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· SUs
Teaching excellence: the student perspective
As the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) moves into its third year, universities and students are becoming more familiar with the government’s new university rating system. With the year 2 ratings released in June 2017
· SUs
Union Futures
In December 2016 a group of 18 Students’ Unions jointly commissioned Alterline to do some work on the new NSS survey. The research gathered data from some 17,000+ students across the diverse rage of institutions and has
· Stacks
Competition: name the new sector agency
The new sector agency needs a name. It’s time for the wonk community to spring into action and get thinking. Can you help?
· SUs · Members
50 tips for supporting sabbs
We asked fifty big names for their best tips on suppirting full time elected officers in students’ unions
· Comment
Team Wonkhe slack chat: the NSS
In an experimental feature, Team Wonkhe take to slack to discuss the 2017 NSS in detail. The chat covers post-graduate NSS, the potential for bias within surveys and the use of NSS data within institutions.
· Analysis
TEF results – The full core metrics results
We can now present a table of the full TEF core metric results. Click through for some data-led fun.
· Live
LIVE: TEF results day on Wonkhe
The results are out and the reaction is flooding in. We’ve got a whole day of analysis and comment on the TEF results, as well as insights from the underlying data.
· Policy Watch
The results of the Teaching Excellence Framework
Was it Gold, Silver or Bronze? Here’s our quick-find table of higher education institutions’ results in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
· Live
LIVE: Longitudinal Education Outcomes data released
It’s a revolution for public information about higher education as employment and salary data for graduates is released in full for the first time. We’ll be bringing you coverage, insights and analysis all day here.
· Live
Live: The Incredible Machine – What next for TEF?
Today Wonkhe is hosting our TEF event: ‘The Incredible Machine – what next for TEF?’. It promises to be a fascinating day of debate and discussion on teaching excellence – follow it all here.
With David Morris
· Analysis
The history of efforts to improve university teaching
TEF is just the latest in a long line of public efforts to improve university teaching, and public anxieties about quality have not changed for many years. We take a look at the litany of initiatives in this space.
· Stacks
Wonkhe won’t do April fools this year, but if we did…
Team Wonkhe had a number of great ideas for April Fools jokes this year, sadly scuppered by the calendar. Nonetheless, sharing is caring.
· SUs · Members
What are we doing on staff mental health and resilience?
What are students’ unions doing about staff mental health?
· SUs · Members
Election Turnout is up- but is credibility down?
If by the end of the election students haven’t been discussing issues, their interests and the way their interests have to be negotiated with others collectively, what was the point?
· Data
UKPRN and how to tell which institution is which
With multiple agencies and multiple formats of providing information, how can we tell universities apart and how can we understand trends? It’s probably about time the government and the sector agreed to use the same sta
· Policy Watch
Free Rein? The question of academic freedom
As academic freedom becomes a key part of the debate over the HE Bill in the House of Lords, we take a look at the current framework and how it might change.
· SUs · Members
So what are we all doing on Q26?
We asked several SUs – what are you doing to prepare for the new NSS question on SUs?
· Policy Watch
The Incredible Machine Mark III: Our visual guide to the TEF
The TEF is back and so is our Incredible Machine – Wonkhe’s refreshed and updated visual guide to the Teaching Excellence Framework.
· Analysis
Weathering the Brexit storm: University finances in uncertain times
An overview of last week’s Wonkhe Seminar, which considered the challenges posed to university finances by Brexit and a constantly changing economic environment.
· SUs · Members
Who are we talking to?
In this anon post, an SU CEO reflects on who we’re talking to and the language and tone we use