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· 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.
· Wonk Corner
Some international students are squeezed in the mess of the marking boycott
Given the threat of having to leave the country, it was always going to be international students among those hit the hardest by a Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB).
· Comment
The war on “low-value” students continues
Jim Dickinson looks back at FE reform and a drive to improve success rates in the 2000s for context over the fresh crackdown on “low value” courses
· Wonk Corner
Are universities allowed to limit liability over strikes or not?
Where students call for partial refunds on tuition fees over this year’s industrial action, they are almost always blanket-denied.
· Wonk Corner
A public sector pay deal balanced on the backs of students from the Global South
Ahead of the summer recess, Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of new offers to settle ongoing public sector pay disputes.
· Wonk Corner
It looks like you’re writing a disciplinary letter. Would you like help?
I chaired a fascinating debate at the University of London on Monday night on AI in education.