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· SUs · Members
Sustaining a crisis?
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Please vote and we will shut up
Jim Dickinson, Livia Scott and Mike Day report back from Day 1 of our mini tour of student organisations around the Irish capital of Dublin
With Livia Scott and Mike Day
· Wonk Corner
Postgrad pilot NSS results finally revealed
I’m over in the Republic of Ireland this week, where over the last 6 years, 232,450 students have completed StudentSurvey.ie, each answering over 60 questions about their experiences of higher education.
· Wonk Corner
Scotland’s review of student accommodation emerges. Sort of
Well this is surreal.
· Wonk Corner
A new national ombuds will get tough on providers over sexual misconduct
I’ve banged on at length on the site about the snail’s pace that characterises the Westminster government and England regulator’s progress on harassment and sexual misconduct.
· Wonk Corner
OfS u-turns on free speech guidance
Well here’s a thing.
· SUs
School plays sell out
Jim Dickinson reflects on a visit to Paisley and wonders why more SUs and universities don’t prioritise student led community activity at subject level
· Wonk Corner
The student group claim is off to court
You’ll recall the long running saga of students attempting to take legal action over claims their education was damaged both by the pandemic and UCU strikes.
· Wonk Corner
Here’s two easy ways to fix the Renters (Reform) Bill
The Westminster government’s Renters (Reform) Bill is about to hit Report stage in the Commons before moving off to the Lords.
· SUs · Members
Here’s what SUs need to know about the progress of the Renter’s (Reform) Bill in England
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
How thin is Scottish student funding being spread?
Students in Scotland will be able to spread student finance over 12 months – just as spend on their education is often spread over four years rather than three. Jim Dickinson gets across the numbers
· Comment
The campus culture see-saw is about to snap
Ministers are proposing that incidents of harassment on campus be logged by a regulator that has taken five years to fail to act on the issue. Jim Dickinson argues that students are running out of patience
· SUs · Members
SUs, free speech, the equality act, controversial beliefs and the interactions with democracy
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
For SUs, free speech regulation is a terrible mess
Jim Dickinson reflects on a new legal case that highlights the importance of democratic debate and the right of citizens and members to discriminate on the basis of others’ beliefs
· SUs · Members
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
· Comment
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.
· SUs · Members
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