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How to map campus power before you redesign SU democracy
Jim Dickinson introduces Net-Map, a participatory method for making visible where power actually sits on campus, as a starting point before redesigning SU democracy.
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The Wonkhe SUs Manifesto / Explainers matcher
Jim Dickinson’s interactive tool for matching officer manifesto commitments to the relevant Wonkhe SUs explainer, embedded from Know Your Student Rights.
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How to carry out a free speech “proportionality assessment”
Jim Dickinson explains how to carry out and document a proportionality assessment under the amended free speech framework, following the August 2026 changes to the OfS’s Regulatory Advice 24.
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It’s the journey, stupid. What SUs need to know about new research on students who commute
Jim Dickinson reports on OfS research into commuter students, which challenges how universities identify who is commuting in the first place and what that means for the support they get.
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There’s new research out on student social withdrawal. Here’s what SUs need to know
Jim Dickinson reports on new research in the British Journal of Psychiatry on student social withdrawal, and why it may need treating as something distinct from ordinary engagement or retention risk.
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England’s councils are being abolished and rebuilt – what SUs need to know
Jim Dickinson explains the government’s plan to abolish 134 councils and replace two-tier local government with new unitary authorities, and what the reorganisation means for SUs.
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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.
· Podcasts
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