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The essential guide to immigration reform for SUs
Jim Dickinson sets out how immigration policy now shapes recruitment, fees, and international students’ prospects after graduation, and what SUs need to understand about the reforms driving it.
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Frozen out
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24 things that MPs won’t know about when it comes to student finance
Jim Dickinson sets out 24 facts about student finance that MPs, MSPs, Senedd and Assembly members are unlikely to know, for SUs briefing politicians ahead of their engagements.
With Jim Dickinson and Wonkhe SUs explainer
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Great expectations, small microwaves
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The class of 2026 has clocked that they can’t have it all
Students were sold an education, a community and a transformation. Jim Dickinson and Sharanya Sivarajah find a generation of student leaders working out those promises no longer fit inside one life
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And we danced all night
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The engine of employability is relational, not informational
Jim Dickinson and Sharanya Sivarajah unpack new polling of over 18,000 students – and find that belonging, not the careers service, is what builds career confidence
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What SUs need to know about a new report on AI and assessment
Jim Dickinson reports on the QAA’s UK-wide research into generative AI, assessment, and academic integrity, drawn from focus groups with 26 students and roundtables with 74 staff.
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Devolution is coming to the regions – a guide for English SUs on getting to the table
Jim Dickinson explains Andy Burnham’s plans for a devolved hub in Manchester and English devolution more broadly, and sets out how SUs can get themselves a seat at the table.
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What SUs (in England) need to know about the future of the TEF
Jim Dickinson sets out where the Teaching Excellence Framework is heading, and what English SUs need to understand about how their provider will be rated on student experience and outcomes.
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What SUs need to know about research into students’ experiences of accommodation
Jim Dickinson reports on OfS-commissioned research into first-year students’ experiences of accommodation, based on a survey of 1,293 students plus focus groups and interviews.
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How (and why) to respond to DBT’s consultation on zero hours contracts
Jim Dickinson sets out what the Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on zero hours contracts covers, and how SUs should respond on behalf of students in casual work.
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It’s not just the curriculum that tells students of colour this place wasn’t built for them
The data on degree outcomes gets the headlines, but Wonkhe’s new Community and Policy Officer Sharanya Sivarajah argues that belonging is also shaped by who’s behind the desk in the services designed to support them