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· Stacks
Review of Wonkhe’s 4th year
On the fourth birthday of Wonkhe, Mark Leach takes a look back at the last twelve months – our biggest yet. We look at the most popular content, most loyal readers and everything else in the last year of Wonkhe.
· Policy Watch
Grant letter: HEFCE’s regulatory powers beefed up
Today came the HEFCE grant letter from BIS which outlines funding for higher education in England for 2015-16. Overall the allocations remain much the same as indicated in last years letter, but as ever, there are some i
With Emily Lupton
· Policy Watch
Government brings in new regulation for alternative providers
The government has introduced a raft of new regulations for alternative providers and opened up number controls for those with degree awarding powers. Mark Leach takes a quick look.
· Stacks
Associate Dean of Eureka Moments
The University of Bristol is recruiting for an Associate Dean of Eureka Moments – a job title to turn heads if there ever was one. Mark Leach has a look.
· People
Introducing the Higher Education Power List
Wonkhe is teaming up with corporate communications consultancy Linstock to compile a list of the 50 people most likely to have an influence over HE in the next year. Here we introduce the project and give details of how
With Mark Fuller
· Analysis
Poll: Green Party surges in support from students
A new poll shows a surge in support for The Green Party amongst students They are now the second choice party for students, moving ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. Labour remain the first choice party, but
· Data
Making an impact?
What do social policy at UCL, civil engineering at Cardiff and communications at LSE, have in common with psychology at the University of East London, history at Hertfordshire and English at Bedfordshire? Answer: they ar
· Data
The REF results vs VC pay
A quick look at what happens when you plot the results of #REF2014 against vice chancellor pay in the UK.
With David Morris
· Data
REF 2014 Sector Results 2 – Intensity
Here we published the first all-important measure of research ‘intensity’ across the sector which is calculated by measuring the percentage of eligible staff entered in to the REF. This is drawn from the HESA data releas
· Comment
The REF: fascinating, flawed and essential
As the 2014 REF results are published, Mark Leach looks at where they sit in the wider effort to fund and support research. With so much on the table in spending review negotiations in the next few years, the next steps
· Data
REF 2014 Sector Results 1
Wonkhe has crunched the numbers and here is a ranking of UK higher education institutions based on their grade point average from the 2014 REF.
· Live
#REF2014 Results Day
A live blog of the 18th December 2014 – the day that the Research Excellence Framework 2014 results were released. We brought together the best reaction and commentary from Wonkhe and elsewhere and published new exclusiv
· Policy Watch
Higher Education Calendar [BETA]
The always up-to-date higher education calendar covering events, reports, news, consultations and more. The calendar is still under development and will improve as we do some further work to the data and its delivery.
· Policy Watch
Postgraduate loans – everything we know
In this afternoon’s Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government would introduce loans for all young people that want to access postgraduate study, of up to £10,000 across all disciplines. There have be
· Policy Watch
Julia Goodfellow – next President of UUK
Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow, Vice Chancellor of the University of Kent, is to be the next President of Universities UK. She won an election contested by Colin Riodan (Cardiff) and Simon Gaskell (Queen Mary University
· Policy Watch
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill
Anyone that thought there wasn’t enough HE legislative action in this Parliament might be forgiven for suffering from some whiplash the last couple of weeks following the action over the Consumer Protection Bill and now
· Policy Watch
CMA compliance advice for HEIs
The Competition and Markets Authority has published draft compliance advice for higher education providers in relation to consumer protection legislation. It covers the whole of the UK, the whole of the sector and the wh
· Live
SGH Martineau: Cliché or competitive edge? – Deconstructing the student experience
Reflecting on the increased competition for students resulting from the liberalisation of student number controls, the conference will consider what drives student choice in selecting institutions and what challenges ins
With Emily Lupton
· Stacks
Front page news
Mark Leach is keeping track of how higher education is treated by the front pages.
· Blog
Welcome to Wonkhe 2.0
Four years ago we introduced Wonkhe to the higher education sector. We’ve grown steadily since, but today marks our first major leap forward. You’re reading this on the first version of our new platform that kicks off a