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· Comment
NDAs prevent learning in more ways than one
Jim Dickinson and Mark McCormack make the case for a ban on gagging orders across the full range of HE complaints
With Mark McCormack
· SUs · Members
Quack quack oops
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Two huge headaches for international students
When the Home Office assesses whether or not to approve an international student for a visa, one of the checks that is carried out is whether they have enough money to live on.
· Wonk Corner
Higher education and the government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
People say we won’t achieve equality until we decolonise this, tear down that and put our entire history and every person of “privilege” in the dock for crimes of commission and omission.
· Analysis
How have the TEF and the B3 bear landed in universities?
It’s almost the deadline for responses to Office for Students proposals on regulating experience and outcomes. Jim Dickinson considers what the sector is saying.
· Comment
If the numbers don’t add up, something has to give
With inflation rocketing, cuts are coming. Jim Dickinson reviews the protection for students when the money isn’t there for promises to be met
· SUs
Protect and survive
There are ongoing issues in getting support for disabled students. Students are taking action over Ukraine. The British Council finds that HE is still a man’s world. On the podcast we chat to Phillip Augar about the gove
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Disabled students are still being failed
A new report shows disabled students are being failed by the system that is supposed to fund their access. Jim Dickinson finds things getting worse rather than better.
· SUs · Members
The TEF Student Submission
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Tough times are coming – what SU leaders do next will matter
At this time of year, I tend to be asked quite frequently to speak at and contribute to SU board meetings on strategy. “Give us a sense of what’s coming”, people ask. “We need a nudge on the sorts of things we ought to b
· Analysis
Who paid the price for provider survival during the pandemic?
There’s a new report on how universities’ finances were regulated during the pandemic. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson find a struggle to define and secure value
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
The living standards rollercoaster is much worse for students
The Ukraine conflict looks likely to push up energy prices even further than we’ve already seen this year, with knock-on effects into wider inflation – to over 8 per cent this spring.
· Comment
Conditional unconditionals are dead – but is the damage already done?
Universities have agreed a new admissions code. Jim Dickinson wonders whether it can deliver the fairness and transparency students need
· SUs · Members
Scanditour 2022: Norway
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Scanditour 2022: Sweden
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Scanditour 2022: Denmark
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs · Members
Power and control
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
Parliamentary committee calls for better student protection
The Welsh Parliament’s Children, Young People and Education Committee has now laid its Committee Stage 1 Report on the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill before the Senedd.
· Comment
Mental health is a teaching and learning issue
As stories about trigger warnings flood the media, Jim Dickinson wonders what the debates tell us about mental health and harm in the classroom
· Wonk Corner
A stealthy change in student loan terms will have huge impacts
If you were at Wonkhe Live! this month (our monthly online briefing for university subscribers) you’ll have heard me going on about a little sting in the tail of the (Westminster) government’s changes to student loan ter