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· Wonk Corner
More unspeakably grim numbers on student financial support
Any day now, we should be getting detail on next year’s maintenance loan increases for students in England.
· Wonk Corner
Do better student housing rights hit supply of beds? It doesn’t look like it
If you’ve been following the debate over the Renter’s (Reform) Bill in England, you’ll have been regularly confronted with an assertion surrounding similar reforms in Scotland.
· Wonk Corner
The Home Office announces a package of measures on spiking
You’ll recall that back in October 2021, a significant panic swept both university campuses and the media over both drink and needle spiking.
· Comment
Higher education needs a plan for growth
Can higher education escape the traps (and trappings) of a glorious but lost past? Jim Dickinson makes the case for a plan for growth
· Analysis
What TEF submissions told us about the student experience
Many provider TEF submissions describe innovative, co-created initiatives. Livia Scott, Sunday Blake, and Jim Dickinson found that – in comparison – the student submissions told a slightly different story
With Livia Scott and Sunday Blake
· SUs · Members
JFK and the Janitor
With Livia Scott
· Policy Watch
OfS proposals on freedom of speech complaints scheme
Office for Students is consulting on how it will operate a complaints mechanism for staff, students, and speakers on freedom of speech. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have the details
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Students unions get guidance on the free speech act
The number one thing that students’ unions want from an OfS document on their free speech duties marked “guidance” is some sense of how the duty to secure free speech interacts with wider duties in their university to pr
· SUs · Members
How to respond to OfS’ consultation on new free speech duties for SUs
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
How to respond to OfS’ consultation on its new free speech complaints scheme
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Scottish students get an uplift on maintenance. But the devil’s in the detail
The Scottish Government has announced that it is increasing financial support for Scottish students – piling the pressure onto England to match the deal.
· Wonk Corner
Labo(u)r announces its own crackdown on international students
Tighter visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers have been announced in Australia, with the aim of halving net migration by 2025 – as the Labor government overhauls what it says is a “broken” system.
· Comment
Universities and students need answers on antisemitism
As concerns over campus antisemitism engulf US universities, Jim Dickinson wonders when England’s new free speech chief will offer clarity on the line between what’s protected and what’s prohibited
· SUs · Members
Cheat codes for cheat codes
With Livia Scott
· Policy Watch
John Blake deletes even more of the cheat codes to access and participation
OfS has been piloting its new approach to regulation over getting in, on and out. Jim Dickinson finds a regulator offering even fewer places to hide
· Wonk Corner
We need more graduates, just not that sort and not there
Often we read that there are “too many graduates” these days, chasing too few graduate jobs.
· Wonk Corner
More on participation from the SLC’s latest stats
Beyond UCAS stats, the earliest that we get to see whether applicants go on to actually participate in higher education is when November’s Student Loans Company data emerges.
· Wonk Corner
Hostility to international students is partly about the rate of expansion
It can feel baffling for those that see international recruitment as a UK success story.
· Comment
How students influenced TEF panel statements
Jim Dickinson identifies whether and how students were listened to in this iteration of the TEF
· Wonk Corner
2024 is looking pretty bleak from here
Will there be further restrictions on international students ahead of the election?