Analysis Archives | Wonkhe

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Higher education is big business

by Mark Corver

11/11/19

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Sir John Kingman in conversation at Wonkfest

by Matt Grogan

5/11/19

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The B3 moonwalking bear: OfS on minimum outcomes for students

by Jim Dickinson

1/11/19

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How to ensure care leavers get the results they deserve

by Claire C Johnston

1/11/19

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Scotland’s approach to quality makes universities better for everyone

by Rowena Pelik

30/10/19

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Something for something: outcomes that universities in Scotland agree to

by Jim Dickinson

30/10/19

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Do students’ unions make a difference?

by Jim Dickinson

24/10/19

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It’s time to bring the student voice into debates about race

by Jordan Lewis

24/10/19

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Is LEO any use to prospective students?

by David Kernohan

22/10/19

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The things we lost when we made quality about outcomes

by Debbie McVitty

20/10/19

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The top twenty things we spotted in the September OfS board papers

by Team Wonkhe

19/10/19

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There’s no such thing as the national graduate labour market

by Charlie Ball

13/10/19

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Students aren’t sold on Augar’s fee reduction

by Sofia Ropek

10/10/19

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Student and graduate views of the purpose of universities

by Liz Shutt

8/10/19

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Why do we “exempt” universities from keeping students safe?

by Jim Dickinson

6/10/19

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Do university rankings measure anything at all?

by Cameron Neylon

25/09/19

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Bigger and faster data does not always make for better decisions

by Mario Ferelli

24/09/19

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What could a registration refusal for a college mean for higher education?

by Jim Dickinson

22/09/19

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Helping students register to vote

by Martha Horler

17/09/19

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Is university choice really all about the money? The UUK/ComRes student poll

by David Kernohan

12/09/19

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How do students view gaming and gambling?

by Sarah Gosling

11/09/19

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Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best: the plan for no-deal Brexit

by Sofia Ropek

1/09/19

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Demonstrating the link between sports and student success

by Mike Kerrigan

28/08/19

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Whose registrations has the Office for Students refused?

by Jim Dickinson

28/08/19

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Recruitment in England: a little wide of the target

by David Kernohan

26/08/19

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A level results day 2019: the data

by David Kernohan

15/08/19

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Do accredited courses attract more discerning students?

by David Kernohan

12/08/19

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OfS has a student information problem

by Jim Dickinson

5/08/19

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What do programme directors do, and why does it matter?

by Ruth Massie

1/08/19

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Taking complaints seriously means supporting students to make them

by Jim Dickinson

1/08/19

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The education policy odyssey of Dominic Cummings

by David Kernohan

1/08/19

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Admissions: a contextualised tale of two reviews

by Colin McCaig

1/08/19

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The search for Britain’s worst higher education courses

by David Kernohan

28/07/19

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Seven things to note from July’s OfS board papers

by Jim Dickinson

25/07/19

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Shaky foundations? Student perspectives on foundation years

by Rachel Wilkenson

24/07/19

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Of paradigms and professors: supporting the full professional journey

by Matthew Flinders

18/07/19

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Can learning analytics warn us early on mental health?

by Ed Foster

17/07/19

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If sunlight is the best disinfectant, how do we let more in?

by Jim Dickinson

10/07/19

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Sport should be everyone’s game: inclusivity in higher education sports clubs

by Matty Robinson

Analysis, SU Blogs

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4/07/19

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Which degrees will students want to take in the future?

by Lee Dudding

2/07/19

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Women lead at half time, but men’s salaries overtake them in the long run

by Clare Marchant

25/06/19

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Re-evaluating REF: have reforms changed how researchers experience the exercise?

by James Wilsdon

23/06/19

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Student safety should be a requirement, not an optional extra

by Jim Dickinson

12/06/19

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TRACing the costs of teaching in higher education

by Andrew Bush

10/06/19

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Why abolish the foundation year?

by David Kernohan

6/06/19

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Why £7,500 fees? The underpinning evidence on cost is thin

by David Kernohan

3/06/19

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Winners and losers from the Augar review part II

by Gavan Conlon

2/06/19

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Who are the winners and losers from the Augar review?

by Gavan Conlon

30/05/19

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Blink and you’ll miss it: ten hidden treasures buried deep in Augar

by Jim Dickinson

30/05/19

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Wonkhe 360: an introduction

by Debbie McVitty

20/05/19

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What do MPs think about universities?

by Simon Cereda

17/05/19

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What about graduate job satisfaction?

by Stuart Johnson

17/05/19

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Where is OfS going with student surveys?

by Jim Dickinson

12/05/19

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Opening up the treasure trove of student feedback

by Aaron Porter

9/05/19

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The £800k stealth tax on English higher education

by David Kernohan

6/05/19

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Are graduates overeducated and underpaid?

by David Kernohan

30/04/19

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The gift of giving

by Sue Cunningham

29/04/19

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Access and participation in focus

by David Kernohan

29/04/19

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Has OfS got the regulation of access and participation right?

by Sarah Stevens

28/04/19

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Do the write thing – the surprising written questions MPs ask about the sector

by Arthi Nachiappan

15/04/19

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The platform university: a new data-driven business model for profiting from HE

by Ben Williamson

9/04/19

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To decolonise the curriculum, we have to decolonise ourselves

by Minto Felix

8/04/19

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Will turkeys vote for Christmas? NUS heads in to a crunch conference week

by Mark Leach

7/04/19

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Who will blink first in the battle over admissions?

by Jim Dickinson

4/04/19

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Financial health in HE – does a calm sea conceal dangerous currents?

by David Kernohan

1/04/19

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Did postgraduate loans make any difference?

by Michelle Morgan

28/03/19

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Once upon a time: hearing student stories

by Liz Austen

27/03/19

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Is collective student engagement still a thing?

by Alex Bols

27/03/19

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Getting beyond the tired old student stereotypes

by Jenny Shaw

26/03/19

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Some students’ lives are more secret than others

by Cath Brown

26/03/19

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Only the lonely – loneliness, student activities and mental wellbeing

by Jim Dickinson

25/03/19

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The coming demographic spike will differ by region

by Graeme Atherton

22/03/19

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A big letter in Wales

by Jim Dickinson

22/03/19

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How much are your NSS results really telling you?

by Alex Buckley

20/03/19

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Driving attainment to increase university access

by Sally Holt

15/03/19

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(Pre)posperous cheating

by Phil Pilkington

14/03/19

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Crime and punishment

by Phil Pilkington

7/03/19

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Is sector expansion harming social mobility?

by Jim Dickinson

4/03/19

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Is the Office for Students delivering the deliverables?

by Jim Dickinson

28/02/19

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Should we finally admit that TEF doesn’t inform students?

by David Morris

25/02/19

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When could student democracy amount to anti-semitism?

by Jim Dickinson

22/02/19

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Should former VCs be on governing bodies?

by Adam Dawkins

19/02/19

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Proposing a new fundraising model for universities’ community work

by Richard Brabner

18/02/19

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Labour sets out an anti-market stall

by Jim Dickinson

18/02/19

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Righting the wrongs

by Phil Pilkington

14/02/19

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So long, and thanks: compensation for loss of office

by David Kernohan

13/02/19

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You get what you pay for? The OfS on senior staff pay

by Jim Dickinson

12/02/19

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Don’t ignore the ethics of learning analytics

by Richard Gascoigne

5/02/19

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Integrating the future of research outputs

by Dom Fripp

4/02/19

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Whatever happened to the student experience?

by Jim Dickinson

4/02/19

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The student experience was invented in 1994

by Phil Pilkington

4/02/19

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A radical rethinking of undergraduate learning

by Julie Hare

3/02/19

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The complex web of freedom of speech guidance

by Jim Dickinson

Analysis, Long read

2/02/19

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From partnership to fusion: future educational landscapes

by Gilly Salmon

1/02/19

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A beginner’s guide to debt in higher education

by David Kernohan

28/01/19

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Sexual misconduct and university disciplinary processes

by Geraldine Swanton

24/01/19

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Slumming it on civic engagement

by Phil Pilkington

24/01/19

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The end of targeted free tuition, eh?

by Alex Usher

23/01/19

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Is the shift to outcomes as simple as it sounds?

by Julian Crockford

23/01/19

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We need more big data now

by Michelle Morgan

22/01/19

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