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· SUs
Why did so many women win sabbatical office this year?
As you might remember, back during SU election season we were keeping an eye on gender when it came to SU officer elections. It was a fascinating season – because back in the spring it became clear early on that women we
· SUs · Members
Webinar: Culture (wars) on campus
· Comment
24 things we learned from September’s OfS board papers
The Office for Students has published board papers for September, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to.
With David Kernohan
· Analysis
Where does regulation in the student interest go next?
As the Office for Students launches a consultation on its new strategy, Jim Dickinson reflects on promises made to students so far about regulating in their interests
· Wonk Corner
How low will the graduate repayment threshold go?
On Saturday the Telegraph splashed with “Graduates must start paying back loan sooner”.
· Wonk Corner
Tough corners and tight spots – how do you regulate universities during strikes?
What will OfS be doing over this coming round of ASOS and strikes, I hear you ask.
· SUs · Members
You are so selfish
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Policy Watch
The next few years of OfS will be the same, but harsher
OfS is consulting on a new strategy for 2021-2025. Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan identify a curious lack of vision
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Are four in ten students online-only this term?
How can it be that four in ten students are experiencing zero hours of face to face teaching?
· Wonk Corner
MPs debate (student) spiking in nightclubs
As stories of incidents of “student spiking” in nightclubs continue to dominate in particular the regional press, last night MPs debated the issue in Westminster Hall.
· Wonk Corner
The Money Saving Expert sounds the win bell – but at what cost?
It’s always nice to see a former students’ union officer secure a win.
· Comment
We need an alternative to human capital theory as a basis for university funding
Are students getting “value for money” from their “investment” in higher education? Jim Dickinson reads another report where the frame is more important than the findings.
· SUs · Members
Formal complaint
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Taking action on complaints in SUs
Today we’re launching a new project aimed at helping students’ unions to navigate the challenges of student complaints. Much of what is published about the so-called campus “culture wars” appears to have been written by
· Comment
Academics and frontline student support staff should need a licence to practise
How do we stop serial abusers from moving around universities with impunity – while giving confidence to victims of staff-student misconduct? Jim Dickinson has a solution.
· Policy Watch
Here comes the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
We’ve been waiting since the trailer came out last July, and now it is finally here. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson get to grips with TER(W)
With David Kernohan
· SUs · Members
Scanditour 2022: Latest emails
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
How much financial help should we give to students?
Even with income-contingent loans to help out with maintenance, is university affordable from a day-to-day costs perspective?
· SUs · Members
When will it end?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
After the boycotts, what happens next?
For those us that have been working in and around SUs and the issues of sexual harassment and misconduct for some time, the explosion of activism embodied in “Girls Night in” groups and their venues boycotts has been ins