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· SUs
Fifteen reflections on postgraduate representation in SUs
The news that UKRI (Uk Research and Innovation) funded PhD students are to get a 13 percent YOY increase on their stipends to £17,668 FTE tax free is important for all sorts of reasons – not least because of the way it w
· Comment
25 things we spotted in May’s OfS board papers
A new set of board papers from way back in May 2022 have appeared. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson are your guides.
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Vice chancellors call for the return of the student grant
I’m often critical of Universities UK’s almost exclusive focus on the finances of universities in its lobbying and campaigning work – but this year’s eve-of-conference push is all about the principal beneficiaries of the
· Wonk Corner
PGRs get a 13 per cent increase on their stipends
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is increasing its minimum student stipend by 10 per cent on the previously announced level for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
· SUs · Members
Higher and higher
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Are safer homes and better rights for students about to be traded off in an accommodation supply crisis?
Earlier this week students due to enrol at Manchester Met in a few weeks received a message saying housing demand in the city is “currently the highest” they have ever experienced.
· Comment
Can rapid collegiality help address permanent volatility?
Does the energy crisis make it more or less likely – and more or less necessary – to be online or in-person? Jim Dickinson is never going back to normal.
· Wonk Corner
How much are we expecting parents to put in in the coming year?
For students from England, the most oft-quoted maintenance figure is that for undergraduate students who are studying away from home and outside of London.
· Wonk Corner
There isn’t a free speech problem on campus after all
I’ve seen the future, folks, and it’s one where politicians are less worried about free speech on campus than they are now.
· SUs · Members
It’s good to talk
With Livia Scott
· Comment
Another huge rise in the energy price cap. Now what?
As Ofgem announces a record new high for the energy price cap while ministers go missing, Jim Dickinson considers the kind of local leadership required to get students through the winter
· SUs
Talking to student officers about manifestos
Jim Dickinson talks Binley Mega Chippy, officer manifestos, divergent thinking and the components of political action.
· SUs · Members
Tell me a secret
With Livia Scott
· SUs · Members
What are students’ rights if their all-inclusive bills go up?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
We need to talk about non-continuation and interruption
I seem to write a version of this article every year – but particularly here in 2022 as we enter an autumn set to be dominated by a cost of living crisis, I think we need to think carefully about interruption and drop-ou
· Wonk Corner
DfE’s magic money twig stages an inadequate comeback
Terrible news, dear readers. The Department for Education is up to its old tricks again, rolling out a bit of money that was already earmarked for something else as an answer to a contemporary crisis.
· Wonk Corner
Ireland has a full-blown student housing crisis. Is the UK next?
It looks like there are proper private rental crises on in Glasgow, South Belfast and St Andrews – but we should look to the Republic of Ireland to see just how messy this can get at pace.
· Comment
Is the international expansion miracle about to push up against capacity constraints?
Has anyone planned properly for the impacts of more international students that stay longer because of the graduate route visa – and what if they haven’t? Jim Dickinson worries that the balloon may be about to burst.
· Wonk Corner
Yes, international students are displacing home students
“If your child isn’t being discriminated against because you were stupid enough to have a successful career and go to a private school or buy a family home in a leafy postcode (NB: remember to purchase flat on sink estat
· SUs · Members
This is what SUs (in England) need to know about the new Building Safety Act
With Wonkhe SUs explainer