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Do students know what stalking is?
Jim Dickinson reports on research from the University of South Wales and Calan DVS on young people’s understanding of stalking, and what it means for how SUs talk about the issue with students.
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Podcast: The end of the year show
This week on the podcast Team Wonkhe looks back on the year in higher education policy and politics
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Podcast: Funding, student loans, NSSmass
This week on the podcast the government’s Strategic Priorities Grant allocation lands with a cash cut of just over £50m
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Podcast: PhD students, Burnham
This week on the podcast we ask why UKRI is spending more on PhD studentships while the number of funded starts falls.
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Podcast: Burnham, IFS on value of HE
This week on the podcast we examine the implications of a change at the top of government, as Keir Starmer prepares to depart and Andy Burnham appears set for a swift coronation as Labour leader and Prime Minister.
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The Box Set
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Podcast: Minimum entry, governance, working class boys and girls
This week on the podcast reports suggest the Department for Education is considering restricting access to the student loan book to those who hold a pass in GCSE English
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What SUs need to know about a new framework for surveying students
Jim Dickinson reports on Wonkhe and evasys’s new framework for surveying students, aimed at closing the loop between feedback raised through reps and what shows up later in the NSS.
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Finding your university in the data: Summer 2026 edition
Jim Dickinson updates Wonkhe’s guide to finding your own university in David Kernohan’s sector data, for building induction, handover, or presentation material.
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What SUs in Wales can (and should) do on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWAG)
Jim Dickinson reports on Medr’s new self-evaluation framework for violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence, and what Welsh SUs can do ahead of the August registration deadline.
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Podcast: TEF, student experience, demographics
This week on the podcast we examine the next phase of the Teaching Excellence Framework, as the Office for Students confirms its first decisions on a revised approach to assessing education quality
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Top ten takeaways from the 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey
Jim Dickinson picks out the ten key findings from Advance HE and HEPI’s 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey, including who is still being left behind despite improvements elsewhere.
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Careers, credit and curricula – examples of practice from European SUs and unis
Jim Dickinson compiles examples of careers events, academic credit for volunteering, and embedded work experience drawn from Wonkhe’s European SU study tours.
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Podcast: Public opinion, missing middle
This week on the podcast a third of the public now thinks a university education just isn’t worth the time and money it usually takes
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Podcast: Cuts, international, friends
This week on the podcast we discuss the scale and shape of cuts across UK higher education
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Deposits, instalments and hardship: the full picture for home and international students
Jim Dickinson reports on provider-level data gathered from 171 institutions on fee instalment arrangements and hardship support, including how far these extend to international students.
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Podcast: LLE, Milburn review
This week on the podcast the final pieces of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement puzzle are falling into place
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Podcast: Starmergeddon, insolvency, Europe
This week on the podcast we talk a turbulent week in Westminster, as Labour’s poor performance in the national and regional elections intensifies pressure on Keir Starmer
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Podcast: Antisemitism, AI and graduate jobs, universities and working class voters
This week on the podcast the government turns up the heat on universities over antisemitism – but with enforcement details still to come, what does Starmer’s zero-tolerance pledge mean in practice?
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How (and why) to respond to the NMC’s consultation on nursing and midwifery practice learning standards
Jim Dickinson sets out what the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s consultation on nursing, nursing associate, and midwifery practice learning standards covered before it closed on 23 July 2026.
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