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· Wonk Corner
Report stage amendments to the free speech bill
Should we ban Beijing’s institutes from university campuses in the name of free speech – or would doing so amount to sinophobia?
· Comment
Defining and tackling antisemitism is harder than many universities seem to think
Universities are being asked to sign up to a definition of antisemitism – but do students and staff understand it? Jim Dickinson tries to implement IHRA
· Analysis
Anxious students want to us to help them spend time with and learn with each other
What are students saying about post-pandemic learning and teaching? Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan learn the lessons from this year’s Student Academic Experience Survey
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Is DfE diddling low income families out of maintenance loan this coming September?
Just as others have been doing in wider society, I can make a great argument for responding rapidly to the cost of living crisis insofar as it will impact students.
· Analysis
How much trouble is the University of Buckingham in?
Auditors have concerns about the finances at the University of Buckingham – but should students be warned? Jim Dickinson reads the just published 2019 accounts
· Comment
Thin, vague, little and late – the government’s plan for HE and the climate
What kind of back up are universities getting from government over efforts to tackle climate change? Not a lot, finds Jim Dickinson
· SUs · Members
Dangerous assault
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
21 things we learned from March’s OfS Board papers
What better way to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee than with the board minutes of England’s higher education regulator? Jim’s your DJ, and DK’s made some fruit scones.
With David Kernohan
· SUs · Members
Are you sitting uncomfortably?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
There’s a cost of living crisis. Just not for students
On Wednesday further and higher education minister Michelle Donelan loyally took to Twitter to declare a need to focus on the cost of living crisis.
· Wonk Corner
The thing about “low value courses” is that students have paid to be on them
So here’s a thought re the Office for Students (OfS) “low quality courses” investigations announcement.
· Policy Watch
Are the inspectors coming for your business school?
As the regulator launches a string of investigations into poor quality higher education courses, Jim Dickinson wonders why we’re shutting students out of the process
· Wonk Corner
Is university still worth it?
There’s a cracking hatchet job on the sector that seems to be buried away in the Sunday Telegraph’s “Sunday” magazine today.
· Analysis
What should higher education learn from the Natasha Abrahart case?
A court has ruled on a university’s duty of care and disability discrimination following a student suicide. Jim Dickinson urges learning from the case
· SUs · Members
Not forgotten
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Distinctiveness, citizens, people and place: Jeremy Miles on HE in Wales
Wales’ Minister for Education and Welsh Language Jeremy Miles has shared his vision and priorities for HE in Wales. Jim Dickinson is seriously impressed
· SUs · Members
How to understand and use OfS’ new definitions of quality
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Unfit for purpose
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Analysis
The government is “disengaging” from NUS. Does it matter?
As ministers enact a threat to stop talking to the National Union of Students, Jim Dickinson tries to understand the justifications and implications
· Wonk Corner
Did marketisation really “cause” grade inflation?
Since the publication of OfS’ latest salvo on grade inflation, there have been the usual two types of takes floating about Twitter.