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· SUs · Members
What just happened?
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
OfS is refocusing on the students in its title
I was at the Association of College’s HE in FE conference yesterday, where the event opened with Office for Students’ CEO Susan Lapworth on the latest date of the regulator’s ongoing sector engagement tour.
· Comment
Is it time to slap VAT on tuition fees?
As the debate on private schools fees and VAT continues, Jim Dickinson considers the bargain that the richest are increasingly getting out of higher education
· SUs
Sabb elections are almost over for 2024. What happened?
One of the questions we get asked a lot is about whether what’s going on in your SU is reflected in other places. And it’s a question that comes up a lot during and after (sabbatical) election season. Easter is almost he
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
US Republicans copy and paste England’s Free Speech Act
Given that much of the framing and panic over the campus culture wars appears to be a US import, in a way it’s nice to be able to give something back.
· Wonk Corner
The government demands a crackdown on the SWP – having adorned it with new campus rights
There’s a good example of the mess the government’s in on campus culture in the press this weekend.
· SUs · Members
Let me tell you a secret
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
How to improve rights for students who have a placement
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
The contradictory cakeism over free speech and extremism continues
There’s a new definition of “extremism”, but does it help or hinder universities in making judgements about it? Jim Dickinson isn’t so sure
· SUs
How to sponsor international graduates as “skilled workers”
Plenty of SUs have international sabbs and international students as student staff – and some employ international students while on the graduate route. Editor’s note: The skill level, salary threshold, licence fees and
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Can students send “grossly offensive” emails to SU officers and claim “free speech”?
Jim Dickinson reviews a recent legal case that may have implications over the abuse that is often received by SU officers over email and social media
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Meet the SU with 1500 student leaders and a focus on subject belonging
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Students need to feel more connected – to both the campus and each other
Jim Dickinson digs deep into the GTI/Cybil polling underpinning the UPP Foundation’s Student Futures work – and finds ways and reasons to cause students to feel more connected
· SUs · Members
The rules when international students become sabbs
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Student futures too
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
The latest on loneliness, belonging, student activities and what would help
· Wonk Corner
What if the foundation years blind spot is franchising?
There’s a good HEPI report out today on foundation years.
· Wonk Corner
Whether Donelan stays or goes, the problems she has created on campus remain
It would be easy in the Donelangate story to focus in on the fact that the taxpayer is apparently picking up the bill for damages on the same day that the Chancellor was due to launch (yet) another “war” on “government w
· Wonk Corner
The clear blue water on student loan interest rates has evaporated
When Michelle Donelan was sneaking through stealth changes to student loan terms a couple of years ago, the big dream was all about interest rates.
· Wonk Corner
PhD stipends on the search for an anchor
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) has quietly announced stipend levels for 2024/25.