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· 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
· 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