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· SUs · Members
350,000 beds short
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
The student pizza parties are back over the Severn Bridge
The summer seems to get shorter every year.
· SUs · Members
Why aren’t we employing more student staff?
Jim Dickinson reflects on long-term challenges in the labour market, arguing that student staff ought to be viewed as capable of undertaking many of the roles that SUs are struggling to recruit
· Comment
Of course you can’t detect students’ use of AI. So what next?
Jim Dickinson continues his Denver diaries with reflections on an academic integrity giant’s decision to withdraw from trying to detect use of AI
· Comment
In several cities this September, students have nowhere to live
Jim Dickinson reviews two reports on student housing demand, supply and price – and senses a housing crisis coming that nobody seems to be able to grip
· People
AI charges the sector with taking students higher
Jim Dickinson continues his diaries from Denver with a chat with a man eager for educators to cross the AI chasm
· Comment
Does it matter if technology makes us feel good about learning?
Jim Dickinson is on the other side of the earth at an edtech conference – but suddenly feels good about education again. Why?
· Wonk Corner
When is a “notification” a “complaint” to the Office for Students?
A couple of weeks ago the Eastern Eye ran a story about an intervention from former MP Keith Vaz over what he said was an “urgent and serious matter” concerning alleged discrimination at De Montfort University (DMU).
· Comment
Welcome to the alien nation
Jim Dickinson reflects on conversations with students about the state of the country and their education – and senses a dangerous alienation in their responses and outlook
· SUs · Members
A crisis in confidence
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
How to respond to the Welsh government’s consultation on housing rent and supply
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
A shared community for students in the city
Jim Dickinson is in Denver mooching around a former brewery that builds belonging and community
· Wonk Corner
Getting MAB victims into their gowns and out of the door will have long term consequences
So far in the marking and assessment boycott, I’d assume that those universities that have gone down the route of emergency regs that get the stuff marked and students graduated on time are feeling fairly smug.
· SUs · Members
Time to demolish this icy shell
With Livia Scott and Team Wonkhe
· Wonk Corner
Sharia-compliant student finance might be coming. It might not
When the Westminster government’s announcement on “rip-off” degrees appeared last week, an update on Sharia-compliant student finance was conspicuous by its absence.
· Wonk Corner
What can be done about grade inflation?
The annual Soviet show trial over OfS’ grade inflation figures is getting really tiresome now.
· Comment
Regulation can be a blockage to making education better
Drawing on diaries of discussions with student reps, Jim Dickinson sets out the ways in which regulation can hamper the delivery of decisions in the student interest
· SUs
Students need a cha cha cha
Jim Dickinson reflects on the way in which SU officers are supported to lead, calling for controversy in the student interest
· SUs · Members
Promises promises
With Livia Scott
· Analysis
Students can go to court over Covid refunds after all. What happens next?
A judge has ruled that a student group claim over Covid and strike refunds can bypass the OIA. Jim Dickinson tries to work out what might happen next.