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Summer update: The chosen ones
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· SUs
Is it time to kill off our obsession with student clubs and socs?
Back in March the Sutton Trust published national evidence on the impact of the pandemic upon participation in student opportunities, with a particular emphasis on participation by disadvantaged students. It found that p
· Comment
What I learned on your summer holidays
Jim Dickinson has spent the summer talking to the chosen student leaders from the Class of Covid. Here’s what they’ve been saying.
· Wonk Corner
Who is (and isn’t) a “distance learner” post-Covid?
You know when those random students give quotes to press articles along the lines of “If I’d wanted to go to the Open University I’d have done so”?
· Comment
Why are record numbers of students deferring?
Jim Dickinson examines claims that record numbers of students are deferring their entry to university and thinks through the sort of protection we could offer
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Summer update: Are you sitting comfortably?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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This is what a hybrid student experience would really look like
Jim Dickinson and Eve Alcock imagine a future where students don’t have to choose between being a boarder or a commuter.
With Eve Alcock
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It’s all coming up: Nine issues for SUs to prep for in the year ahead
It’s impossible trying to predict the future – but you can prepare for it. For example, it’s hard to predict what the next higher education “culture wars” story will be that goes viral and global, or which issue or unive
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Summer update: It’s all coming up
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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How to respond to OfS’ consultation on quality and standards
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
How universities can make re-opening safer in the autumn
There are five key factors that universities should consider ahead of the start of the new academic year, according to a new blog in the British Medical Journal.
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Trust is about making and keeping promises
If students feel betrayed over promises of “blended learning” that we couldn’t deliver, how do we rebuild the trust? Jim Dickinson takes a solemn vow.
· Wonk Corner
Some good news for international students (maybe) as DfE updates its Covid guidance
In some ways it’s reassuring that bits of it remain as baffling and unhelpful as ever.
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Ten things we learned from May’s OfS board papers
The Office for Students has published board papers for May, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to.
With David Kernohan
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How should universities support students with long Covid?
Students with long Covid may be more common than we think – with significant implications for universities, argues Jim Dickinson.
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Summer update: Scramble!
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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In higher education, we need to know what full looks like
As universities prepare to enrol record numbers of students, Jim Dickinson asks what is stopping more from meaning worse
· Wonk Corner
Students in London pay £9.10 for a pint. Or do they?
Now obviously I think research on student mental health and the views of students on support services is important.
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Summer update: What does full look like?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Ten issues for SUs to explore as universities prepare to expand
With Wonkhe SUs explainer