Author
Mike Day
Mike Day is an international student experience consultant and student movement historian
48 pieces
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· SUs
Fish Balls Served with onion butter and potatoes
On the final day of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to Iceland, the team finds a bar that gets cheaper when students get poorer – and a 57-year-old law that does the work of seven UK organisations
With Alan Roberts, Mack Marshall and Jim Dickinson
· SUs
Before learning becomes only for the chosen ones
On Day Two of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to Iceland the team met a national union born out of a loan system crisis, and a graduate trade union you can join before you graduate
With Alan Roberts, Mack Marshall and Jim Dickinson
· SUs
The playfulness of the fishing goddess
On Day One of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team visit a university designed as a town, find six modules doing what most UK employability strategies can’t, and end up at a geothermal beach where students stag
With Alan Roberts, Mack Marshall and Jim Dickinson
· SUs
Do you have a 2,000,000 kr. idea?
On the afternoon of Day One of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team find credit where it’s due for inclusion work, an AI policy that makes sense, and 3,000 golden eggs
With Mack Marshall, Alan Roberts and Jim Dickinson
· SUs
A strong public university that is funded by the government and not by the students
On Day One of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team visit a student council that predates its own university’s main building, has two organised political factions dating back to 1935, and tried to no-confidence
With Mack Marshall, Jim Dickinson and Alan Roberts
· SUs
The competitors are offered milk from Hvanneyrarfjós
On Day Zero of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team drive a Dacia Duster into a nature reserve, stand in the car park of a university that went fully online, and walk up a campus volcano
With Gareth Hughes, Jim Dickinson, Alan Roberts and Mack Marshall
· SUs
I prefer the abnormal one
On Day -1 of the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland, the team chase happy hour deals at £10 a pint and discover that the secret to student belonging might be a huge shared kitchen and a relative absence of clothing
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
The harbourmaster harbours no doubt
Before the Wonkhe SUs Study Tour to Iceland even lands, the team get lost in Icelandic TV, discover a ram appreciation society, and wonder what a students’ union looks like when its average member is nearly 30
With Jim Dickinson, Alan Roberts and Mack Marshall
· SUs
It is crucial that students know what their rights are and where to find them
In the final leg of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland tour, the team explore the Netherlands’ distinct approach to student representation – where collaboration beats rivalry, and student-led reform is written into the structure
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
They come up with ideas that we don’t have
On Day 4 of the SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team visit Antwerp to explore how the city treats students not as problems or consumers, but as citizens — integrating them into urban planning with striking depth, ca
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
It’s in our tradition here to remain a bit proud
On Days 3 and 4 of the SUs Rhineland study tour, the team finds that student experience is shaped not just by programmes and policies, but by mugs, matchings, mandates – and an infrastructure for connection
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
A captivating experience that showcases the beauty of cultural exchange
What if student voice had legal weight? On Days 2 and 3 of the SUs study tour, the team reflect on a continental journey where student representation is not just heard, but hardwired into the system
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
The most universally despised creature in France
On Day 2 of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour, the tean discovers how French student leaders are translating hardship into political leverage. – one poster, grocery shelf, and housing hotline at a time
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
Taste the first strawberries from the garden
At the end of Day 1 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to the Rhineland, the team finds a vision of student life grounded in public service, solidarity, local integration and sweet sweet honey
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
Blankets are available
As the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland study tour begins proper, the tean uncover how Swiss students are resourced to reshape their universities – from tech solutions for module selection to institution-wide curriculum reform
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
To be FAIRe, there was plenty to learn in Portugal
On the way home from this year study tour to Portugal, Jim, Mack and team reflect on what UK SUs might learn from the country’s impressive systems and culture of student organising
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· Comment
Democracy lives in the daily life of our university
Following two days with SUs visiting universities in Portugal, Jim Dickinson and team reflect on a sector tackling housing, brain drain, skills and student participation with ambition, urgency and an eye on both the past
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
A praxe é para quem quer!
On Day 1 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to Portugal, the team go to Button Moon and have a sing song with Mr Spoon
With Jim Dickinson, Alan Roberts and Mack Marshall
· SUs
Students should be co-authors of their education
On Day 0 of the Wonkhe SUs study tour to Portugal, the team end up in a hotel opposite significant structural and cultural change – all in the student interest
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts
· SUs
Those who fight don’t always win, but those who don’t fight always lose
The Wonkhe SUs team prepare for a short trip to Portugal by taking a look at the history of student politics and its role in radicalising future generations
With Jim Dickinson, Mack Marshall and Alan Roberts