurodiversity
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Jump over the leather with a shout of salvation
On Day 3 of the study tour to the Balkans and Austria, the team put down roots in subjects, pick up some credits and undergo a ceremonial philistration
With Livia Scott, Mike Day and Alan Roberts
· SUs
We live in a time when we are all too busy with ourselves
On Day 2 of our tour to the Balkans and Austria, there’s a student Kampus to explore, mascots to meet and an endless array of project work to be impressed by
With Livia Scott, Mike Day and Alan Roberts
· SUs
Sometimes the rice is undercooked
On Day 1 of our spring tour to the Balkans and Austria, the team fill their stomachs and notebooks with impressive student basic needs and rights work
With Livia Scott, Mike Day and Alan Roberts
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90 per cent of students are right and 10 per cent are not
On Day 0 of our spring tour to the Balkans and Austria, Jim Dickinson, Livia Scott and Alan Roberts come across a radical student community in Belgrade
With Livia Scott and Alan Roberts
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Learning on the job
With Livia Scott
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Vote early, vote often
With Livia Scott
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What are students’ rights if cuts are proposed or implemented?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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What happened in OfS’ free speech guidance webinar for SUs?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Whatever happened to students at the heart of the system?
2010 ushered in a new government that promised that students’ interests would be central to decision making. Jim Dickinson argues that it represents a decade of failure
· Comment
Ships, Sugababes and Trigger’s broom – how promises to students get broken
Students were supposed to be at the heart of the system. Jim Dickinson evaluates the way in which their interests are secured when the cuts come
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Freshers needs a refresh
With Livia Scott
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How to turn a bar crawl into a Freshers Adventure
It’s not that long ago that the freshers bar crawl was pretty much a staple of freshers’ weeks across the UK. It might linger on, risk assessed to within an inch of its life within the odd society, but the days of lurid
· Wonk Corner
Time to stop being reasonable on reasonable adjustment failure
TASO – the Office for Students (OfS) funded charity that aims to determine “what works” to eliminate equality gaps – has a new report out on both transition support and mapping reasonable adjustments.
· Comment
Now DfE proposes to change a huge part of Disabled Students Allowance
The government is proposing to rethink a central funding allowance that allows disabled students to access specialist nonmedical support. Jim Dickinson explains the justification
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There’s a major problem with post-pandemic nursing – and it’s students who could suffer
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has major concerns over post-pandemic nursing standards not being met. Jim Dickinson considers the case for compensation
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How to improve your university’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
DfE’s annual funding letter is out. Don’t spend it all at once
The government has delivered another big real terms cut to universities in England. Jim Dickinson can smell the stasis
· Wonk Corner
Cut cut cut cut cut cut cut
We’ve covered the Westminster government’s “magic money twig” on the site before.
· Wonk Corner
The longer Labour leaves announcing on student finance, the more it could be Quack Quack oops
A year or so ago I had a go at explaining England’s student finance system with a view to persuading people not to overreact over interest rates and “debt”.