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· Wonk Corner
What’s going on with campus sexual assault rules in the US?
The US Education Department has released proposed new regulations that would reverse a swathe of Trump-era policies – restoring a “pro-victim” approach to allegations of sexual assault on campus championed by the Obama a
· Comment
It’s time we gave students credit for helping out
Reflecting on a year of talking to course representatives, Jim Dickinson proposes that every student be given time and credit to serve others and their community
· Wonk Corner
Would the new Bill of Rights impact free speech on campus?
You’re a university or students’ union official (in England). Someone’s proposing an event featuring a speech from a highly controversial figure.
· Wonk Corner
It’s Welfare 1, Free Speech 0 as full-time draws near on Wales’ Tertiary Bill
It’s all over bar the detailed implementation and creation of a new tertiary commission.
· Comment
Whose job is it to help students make friends?
If students need friends, whose job is to make it happen – and what do we mean by friends, anyway? Jim Dickinson’s mother warned him there would be days like these
· Wonk Corner
Should Labour drop free education?
The news in the FT this week – that higher education funding is set to be Keir Starmer’s latest party leader election pledge to be broken – will annoy all sorts of people.
· SUs · Members
Voice and representation work in SUs in the Scandis
Jim Dickinson how student voice work is done across Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland with links to policies and resources
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Tiny violins
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Achieving a fairer private rental sector – what SUs need to know
The Westminster government has published its long-awaited white paper on reform to the private rental sector in England – and there are major potential implications for students and SUs.
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
Students are about to get better housing rights – and landlords are absolutely furious
Dramatic changes to renters rights in England could radically reshape student accommodation provision in most towns and cities. Jim Dickinson gets out his tiny violin
· Comment
This is what a world class international student experience should look like
Jim Dickinson, Natalja Nassonova and Simran Mahajan set out a positive agenda for international students’ expectations over their experience in the UK
With Simran Mahajan and Natalja Nassonova
· Comment
How to win the culture wars
How should universities respond in the face of attacks over their impact on students and their values? Jim Dickinson looks to the future
· SUs
Who should pay the price for keeping external speakers (and students) safe?
The government is amending its own free speech bill to tackle the “problem” of security costs at speaker events. Jim Dickinson is not impressed.
· Wonk Corner
Fifty new university campuses and a British bacc
The Times Education Commission has published its final report, calling for tuition fees in England to rise from 2025, and recommending incentives for the creation of 50 new university campuses in higher education “cold s
· Analysis
MPs are struggling to pin universities’ problems on the right body
If universities’ finances go south and students suffer, is ministers’ or regulator’s responsibility? Jim Dickinson tries to pin the tail on the donkeys
· Wonk Corner
Student living cost support cut to lowest level in seven years
Over the past year or so it’s sometimes felt like I’ve been shouting into the void over student maintenance support, so the good news is that this morning the IFS gives some of the issues an airing for an inevitably much
· Policy Watch
The Freedom of Speech Bill clears the Commons
Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan watched the Commons report stage and third reading of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill so you didn’t have to
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Donelan steps in to protect the rich men of the future
Exciting news for graduates as news emerges that the interest rate on your student loans is to fall to “just” 7.3 per cent.
· Comment
Universities have still not had their #metoo moment
A shocking new report lifts the lid on harassment and sexual misconduct at a university’s school of architecture. Jim Dickinson considers the implications
· SUs · Members
Getting involved is good for you
With Wonkhe SUs explainer