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· SUs · Members
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
· SUs · Members
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
· Comment
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.
· SUs · Members
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.
· SUs · Members
SU officers on senior appointment panels need better questions
With search firms handing SU officers questions every candidate can answer in their sleep, Jim Dickinson sets out what the evidence says about asking ones that tell you something
· 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
· Comment
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
· Wonk Corner
Wales confirms student support for 2024-25 – but there’s something odd going on
There’s something strange going on in Wales.
· SUs
Shouldn’t every SU have a statement up on Israel/Palestine?
Jim Dickinson reflects on the “oil and water” divides that cause democracy and governance in SUs to occasionally conflict
· Wonk Corner
Sometimes DfE has to say the quiet part out loud
Changes to the English student finance system will have a negative impact for students with and without protected characteristics.
· SUs · Members
Building the society of our dreams
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Student support in England is being cut again in real terms
The Westminster government has announced that the headline rates of student maintenance support will rise by 2.5 per cent next year.