36 pieces
Newest first, since October 2017 · page 2 of 2
· Comment
What’s the latest with the knowledge exchange framework (KEF)?
Louis Coiffait summarises the latest developments with the knowledge exchange framework (KEF).
· Comment
Good regulation requires “appropriate touching”
Louis Coiffait reflects on Its Alive!, and in particular a session about what other sectors might teach higher education about regulation
· Comment
Post-18 review panel calls for (some) evidence
Louis Coiffait outlines what is (and isn’t) in the post-18 review call for evidence, as well as impressions of the event and panel chair Philip Augar.
· Comment
Hull’s culture scores
Louis Coiffait, of Wonkhe, evaluates the University of Hull’s initial evaluation of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
· Comment
What’s a Spring Statement anyway?
Louis Coiffait sets the scene ahead of the Spring Statement; what is it, what’s changed, and what was last forecast?
· Comment
Our friends in the North would also like some stability
Louis Coiffait reports back on a recent visit to the University of York, which needs stability to get on with it all.
· Comment
How major should the review really be?
Louis Coiffait summarises the context of the finally-surfaced “major review”, with a two-part proposal for cake-nomic success
· Policy Watch
Sam Gyimah’s first tour date
Louis Coiffait had a front-row seat for the sector’s first audience with its new minister, and despite being told “we’re not going to be friends”, it ended with a handshake.
· Policy Watch
Can the HE sector govern its own pay?
Louis Coiffait assesses whether the new pay guidance will allow the sector to answer it’s critics in the years to come.
· Long read
How one university is warming a cold spot
Louis Coiffait gets a reality check as he returns to his roots to learn how one university is warming up a ‘cold spot’.
· Stacks
Academics as policy entrepreneurs? Prepare to fight for your ideas (if you want to win)
Louis Coiffait reviews James Arthur’s book about policy entrepreneurship, get ready for a fight…
· Comment
The culture wars and a tale of two letters
As universities hit the news, for all the wrong reasons, Mark Leach and Louis Coiffait argue that the sector needs to be alive to the coming culture wars and respond in kind.
With Mark Leach
· Policy Watch
OfS details now open for consultation
There’s a lot to digest – 5 consultations, 544 pages. Louis Coiffait offers a way into the huge OfS/DfE consultation on the regulatory framework.
· Comment
Could England take a shine to Wales’s Diamond reforms?
With the English HE finance system looking increasingly shaky, Louis Coiffait asks if the answer may lie over the border.
· Policy Watch
A new framework is born: meet KEF
The Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) was announced at the 2017 HEFCE conference. Louis Coiffait was there for Wonkhe.
· Policy Watch
What’s good again? Consultation launched on new UK Quality Code
As the UK-wide standing committee for quality assessment (UKSCQA) begins consulting on proposals for a new Quality Code, Catherine Boyd and Louis Coffait run down the key changes and proposals.
With Catherine Boyd