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· Wonk Corner
Prepare for the public floggings as OfS u-turns on investigation transparency
What I sometimes fail to convey is that I am a huge theoretical fan of HE regulation.
· Policy Watch
The Free Speech Bill is back – but there’s still plenty of problems
There’s a fresh impact assessment for the new season of debate on the free speech bill. Jim Dickinson tracks the changes
· SUs · Members
A brand new chapter
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Time for SUs to write a new chapter on community on campus
Jim Dickinson describes the Scandinavian approach to building student academic communities on campus.
· Wonk Corner
Lower fees, more student grants. In Ireland.
This morning the Russell Group is out arguing that the average deficit per UK undergraduate will more than double from £1,750 in 2021-22 to around £4,000 in 2024-25, with deficits across all subjects.
· Wonk Corner
Is there any actual policy behind the politics of in-person teaching?
Michelle Donelan’s rhetoric on in-person teaching has stepped up a gear in recent days.
· SUs · Members
What can SUs learn from the latest batch of OIA-adjudicated complaints?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Universities have a complaints problem. Here’s how to fix it
Jim Dickinson reviews the annual report of England and Wales’ student complaints body, and concludes that structural change is needed to build confidence in the decisions made by universities when things go wrong
· SUs · Members
Demokrati og politik
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Are we protecting students from the risks inherent in new providers?
For a brief moment last weekend, online betting aggregator Oddschecker had Jesse Norman – Financial Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire – as the favourite for next Conservative leader.
· SUs
How Scandinavian SUs do policy and democracy (not elections)
Swinging from open forums (that no-one attends) to formal motions (that no-one writes) isn’t healthy. Jim Dickinson searches for alternatives to student councils in the frozen north.
· Wonk Corner
Isn’t it time for a #LiveableNHSBursary?
Imagine being a (home domiciled) full time student on a demanding course – the sort where you’re advised not to get a part-time job because of the demands of placements and whatnot – and only having £5,500 to live on.
· Comment
When does free speech about harassment become harassment itself?
What should students expect from universities when it comes to protection from each other? Jim Dickinson reviews the case of Raquel Rosario Sanchez v the University of Bristol.
· SUs · Members
Understanding and influencing Access and Participation plan “variations”
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Next slide please
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Every bit of the UK needs to tackle fiscal drag on its student financial support
What a drag. Jim Dickinson reviews student financial support arrangements around the devolved nations and finds that everyone is struggling to keep pace with earnings and inflation
· SUs
What can we learn from Scandinavia and from students?
Jim Dickinson asks what SUs might take from visiting and experiencing other SUs around Europe – and what the implications might be for services, strategy and governance
· Wonk Corner
Never mind the interest rate, feel the repayment threshold
Last week a lot of people got very upset about a quirk in the way that the interest on student loans is calculated.
· Wonk Corner
Student loan interest will rise to 12 percent
I don’t think it’s unfair to say that the English (and, by dint of the fact that its ministers can’t really dictate what the Student Loans Company does, Welsh) student loans system is in a huge mess.
· Wonk Corner
OfS invites variations to access and participation plans
The Office for Students (OfS) has written to England’s higher education providers asking that they submit variations to access and participation plans (APPs).