195 pieces
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· 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 Louis Coiffait
· Comment
Keeping it under review at Conservative Party Conference
A final sketch from Conservative Party Conference 2017, Mark Leach goes in search of the phantom review of student finance and university funding.
· Analysis
Is the “major” review of HE Commission:Impossible?
Theresa May has announced a major review of student finance and sector funding. Detail is thin on the ground, but Wonkhe’s Mark Leach and David Kernohan analyse what needs to be covered.
With David Kernohan
· Comment
Notes on party conferences and a world transformed
As party conference season reaches its middle point for 2017, Mark Leach reflects on Labour’s gathering in Brighton and looks ahead to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
· People
HE Power List 2017: Editor’s introduction
Wonkhe editor Mark Leach offers an introduction to the 2017 HE Power List.
· Policy Watch
A £7,500 fee cap? How a headline changed everything
Team Wonkhe take a look into the politics and potential issues around the latest HE finance rumours from the Treasury, as reported in the Sunday Times.
With David Kernohan
· Comment
The centre cannot hold for the current state the fees debate
As Jo Johnson goes on the offensive over Labour’s position on fees, Mark Leach asks: will be enough to win back support for his party, or indeed the increasingly toxic tuition fee system?
· Policy Watch
Jo Johnson defends HE funding system in pre-summer speech
As Jo Johnson sets out his stall for one final time before parliament heads for its summer break, we look at what was and wasn’t announced in the speech to the Reform thinktank in London.
With David Kernohan and Nona Buckley-Irvine
· Analysis
Preparing your university for a visit by Donald Trump
With a snap visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump now on the cards for the coming weeks, we ask how universities will decide whether or not to host the divisive but powerful figure.
With Ant Bagshaw
· Comment
Is the tuition fee system now under threat?
There are noises from deep within all major political parties now expressing concern about tuition fees. Are the political winds starting to blow against the current system?
· Comment
TEF results – Do the prizes still glitter?
As TEF results are released, Mark Leach looks at the important staging post in the big debate about quality in UK higher education, and what the exercise might hold for the future.
· Policy Watch
The morning after – election results, university seats and what’s next
As the results of the general election start to trickle in, Mark Leach takes a look at the high drama in many university seats.
· Analysis
Universities and #GE2017 – Bristol West
As the only seat that could possibly be considered a Labour-Green marginal, the students of Bristol West have two parties chasing their votes with promises of free tuition. Mark Leach takes a look.
· Analysis
The pros and cons of abolishing tuition fees
Is abolishing tuition fees a good idea or a bad idea? There’s no easy answer. We run through some of the main arguments for and against.
· Policy Watch
Move over universities: the Conservative manifesto dissected
The Conservative manifesto confirms that universities do not sit easily with the Prime Minister’s political outlook. We break down the documents major proposals.
With David Morris and Nona Buckley-Irvine
· Policy Watch
UPDATED: Agreement reached on HE Bill as it heads to final stages of debate
Some surprising concessions have been announced in new government amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill, to be debated by Parliament later this week.
With David Morris
· Comment
If Oxbridge is the only solution, we’re asking the wrong questions
Mark Leach and Ant Bagshaw respond to Nick Hillman’s recent suggestion for the founding new Oxbridge colleges as a means to widen access.
With Ant Bagshaw
· Policy Watch
Higher Education and Research Bill enters another uncertain week in the Lords
The government and Lords will once again have to sit around the negotiating table in order to find a way forward on the Higher Education and Research Bill.
With David Morris
· Policy Watch
Government defeated in the Lords over TEF and fees
As the government suffers a major defeat on the link between TEF and fees, we look at what the new amendment means and the likely next moves in the ongoing game of chess over the Higher Education and Research Bill.
· Policy Watch
Devil in the detail as the Bill enters final stages of scrutiny
As the Bill enters its Report stage in the House of Lords, the sector has wound up its lobbying effort – but there are still numerous interesting amendments that peers will seek to make in the coming weeks.