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· 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
· 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