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· Wonk Corner
Healthcare students get a cash “boost” – as long as you’re prepared to redefine the word
Some “good” news for students in England on nursing, midwifery, allied health professions, medical and dental courses.
· Comment
Dogs, farts and regurgitated Rubik’s cubes – the golden age of Freshers novelty acts
As Freshers Weeks modernise across UK campuses, Jim Dickinson looks back to the 90s to remember the novelty acts that once entertained new students
· Wonk Corner
Don’t get into the simplistic row about VC pay. It’s not “worth it”
There’s a few things that I find pretty frustrating about the “debate” over the salaries we give to vice chancellors.
· Comment
What even is a “full-time” course anyway?
Jim Dickinson tries to make sense of regs defining a “full time” course that a student has to “attend”, and finds a mess built on outdated assumptions that universities may nevertheless want to maintain
· SUs · Members
Ask me no questions tell me no lies
With Livia Scott
· SUs
Why is telling the truth getting so hard?
Is “lobbying” still the answer to students’ problems? Jim Dickinson has a search for the truth, and was definitely not unduly influenced.
· Comment
What are the limits to the number of international students?
Jim Dickinson reviews the latest quarterly immigration stats from the Home Office, and wonders what sort of limits could exist on continued growth
· Wonk Corner
What on earth is Gillian Keegan talking about?
This morning, as part of the Westminster government’s “Education Week”, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan appeared on Times Radio – and was asked to respond to comments from Keir Starmer about student finance.
· Comment
There just isn’t enough time for students to succeed
Reviewing a new dataset on how students spend their time, Jim Dickinson wonders whether there’s enough hours in the day for a student to do well
· SUs · Members
Sabb pay day
With Livia Scott
· SUs
We need to talk about sabbatical pay
Jim Dickinson looks at the policy frameworks that could be used to determine the pay and benefits of sabbatical officers in students’ unions
· Wonk Corner
Why is the sector still sticking sabbs on student conduct panels?
It’s not 1975, after all.
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Student incomes have almost doubled in a year. Or have they?
Oh for crying out loud.
· Wonk Corner
Are students dropping out because universities admitted them to courses they can’t do?
Level 3 results week (or “A Level results week” as the media prefers to frame it) is one of the few times in the year when the Secretary of State for Education deigns to involve themselves in higher education policy.
· Wonk Corner
This year’s NSS results are a misleading mess
Last week as well as public NSS results, the Office for Students (OfS) published provisional TEF results.
· SUs · Members
NSS-mass
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
What are international disabled students entitled to?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
TEF medals are almost here. Will they help or hinder students making choices?
All around England, providers received their provisional TEF medal on Tuesday.
· Wonk Corner
How is the government getting on with alternative student representation?
Back in May 2022, you may recall that the Westminster government ostentatiously announced that it was to temporarily “disengage” from the National Union of Students (NUS) – ostensibly over a report into antisemitism in t
· Comment
Students should get credit where it could be due
In his final reflection on his trip to Colorado, Jim Dickinson comes across a student consultancy project that signals how we could reward co-curricular activity that builds success in others