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· SUs · Members
Not another one
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
What is behind the remarkable rise in students coming from Nigeria to study?
There’s been a ten-fold increase in the number of Nigerians coming to study in the UK. Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott try to work out what’s driving that demand.
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Have students got a problem with food?
More than six in ten 17- to 23-year-olds have “possible problems with eating”, and the problem is worse in the upper half of that age bracket.
· Wonk Corner
The poorest students are getting £1,500 less in loans than they should be
Remember all those campaigns during the pandemic about “forgotten students”?
· Comment
18 things we spotted in the September 2022 board papers
OfS keeps publishing board papers – David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson keep reading them. Here’s the highlights from the only board meeting held under Liz Truss’ premiership.
With David Kernohan
· SUs · Members
Meet the international parents
With Livia Scott
· Wonk Corner
Looking more closely at the student immigration figures
The publication last week of Office for National Statistics (ONS) net migration figures of over half a million in a single year triggered both a couple of balloon floats from Number 10, and a major backlash from the sect
· Comment
Is the CCP influencing activity on campus?
Jim Dickinson reviews allegations surrounding the Chinese Communist Party and influence over student groups on campus
· Analysis
As net migration hits half a million, will international students be the target for reductions?
Jim Dickinson reviews the latest immigration figures and reads the runes for what the government will do next on the regulation of international student recruitment
· SUs · Members
Carrying the burdens
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Is “BBC balance” via US billionaires the answer to the campus free speech question?
The Office for Students is to stage an event on free speech with an interesting choice of keynote speaker. Jim Dickinson follows the money.
· SUs
We need to talk about legacies
Jim Dickinson sets out the case for SUs to build better relationships with and fundraise from those who were most heavily involved in SUs in their youth
· Wonk Corner
One in four students are taking on extra debt
Politicians like to pretend that student debt is nothing to worry about – after all, repayment of it is income-contingent. But what about the extra debt that students take on?
· SUs · Members
Here’s what SUs need to know about UCU’s action short of a strike
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Three remaining issues with the Free Speech Bill as we head towards report stage in the Lords
The Mail in South Cumbria reports the happy news that students from across its sixth form and Channelside campuses have been elected to the exec of Furness College SU.
· Wonk Corner
Universities aren’t making students into lefty PC snowflakes after all
One of the characteristics of the campus culture wars is that every time one of the issues turns out to be a chimera, they shapeshift into something else.
· SUs · Members
How to make a difference for students on public transport
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
It’s like students simply don’t exist
Was there anything for students in the mini budget? What do you think.
· Comment
Who remembers proper students?
Jim Dickinson wonders whether personal tutoring where staff notice how well students are doing is becoming a nostalgia meme
· SUs
What should SUs do about the lack of student housing?
Glasgow’s SRC has a new campaign calling for a cap on student numbers while accommodation for students is secured. Jim Dickinson reviews the controversy surrounding the call.