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· Comment
Students are paying the price for supplier deals on campus
Jim Dickinson considers the regulatory and competition law issues surrounding graduation gowns and washing clothes on campus
· SUs · Members
Stop copying me
With Livia Scott and Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Growing more and more intolerant over the free speech agenda
Today the Office for Students (OfS) has published the latest iteration of its Prevent monitoring accountability and data returns summary.
· SUs · Members
Understanding equality and equity – the saga of the chocolate cake
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Did 1 in 6 students cheat in online assessments this year?
There’s new polling out on the prevalence of online cheating in higher education. Jim Dickinson predicts a riot.
· Wonk Corner
Which tenth of students are turning to food banks?
The National Union of Students (NUS) has some alarming new stats out on student hardship today.
· SUs · Members
Turn back time
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Government response to the Home Affairs Committee report on spiking
Over the past few months, the police in France have received more than 300 complaints of spiking by injection – but they have not made any arrests.
· Comment
What’s really happening with English lit at Sheffield Hallam University?
Is the ability to study English literature coming to an end in all but the most elite end of the sector? Jim Dickinson gets behind the headlines
· Analysis
Some students were entitled to a Covid refund after all
Plenty of students called for fee refunds during the pandemic – but very few succeeded. Jim Dickinson describes how one group of student creatives bucked the trend to secure a record-breaking payout
· SUs · Members
Housing a crisis
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Michelle Donelan demands data on your gifs
Universities are being asked to put drop out rates on adverts. Jim Dickinson reads the small print
· Comment
Can OfS cancel cancel culture?
What did the Lords have to say about free speech on campus? David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson watch the second reading of the free speech bill so you don’t have to.
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Michelle Donelan fires a big new shot at the sector in the culture wars
If you were hoping for a ceasefire in the culture wars following last week’s by-election results, you will be disappointed to be working in higher education in England.
· SUs · Members
Proud to serve
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· 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