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Newest first, since August 2013 · page 63 of 131
· Wonk Corner
DCMS is winging it on student loneliness
Well this is awkward.
· Long read
The last thing that students need is less regulation
Jim Dickinson reflects on calls to reduce regulation of universities – arguing that the real problem is the way we frame higher education as “big boarding school”
· Comment
Why are university meetings still so inaccessible?
Jim Dickinson reflects on conversations with student leaders and their experiences of committees, boards and meetings – calling for accessibility by design to be a concern for the encounters, rather than just the agenda
· SUs · Members
Understanding new “legal briefings” on SUs and free speech
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
515 diversity and equality staff at universities. But just five for free speech.
A new(ish) campaign group is causing a stir today in the media over free speech.
· SUs · Members
What are universities doing on the cost of living crisis?
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Two OfS investigation reports are now live. Are they fit for purpose?
The Office for Students has published two assessment reports into business courses. Jim Dickinson reviews the findings, and asks how fair its “risk-based” processes really are.
· Wonk Corner
This is what “New” Conservatives get wrong about aspiration
“We currently have far too many young people going to university, and not enough enrolled on Apprenticeships.”
· Comment
The Mail is ranking universities now. But how did they do it?
The Mail has entered the university rankings business, so Jim Dickinson thought he’d get behind the figures to see how these things are calculated
· SUs · Members
I wanna see you be brave
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Having nowhere to live isn’t a game though
Let’s play a short logic game over student recruitment and student accommodation.
· Comment
There’s still more that universities can do to get the cost of living down for students
Three new reports on the way cost of living is impacting students paint a grim picture of lost opportunities. Jim Dickinson urges another push on reducing costs
· SUs · Members
No running, no bombing, no spitting
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
International students do need more of a voice in governance. University Chairs should deliver it
There’s a neat little report out from London Higher on what international students in London say about their experiences of studying at university.
· Comment
The UK needs a vision for its student cities
Jim Dickinson has spent the summer sleeping in city centres, dreaming of empty retail space being turned over to the thousands of students living in them to foster community and collaboration
· SUs
Could SU “digs drives” be a short-term solution to an intensifying student housing problem?
Jim Dickinson reports back from Dublin where SUs are imploring locals to rent a room to students – with the government’s help
· SUs · Members
How to feed in on your university’s approach to free speech
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What would work to improve free speech on campus?
The Office for Students’ Director for Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech will need to recognise how deeply entrenched different identities are in the debate over campus culture, and navigate very different perspectiv
· SUs · Members
Eight interesting things about DCU SU (and the Republic of Ireland)
Jim Dickinson takes a trip to Dublin City University to meet the SU’s sabbs, and picks up some interesting things to think about along the way
· SUs · Members
How to ensure students impacted by industrial action get redress/compensation