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· Comment
Mental health and wellbeing work is highly inconsistent
Higher education is accused of inconsistency on mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention – but is the allegation fair? Jim Dickinson reviews new research
· Wonk Corner
It’s a record year for no platforming (or is it?)
Today the Office for Students (OfS) has published the 2021-22 iteration of its Prevent monitoring accountability and data returns summary.
· Analysis
Universities are trapped in a dependant doom loop over immigration
Latest figures show the rise in dependant visas is even more dramatic than previously understood. Jim Dickinson runs the numbers and thinks through what might happen next.
· Wonk Corner
Gove backtracks on student renters’ rights. HEPI agrees
That was quick. The Telegraph is reporting that Levelling Up, Housing and Communities secretary Michael Gove is to “backtrack” on renter reforms.
· SUs · Members
What SUs need to know about a new report on campus antisemitism
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Students are citizens
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
What does duty of care mean when it comes to universities and students?
Recent student suicide cases bring into focus the level and nature of responsibility a university should have over students. Jim Dickinson reviews a legal note aiming to build understanding
· Wonk Corner
The next phase of the cost of living crisis should give universities food for thought
In many universities decisions are being made about budgets for next year around now, ready for papers to go to June rounds of bodies that approve them.
· SUs · Members
Why the renters (reform) bill matters
· SUs · Members
The renters (reform) bill – here’s what SUs need to know
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
What sort of state are university finances in?
At the Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee the other day, universities minister Robert Halfon argued that (England’s) universities’ finances are “holding up well”.
· Policy Watch
Students win better housing rights – if they can find a house to start with
A renter’s reform bill has been published – and given the good news for tenants, some fear landlords will sell up. Jim Dickinson weighs up their case
· Wonk Corner
Is it time for a Support Excellence Framework?
An e-petition calling on the government to “Create statutory legal duty of care for students in Higher Education” has received over 128,000 signatures.
· Comment
PSHE in HE is here. It’s time to implement it properly
As the volume of duties, expectations and campaigns to teach or train students in different aspects of student life grows, Jim Dickinson considers how universities might navigate the new burden
· SUs · Members
Landlordism
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Euro visions: Taking students seriously in Sweden
As Sweden prepares for another win in the Eurovision, Jim Dickinson reflects on what happens when a sector takes seriously something that many dismiss as frivolous
· Wonk Corner
Dependants of international PGTs won’t be able to get a visa
So it’s looking pretty nailed on then. The FT reports that ministers are poised to stop family members from joining international PGT students at UK universities, an announcement set to coincide with the publication of O
· SUs · Members
What are students saying about generative AI ?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Euro visions: Aalto people forever
Jim Dickinson continues his tour around Europe and finds a a ton of student spirit that you can’t buy in bottles in Finland
· Wonk Corner
International students are being exploited in the care sector
International students from India are “increasingly” being exploited in the care sector, MPs have been told.