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· 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
· 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