Comment Archives | Wonkhe

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Quality assurance needs consideration, not change for change’s sake

by Ben Cooper

23/06/25

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Moving beyond the quality wars

by Richard Harrison

23/06/25

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The world is sorting out the quality of transnational education, but where is England?

by David Kernohan

23/06/25

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Blurred lines: Has OfS misunderstood freedom of speech?

by Jim Dickinson

22/06/25

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How to address harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs

by Anna Bull

20/06/25

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Taking a systematic approach to inclusivity through uncovering the hidden curriculum

by Gail Archibald

20/06/25

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Coaching can be a strategic act of research culture

by Saneeya Qureshi

20/06/25

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Higher education postcard: Queen Alexandra’s House

by Hugh Jones

20/06/25

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Machine learning technology is transforming how institutions make sense of student feedback

by Livia Scott

19/06/25

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Co-creation of research agendas could strengthen policy research engagement

by Georgiana Mihut

18/06/25

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In defence of university halls of residence

by Jack Winterton

17/06/25

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We need a better quality of conversation about education and the skills agenda for the screen industries

by Richard Wallis

17/06/25

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University governance needs more imagination

by Ben Vulliamy

16/06/25

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Higher education governance needs the conflict between academic and business imperatives to be successful

by Debbie McVitty

16/06/25

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The identity crisis of teaching and learning innovation

by Emma Thirkell

13/06/25

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Higher education postcard: University of Buckingham

by Hugh Jones

13/06/25

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REF is about institutions not individuals

by James Coe

12/06/25

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The student experience is beyond breaking point

by Jim Dickinson

12/06/25

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Supporting early-career academics – in all their roles

by Claire Farquharson

12/06/25

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Seeing universities as others see us

by Peter Scott

11/06/25

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From crisis to community: engaging students in post-pandemic classrooms

by Gemma Ahearne

11/06/25

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Universities should be architects of economic and social transformation

by Aleks Subic

10/06/25

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The centrality of university research to the industrial strategy cannot be underestimated

by Andrew Jones

9/06/25

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A change agenda for the commuter student experience

by Susan Kenyon

9/06/25

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Data lag and ambition aggregation means APPs are fundamentally flawed

by Jim Dickinson

9/06/25

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Higher education postcard: University of Cambridge, the Senate House

by Hugh Jones

6/06/25

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What the Employment Rights Bill means for higher education

by Alex Russell

5/06/25

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With better coordination we can break down barriers to academic policy engagement

by Sarah Chaytor

5/06/25

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The spending review is a critical moment for UK science and innovation

by Sarah Stevens

4/06/25

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The economic cost of an unequal R&D workforce

by James Coe

3/06/25

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Fixing the potholes in postgraduate funding

by Mark Bennett

3/06/25

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What we’ll be talking about at The Festival of Higher Education 2025

by Debbie McVitty

2/06/25

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Higher education postcard: University of the Balearic Islands

by Hugh Jones

30/05/25

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Our drop-out and pace miracle is harming students’ health and learning

by Jim Dickinson

30/05/25

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Tuition fees are a social contract with small print

by Hannah Garrow

30/05/25

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Support for action on ethnic and disability pay gaps demonstrates our commitment to our communities

by David Mba

29/05/25

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Impact can’t be gamed or systematised

by Andy Phippen

29/05/25

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Widening participation should stretch beyond convenient local universities

by Natalie Thompson

28/05/25

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A code of ethical university governance is overdue

by Steven Jones

28/05/25

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Action on researcher career development must go beyond surface-level fixes

by Yolana Pringle

27/05/25

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Getting students drawing can help belonging and mental health

by Zoë Allman

27/05/25

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The case for playful leadership

by Nic Whitton

23/05/25

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Higher education postcard: University of Greater Manchester

by Hugh Jones

23/05/25

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Access partnerships need human relationships, not just programmes

by Ed Marsh

23/05/25

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Why aren’t we addressing inequity of outcomes for postgraduates?

by Katharine Hubbard

22/05/25

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For those in HE cold spots, higher education isn’t presenting as a good bet

by Richard Brabner

22/05/25

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Our future may depend on the humanities

by Peter Sutoris

21/05/25

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How cost of living is influencing UK student mobility

by Ben Jordan

21/05/25

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A review of student suicides suggests that standards are now necessary

by Jim Dickinson

21/05/25

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EHRC is consulting on sex in the Equality Act. Universities should too

by Jim Dickinson

20/05/25

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The widening access narrative must return to speaking about places

by Graeme Atherton

20/05/25

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In an era of permacrisis, higher education needs to get better at coming up with solutions

by Alex Favier

19/05/25

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How to design an international student tuition fee levy

by James Coe

19/05/25

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Euro visions: Austrian HE has much to give, but the love is wasted

by Jim Dickinson

19/05/25

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Euro visions: Social responsibility in St Gallen

by Jim Dickinson

16/05/25

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Redistribution doesn’t work when there’s nothing left to redistribute

by Jim Dickinson

16/05/25

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The trouble with the latest accreditation round for initial teacher education

by Megan Stephenson

16/05/25

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Higher education postcard: Hughes Hall, Cambridge

by Hugh Jones

16/05/25

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The era of hyper competition between universities needs to end

by Ben Vulliamy

16/05/25

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Lessons from innovating in our student support model

by Nicky King

15/05/25

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How commuter students show up in new access and participation plans

by Mack Marshall

15/05/25

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Euro visions: A playbook to fight the populists in the Netherlands

by Jim Dickinson

15/05/25

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Euro visions: Everything’s going on in Basel but the rent

by Jim Dickinson

14/05/25

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UKRI has too many people telling it what to do without the resources to do what it’s told

by James Coe

14/05/25

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The National Audit Office’s review of UKRI has lessons for the government

by Charles Nancarrow

14/05/25

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Euro visions: In Poland in May, cities belong to students

by Jim Dickinson

13/05/25

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Higher education can cut through the immigration debate with a focus on quality

by Simon Emmett

12/05/25

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Different kinds of value, different kinds of higher education

by Anna Vignoles

12/05/25

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Asking students about value

by Paul Gratrick

12/05/25

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Euro visions: What the hell just happened?

by Jim Dickinson

12/05/25

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Labour is learning the wrong lessons from Reform on immigration

by James Coe

9/05/25

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Higher education postcard: Harvard University

by Hugh Jones

9/05/25

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What will happen when a university fails to prevent fraud?

by David Kernohan

8/05/25

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Academic judgement? Now that’s magic

by Jim Dickinson

8/05/25

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Trump’s unprecedented assault on higher education

by Gavin Schwartz-Leeper

7/05/25

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If it’s top down it won’t work

by Dale Munday

7/05/25

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From going it alone to sharing university research and innovation services

by Cat Ball

6/05/25

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As universities embrace the civic, they must transcend activist/academic binaries

by Ed Stevens

6/05/25

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The paradox of parents’ involvement in their children’s time at university

by Rachel Brooks

2/05/25

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Higher education postcard: Mason Science College

by Hugh Jones

2/05/25

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The implications for UK universities of Trump’s attacks on EDI

by Derek Ong

2/05/25

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What does it mean if students think that AI is more intelligent than they are?

by Libby Farrier-Cave

1/05/25

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So who says we don’t have post qualification admissions already?

by Katherine Lloyd Clark

1/05/25

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The UK can seize the opportunity from US academia’s brain drain

by Catia Nicodemo

30/04/25

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Creating learning environments that work for BTEC entrants to higher education

by Jess Power

30/04/25

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The balancing act goes on

by David Bass

29/04/25

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Disabled students’ rights are still being ignored

by Livia Scott

29/04/25

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New (old) models of teaching and assessment

by Stephen Brown

29/04/25

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Latest from Belong – students’ health is not OK, and that’s not OK

by Jim Dickinson

28/04/25

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Democracy lives in the daily life of our university

by Jim Dickinson

28/04/25

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Access and participation is a political question

by David Kernohan

27/04/25

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Balls to left, Willetts to the right, creates an industrial strategy with a gaping hole for universities

by James Coe

25/04/25

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Real inclusion is there for the taking

by Zoe Torsney

25/04/25

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Higher education postcard: Grey College, Durham

by Hugh Jones

25/04/25

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Working-class students feel alienated from their creative arts degrees – here’s how to help

by Sarah Weston

24/04/25

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How our researchers are using AI – and what we can do to support them

by Christina Boswell

24/04/25

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Understanding the commuter student paradox

by Martin Lowe

23/04/25

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Employers will increasingly focus on graduates’ skills over technical knowledge

by Stephen Isherwood

23/04/25