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· Comment
Who broke the student housing market?
Student rents are up 15 per cent in two years. Jim Dickinson goes on the hunt for the cause to find an answer to a growing crisis
· SUs
SUs are being placed in an impossible position over free speech
SUs are being asked to make complex and nuanced judgements over free speech, harassment and extremism. Jim Dickinson argues it’s time for universities to step up to support
· Wonk Corner
In the Commons, debates about students are all about perspective
Three things have come to characterise universities minister Robert Halfon’s approach to education questions in the Commons.
· Wonk Corner
Are international students crowding out Scottish students? Not in the way the Scottish Conservatives think
The Scottish Conservatives have been on the offensive again over the weekend over international students.
· Wonk Corner
A compromise over students emerges on the Renters (Reform) Bill
Earlier on today on here I noted that Universities UK was calling for amendments to the Renters (Reform) Bill – due to return to the Commons for second reading next week.
· Wonk Corner
What’s happening with the government’s review of student suicides?
Cast your mind back to June when universities minister Robert Halfon used a Westminster Hall debate to reject a statutory duty of care for students in England.
· Wonk Corner
Universities UK chucks student tenants under the bus as the Renters (Reform) Bill returns
When asked about the prospects of the long-delayed Renters (Reform) Bill returning to Parliament around the fringes of Conservative Party Conference, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities secretary Michael Gove couldn’t
· SUs · Members
Or are we dancer
With Livia Scott
· Comment
The AI conundrum is older and more “human” than we think
As the debate over AI moves beyond futile attempts to catch students’ use of Chat-GPT, Jim Dickinson considers what we’ll want humans in HE to do in the future
· Wonk Corner
What is the Social Mobility Index measuring?
I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade here, but there’s a major problem with today’s Social Mobility Index.
· Wonk Corner
Do chants and slogans lead to harassment and violence?
Many years ago now, I spent several hours as a senior staff member at NUS National Conference handling a set of incidents alleging antisemitism.
· Comment
Culture on campus is as much about context as it is content
Jim Dickinson reflects on growing expectations and changing contexts surrounding universities and their SUs role in protecting students from harassment and securing freedom of expression
· SUs · Members
Staff, students or PGRs?
With Livia Scott
· Comment
Student costs have been rising. Have bursaries been rising with them?
The Russell Group wants student finance entitlements and thresholds to increase with inflation and earnings – Jim Dickinson runs the numbers on its members’ bursaries
· Comment
34 things to note in the May and July 2023 OfS board papers
It seems to come round faster every time. Jim and DK round up all the excitement from another two sets of OfS board papers
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
International students in Wales are “destitute and relying on food banks”
Back in July, Jayne Bryant MS, the chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee in the Senedd, sent a letter to Universities Wales.
· Comment
24 things to note in March 2023’s OfS board papers
A new set of OfS board papers from way back in March have appeared. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have read them so you don’t have to
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Where does free speech become harassment over Israel/Palestine?
Over the past couple of days there has been a slow build up of media stories surrounding both student activist and student society reaction to the events in Israel and Gaza.
· Wonk Corner
Will Labour regulate universities over mental health? Who knows
On the fringe of Labour Party Conference, on Monday the Social Market Foundation held a panel discussion on how policymakers and institutions should respond on student mental health, chaired by its interim director Aveek
· SUs · Members
Partners when it suits?
With Livia Scott