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· Policy Watch
A judge has ruled that universities do owe a duty of care to students
A university has been found to have assumed, and failed to uphold, a duty of care to students reporting sexual misconduct. Jim Dickinson and Sunday Blake unpick the judgement.
With Sunday Blake
· Wonk Corner
Gillian Keegan can’t understand why more apprentices don’t complete
On the Tuesday of Conservative Party Conference, there was a toast-dropping moment during Policy Exchange’s love-in for degree apprenticeships when the Secretary of State started to reflect on how many people stay the co
· SUs · Members
What can SUs learn from complaints concerning non-academic misconduct?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Michelle Donelan “kicks woke ideology out of science”
One of the more surreal moments of Conservative Party Conference was the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology’s announcement that she intends to “Kick Woke Ideology out of Science”.
· Comment
The debate over international students is shifting into place
Jim Dickinson has been on the fringe of Conservative Party Conference – and detects a shift in the debate over international students and housing
· Wonk Corner
Abuses in the international education system are causing a crackdown
If you keep your eye on Australian politics, it’s easy to spot the way in which our politicians have a tendency to thrive ideas from down under.
· Wonk Corner
The maintenance gap between England and Wales is about to get even wider
Miserable as the current position is on statutory maintenance support for undergraduates, we will soon have to turn our attention to the horrors to come.
· Wonk Corner
Gillian Keegan announces “minimum service levels” in universities
It was no surprise that Education Secretary Gillian Keegan included references to apprenticeships and Labour’s 50 per cent target for HE participation in her Conservative Conference speech.
· SUs · Members
What goes on tour
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
There are some ideas we welcome, there are some we don’t allow
We’re often told that “cancel culture” in universities is some kind of new phenomenon.
· Wonk Corner
Bribing healthcare students with long term debt relief won’t stop them leaving
For every five nurse training places in England, only three full-time nurses join the NHS.
· Wonk Corner
Ten reasons why TEF signals may not be helpful for prospective students
According to the Office for Students (OfS), the new and improved ratings in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) are supposed to help “inform student choice”.
· Wonk Corner
Who has the fairest student support system in the UK?
The usual thing that I do when thinking about undergraduate student maintenance support is to look at the maximum amount available in grants and loans to students from the poorest backgrounds.
· Wonk Corner
The voice of PGRs is barely audible in UKRI’s “new deal”
If I thought the Office for Students’ work on student voice and engagement was weak, I wasn’t quite prepared for UKRI’s “New Deal” for PGRs.
· Wonk Corner
Whatever happened to social mobility?
The Westminster government loves to trumpet improvements in access to higher education since it’s been in power.
· SUs · Members
Is this normal?
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
What does Chat-GPT mean to me? Confusion
Sometimes in HE when there’s a new and tricky issue to tell students about, it’s hard to work out what good looks like – but often a doddle to spot bad.
· SUs · Members
There’s new formal guidance on the use of social media. Here’s what SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Making meetings accessible
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
England’s Free Speech Act – what happens now
With Wonkhe SUs explainer