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Safe spaces
With Livia Scott
· Comment
It’s the government that needs to get an access and participation plan approved
Students are working longer hours than ever – but universities are held solely responsible for supporting their success. Jim Dickinson calls for an APP for DfE
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The University of Bristol loses its appeal over the Abrahart case
The High Court has rejected an appeal against a judgement that a university contributed to the death of a student by discriminating against her. Jim Dickinson and Sunday Blake explain
With Sunday Blake
· Wonk Corner
“Your work must be your own”. What does that mean?
Last weekend I posted up a blog version of a Twitter thread that I’d created to get through the misery of UK train journey on what universities mean by “cheating” in an age of AI.
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The five frames of student representation
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Is an invited speaker an invited speaker if they’ve not been… invited?
In the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, one of the specified groups of people for whom freedom of speech within the law is to be secured, and so one of the groups able to advance a complaint into the Office
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The secret life of a working-class sabb
With Livia Scott
· Comment
Free speech is not universities’ problem. It’s students’
Conflict on campus feels more intractable than ever – yet methods to resolve it are increasingly legalistic, silencing students in the process. Jim Dickinson sets out an alternative
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Meet the SU with a €4m block grant and hundreds of sabbs
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Tuition fees in Wales rise to £9,250 a year
In a statement to the Welsh Parliament, Senedd Minister for Education and Welsh Language Jeremy Miles has announced that undergraduate tuition fees are to rise by £250 a year – bringing it in line with the maximum fee at
· Comment
David Miller wins tribunal case against the University of Bristol
An anti-Zionist academic has won a tribunal case against the University of Bristol, finding direct discrimination and unfair and wrongful dismissal. Jim Dickinson explains the judgement
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There are better ways to fund and govern universities as quasi-public services
As mass higher education attempts to find ways to boost investment in itself, Jim Dickinson argues that waiting for the political pendulum to swing towards the past is no way to do it
· SUs
Should SUs be banning posters with controversial slogans?
Let’s imagine you’re working in the office when someone comes in with a poster they’ve seen for a society event, objecting to the fact that it includes the slogan “Intifada until victory”. Plenty of people would consider
· Wonk Corner
World leading international education needs world leading agent regulation
There has been a “significant focus” on recruitment practices relating to international students in recent weeks.
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Blocking the funding
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
There’s no point comforting ourselves over AI and cheating when we don’t know what cheating is
I spent some time yesterday thinking about the polling that came out on students’ use of AI in higher education.
· Comment
DfE’s taskforce on student mental health hasn’t the force and isn’t up to the task
An interim report on the government’s taskforce on student mental health is out. Jim Dickinson reviews the progress and shares fears for the future
· Wonk Corner
International students and graduates are propping up the UK’s care system
We know quite a bit these days about students and employment.
· Comment
What role should staff play in preventing student suicide?
Jim Dickinson identifies the policy implications for the sector from a recent coroner’s report into the death by suicide of a student at the University of Southampton
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Maybe higher education is just as unfair as it seems
As allegations of unfairness in university admissions stack up, Jim Dickinson argues that empathy and understanding should replace defensiveness when the mud is slung