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Effective regulation requires a degree of trust

by Jim Dickinson

31/03/25

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DfE and OfS are running out of road on regulating a “free market” effectively

by Jim Dickinson

31/03/25

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Five regulatory process points you may have missed from the University of Sussex decision

by David Kernohan

29/03/25

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The difference between commuting by choice versus necessity

by Elise Thornton

28/03/25

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Higher education postcard: New College, Oxford

by Hugh Jones

28/03/25

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In the USA, universities are under attack on multiple fronts

by Alistair Jarvis

27/03/25

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We can all share the credit

by Helena Vine

27/03/25

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Government economic policy depends on a healthily diverse higher education ecosystem

by Dana Gamble

26/03/25

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Professional services staff need equal recognition – visibility in sector data would be a good start

by Claire Toogood

26/03/25

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Student experience is becoming more transactional – but that doesn’t make it less meaningful

by Sam Sanders

25/03/25

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Any possible tertiary future for England’s post-18 system must lean into college-based HE

by Andy Forbes

25/03/25

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How do you get from skills planning to effective learning provision?

by Elizabeth Shevlin

24/03/25

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What the UK can learn from Scotland’s tertiary pathfinder experiments

by David Kernohan

24/03/25

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Higher education postcard: Purdue University

by Hugh Jones

21/03/25

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Heat networks could help institutions meet net zero targets

by Nick Helm

20/03/25

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What women experience in the university estates professions

by Jane Harrison-White

20/03/25

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Research funding won’t redistribute itself

by James Coe

19/03/25

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Reframing the commute

by Emma Maslin

19/03/25

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Breaking out of Bergentown – the case for hope in higher education

by Mark Peace

18/03/25

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Should higher education be thinking in terms of evolution or transformation?

by Debbie McVitty

17/03/25

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You can’t change the design of a plane while it’s in flight

by Jim Dickinson

17/03/25

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Games and their cheat codes can show universities how to unlock new purpose

by Rosie Bryce

14/03/25

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Higher education postcard: Oxford Brookes University

by Hugh Jones

14/03/25

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University shouldn’t just postpone cliff edges for care experienced students

by Sunday Blake

14/03/25

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Diversifying medicine by widening participation

by Brigit McWade

13/03/25

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Making space for commuter students

by Susan Preston

12/03/25

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Trust, creativity, and collaboration are what leads to impact in the arts

by Amer Alwarea

11/03/25

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How does the higher education sector sustain digital transformation in tough times?

by Debbie McVitty

10/03/25

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How is artificial intelligence actually being used in higher education?

by Sue Attewell

10/03/25

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A proper review of student maintenance is now long overdue

by Jim Dickinson

10/03/25

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Why do we punish low-income students for entering education?

by Antony Moss

10/03/25

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Apprenticeships are not an “alternative” to uni, they’re alt-uni

by Andrew Bolt

7/03/25

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Higher education postcard: Nalanda

by Hugh Jones

7/03/25

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Navigating the path to higher education after local authority care

by Omar Khan

6/03/25

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Resilience is a matter of national health

by Jill Morgan

6/03/25

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Supporting commuter students with the right information

by Susan Kenyon

5/03/25

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The case against impartial university teaching

by Sunny Dhillon

5/03/25

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Ramadan should matter to higher education

by Louise Taylor

4/03/25

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How R&D creates new skills and can jump start the economy

by James Coe

3/03/25

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Policy change can help manage the demand for graduate knowledge and skills

by Chris Millward

3/03/25

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The best and most rewarding study time possible

by Jim Dickinson

1/03/25

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Higher education postcard: the university court

by Hugh Jones

28/02/25

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Supporting higher education’s emerging leaders

by Zoë Allman

28/02/25

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We need to recognise the importance of maintenance too

by James Coe

27/02/25

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The polycrisis needs you

by Mira Vogel

27/02/25

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Students making changes on transport

by Molly Pemberton

26/02/25

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The importance of consequential feedback

by Kathleen M Quinlan

25/02/25

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The UK-Ukraine 100 year partnership and its commitment to educational leadership

by Bo Kelestyn

24/02/25

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Research supervision in the context of REF – time for a step change?

by Karen Clegg

24/02/25

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Registrars assembling – the history of the Association of Heads of University Administration

by Paul Greatrix

21/02/25

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Five keys to success in Evaluation Capacity Building for widening participation

by Matthew Pawelski

21/02/25

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Higher education postcard: Al-Azhar University

by Hugh Jones

21/02/25

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Student mental health difficulties are on the rise, and so are inequalities

by Omar Khan

20/02/25

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What’s next in equality of opportunity evaluation?

by Julian Crockford

20/02/25

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The government’s in a pickle over fees and funding

by Jim Dickinson

20/02/25

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How we shifted institutional thinking about commuter students

by Val Yates

19/02/25

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There are real people underneath the labels we attach

by Madhavi Dubey

19/02/25

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Lessons from Australia on how to do R&D consultations well

by James Coe

18/02/25

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More engineering applications don’t make for more engineers

by Johnny Rich

18/02/25

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A sea change in student partnership

by Simon Varwell

18/02/25

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Competition law is a constraint to collaboration in HE but it need not be an impediment

by Kate Newman

17/02/25

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We are living through the legacy of unrestrained borrowing

by David Kernohan

17/02/25

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Eight critical questions for the new chief executive of UKRI

by Anton Muscatelli

16/02/25

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OfS is starting to better understand the student interest

by Jim Dickinson

14/02/25

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Strengthening partnerships between trade unions and universities

by David Conway

14/02/25

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Higher education postcard: Churchill College, Cambridge

by Hugh Jones

14/02/25

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Ignore the noise – university is overwhelmingly worth it for most

by Sally Mapstone

13/02/25

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What works for leadership in higher education now?

by Fiona Lennoxsmith

13/02/25

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The potential of educational podcasts for commuter students

by Tom Perou

12/02/25

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Curtain call on traditional time-intensive drama training

by Randall Whittaker

12/02/25

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Can knowledge exchange fix a broken economy?

by James Coe

11/02/25

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Supporting the careers of researchers means innovation, not isolation

by Richard Emes

11/02/25

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The barriers that must be removed for degree apprenticeships to meet NHS workforce targets

by Denise Baker

10/02/25

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A blanket removal of funding for level 7 apprenticeships will damage government plans to boost infrastructure

by Deborah Johnston

10/02/25

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Societies that are humane are thoughtful about promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

by Debbie McVitty

8/02/25

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Predictably bad education

by David Kernohan

8/02/25

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Higher education postcard: Taxila

by Hugh Jones

7/02/25

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There’s nothing certain about the circumstances when a duty of care applies to students

by Robert Abrahart

7/02/25

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Another way of thinking about the national assessment of people, culture, and environment

by Elizabeth Gadd

6/02/25

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Why are university registrars so white?

by Ben Vulliamy

5/02/25

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Job titles matter for inclusive and meaningful work

by Russell Warhurst

5/02/25

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Getting in and getting on needs to go up the agenda, not down

by Alex Blower

4/02/25

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Filling their boots? The rationale for growing loss-making home student numbers

by Debbie McVitty

3/02/25

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The higher education sector needs to come together to renew its commitment to enhancing student engagement

by Helena Lim

3/02/25

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Shaping higher education for commuter students

by Susan Kenyon

2/02/25

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The labour of being a student nurse

by Paige Rivers

31/01/25

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Higher education postcard: University of Valladolid

by Hugh Jones

31/01/25

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Institutions may be holding themselves back by not sharing enough data

by Robert Renfree

30/01/25

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Lessons for leaders from the campus encampments

by Jim Dickinson

30/01/25

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How postdocs get on

by James Coe

28/01/25

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Degree apprenticeship delivery needs strengthening to realise their potential

by Kat Emms

28/01/25

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Anatomy of a higher education merger – City St George’s, University of London

by Debbie McVitty

27/01/25

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We need strategic technical leaders

by Catrin Harris

24/01/25

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Ventriloquising the student interest

by Paul Ashwin

24/01/25

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Higher education postcard: Dartington

by Hugh Jones

24/01/25

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New models of international partnership

by Henrietta O’Connor

23/01/25

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UK universities and the war in Gaza

by David Duncan

23/01/25

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Time to address disability inclusion for university staff

by Susan Wilbraham

21/01/25

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Higher education should lift students out of poverty – not trap them within it

by Lee Elliot Major

21/01/25

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Keep talking about data

by David Kernohan

20/01/25