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· Wonk Corner
Have students been getting the vaccine?
Nine out of ten students say they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at least once – 78 percent have had two vaccine doses and 12 percent have had one.
· Comment
OfS issues new guidance on reportable events
Last year OfS promised clarity over its reportable events regime for universities and colleges. Jim Dickinson is worried that things have become worse, not better.
· Wonk Corner
How should we respond to stories of student “spiking” around the country?
Students are boycotting nightclubs because they want more measures put in place to prevent spiking.
· SUs · Members
The frozen north
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
A student hardship crisis could be coming – here’s how to avert it
As an economic chill comes for low income families, Jim Dickinson considers the possible impacts of a dramatic rise in inflation on students.
· SUs · Members
Study tour 2022 – outline itinerary and details
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
More “where do you draw the line” questions over campus free speech
I’ve talked at length before on the site about the ongoing difficulty in “drawing the line” between freedom of speech and codes of conduct.
· SUs · Members
What’s next?
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
We won’t win the argument on EDI by hiding under some coats
Are online diversity training courses woke indoctrination or a way to create a more diverse campus community? Jim Dickinson logs on.
· SUs
Anxious about what’s next? You’re not the only one
There’s lots of characteristics of the UK students’ union “system” to be proud of. At their best, students’ unions provide genuinely radical thinking. They are quick and responsive to students’ needs – faster than any un
· Policy Watch
How will universities score in the great OfS spelling bee?
As OfS demands a spelling check on every module in the country, Jim Dickinson asks what its latest sector-wide intervention tells us about its independence and priorities.
· Wonk Corner
Why are we locking up double-jabbed international students?
Well this is a bit of a mess.
· SUs · Members
Lowering the threshold
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Comment
Twelve things we learned from July’s OfS board papers
The Office for Students has published board papers for July, and David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have had a read so you don’t have to.
With David Kernohan
· Wonk Corner
Who’s not wearing a mask indoors?
As my mind wandered off during Keir Starmer’s speech to Labour Conference, my attention drifted to the question of whether anyone in the hall was wearing a mask.
· Wonk Corner
Playing the frame game on student loans
The FT story on the graduate repayment threshold in England reminds us that a lower threshold was one of the Augar review recommendations.
· Comment
The debate over no detriment hasn’t gone away – it just got started
How are universities doing on giving consideration to the disruption caused by the pandemic and protecting standards? Different things, finds Jim Dickinson
· SUs · Members
Understanding potential changes to student loans
With Wonkhe SUs explainer
· Wonk Corner
No easy answers as the Treasury opts for the easiest answer on student loans savings
Faced with a need to save money on the English student loans system, it should probably come as no surprise that the FT is reporting that graduates will stump up the bulk of the cash.
· Wonk Corner
Who will take responsibility for fixing student accommodation?
There’s a minor student housing crisis sweeping bits of the UK right now.