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Tackling racial harassment in higher education

by David Richardson

24/11/20

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For the student communities, is it time for alumni to step up?

by Fiona Cownie

24/11/20

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Did students and universities squeeze through the pitfalls of the pandemic?

by Jim Dickinson

23/11/20

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UKRI is the wrong target for anger at lack of funding support for PGRs

by Stephanie Smith

23/11/20

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Staff and students need a welcome break

by Jim Dickinson

21/11/20

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How to make progress on anti-Black racism on campus

by Osaro Otobo

20/11/20

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The market in academic ebooks needs to change

by Anthony Sinnott

20/11/20

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Raising the learning and teaching bar post-Covid

by Just O'Brien

19/11/20

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Five key actions for January 2021

by Michelle Morgan

18/11/20

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Why did we leave PGRs hanging on for six months?

by Andrew McRae

17/11/20

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OfS will tackle pockets of low quality higher education provision

by Nick Holland

17/11/20

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Reviewing and proving the value of degrees

by Julia Buckingham

16/11/20

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Research in Covid-19 – ideas for resilience and response

by David Payne

16/11/20

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How government and universities can work together to avoid a retention crisis

by Natalie Day

16/11/20

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Universities can be at the centre of a connected knowledge economy

by Sarah Chaytor

16/11/20

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Students want universities to embrace technology

by Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

16/11/20

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How undertaking a PhD by published work took me on my own career journey

by James Derounian

14/11/20

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Weaning students off teaching is more important during a pandemic

by David Baume

13/11/20

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Universities may underestimate the impact of cyber attacks

by Steve Kennett

12/11/20

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Public engagement in a pandemic – lessons from Being Human

by Michael Eades

12/11/20

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Scottish college student associations and the citizens of the future

by Will Stringer

11/11/20

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What happened after the big student demo of 2010?

by Jim Dickinson

10/11/20

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Would PQA help disadvantaged students?

by David Kernohan

10/11/20

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Freedom of speech and its consequences

by Philip Hammond

10/11/20

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Getting through Covid-19 means rethinking resilience

by Kate Tapper

9/11/20

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Covid-19: universities can’t fix everything and that should be OK

by Simone Buitendijk

9/11/20

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The future of humanities research work and OA monographs

by Martin Eve

6/11/20

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Indie SAGE returns with a statement on the sector’s bleak midwinter

by Jim Dickinson

5/11/20

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Technical breakthrough – the moral quandaries of the skills debate

by Debbie McVitty

5/11/20

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Universities should shake off our wariness about investment in digital

by Graham Galbraith

5/11/20

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Imagining a more flexible post-pandemic university

by Carl Senior

5/11/20

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Michelle Donelan trades tiers for fears

by Jim Dickinson

3/11/20

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Reducing burden means smarter data collection, not less

by Alex Leigh

3/11/20

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Everyone needs a home. So why do we deny them to estranged students?

by Liam McCabe

3/11/20

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The College of the Future points the way forward for HE-FE collaboration

by Dave Phoenix

2/11/20

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Universities need to make the case for devolved research funding

by James Coe

2/11/20

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Local communities want universities to help save left behind towns

by Richard Brabner

2/11/20

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Levelling up means letting regions take the lead

by Dionne Lee

2/11/20

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We are where we are. But why are we here? Universities and the lockdown

by Jim Dickinson

31/10/20

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Can students get a discount on their fees this year?

by David Palfreyman

30/10/20

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If students were misled about this term, what are the implications?

by Jim Dickinson

30/10/20

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Achieving equal graduate outcomes need differentiated career support

by Tristram Hooley

30/10/20

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Agitation and allyship – our experience of working towards an anti-racist university

by Deborah Husbands

29/10/20

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Universities have a responsibility to tackle racial harassment

by Fiona Beveridge

29/10/20

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22 things we spotted in the September OfS board papers

by Jim Dickinson

28/10/20

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Reporting from the front of the war on research bureaucracy

by Matt McCallum

28/10/20

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The Knowledge Exchange Concordat commits the sector to service

by David Sweeney

27/10/20

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We need leaders that can link local citizens with our universities

by Paul Gentle

27/10/20

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Wonkhe surveys a survey about a student survey

by David Kernohan

26/10/20

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“This is the time to look out for each other” – averting a Covid retention crisis

by Debbie McVitty

26/10/20

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Is the pandemic still an extenuating circumstance?

by Jim Dickinson

23/10/20

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Why are we letting students cop the blame for Covid-19?

by Will Green

23/10/20

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To make progress on race equality we need inclusive conversations

by Kulbir Shergill

22/10/20

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Students shouldn’t have to care what is happening behind the scenes

by Robert Perry

20/10/20

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Big decisions about January need to be taken by governors now

by Jim Dickinson

19/10/20

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Who exactly is this white working class?

by Matt Grogan

19/10/20

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Let’s take the remote out of online learning

by Sarah Dyer

16/10/20

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Never mind the quality, feel the exhaustion

by Jim Dickinson

15/10/20

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Bringing academic insight into Parliament

by Rowena Bermingham

15/10/20

Does blended learning change what learning is?

by Christine Rivers

14/10/20

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Tackling the disability employment gap

by Raphaele von Koettlitz

13/10/20

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Securing great outcomes for students means focusing on students, not courses

by Graeme Atherton

13/10/20

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The government is serious about winning the culture wars – universities need to be ready

by Ed Dorrell

12/10/20

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The transformation of learning and teaching is just getting started

by Rachael Curzons

12/10/20

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Can students and universities squeeze through the pitfalls of the pandemic?

by Jim Dickinson

12/10/20

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If this is a free speech culture war, we’re calling a ceasefire

by Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng

9/10/20

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Social media is our problem – and a great opportunity for teaching

by Bob O'Keefe

8/10/20

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Engineering our way to degree awarding powers

by Matt Wilson

8/10/20

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This is what leadership looks like on race and racism in universities

by Alisha Lobo

7/10/20

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We must learn from the experiences of disabled students

by Chris Skidmore

7/10/20

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Teaching healthcare during Covid-19 – a marathon and not a sprint

by Jenny Moffett

6/10/20

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Why do we expect universities to provide sunshine indoors?

by Jim Dickinson

5/10/20

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Modern universities – beware of the higher technical trap

by Debbie McVitty

5/10/20

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The Prime Minister’s big speech on skills signals some major policy shifts

by Josie Cluer

5/10/20

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Call Keir on campus

by David Kernohan

1/10/20

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Avoiding mass lockdowns – students should wear masks in halls

by Tena Thau

1/10/20

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The GuildHE anti-racism initiative: more talk and more action

by Kate Wicklow

1/10/20

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Universities can be allies in confronting racism

by Shaminder Takhar

1/10/20

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From partners to prisoners, what is it about student accommodation?

by Zachery Spire

30/09/20

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Why aren’t students getting clarity on compensation and refunds?

by Jim Dickinson

29/09/20

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Do higher level vocational qualifications lead to higher earnings than degrees?

by David Kernohan

29/09/20

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Reallocate skills funding to regions to rescue ailing apprenticeship system

by Caroline Cowburn

29/09/20

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Deck the halls with illegal posters

by Jim Dickinson

28/09/20

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Funding the full cost of research would allow universities to renew their public mission

by Jonathan Grant

28/09/20

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Quietly, the RAB charge is reaching worrying levels

by David Kernohan

25/09/20

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How to devise a successful peer tutoring scheme

by Sophia Birk

25/09/20

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Back to campus essentials – don’t forget about the data

by Kim Walker

24/09/20

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Does student voting intention tell us more about students or politics?

by Jim Dickinson

24/09/20

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Covid-19 has not dampened the appeal of UK higher education

by Clare Marchant

24/09/20

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Who are students going to live with next year?

by Jim Dickinson

23/09/20

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Why universities should recruit students on their character

by Tom Harrison

23/09/20

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Higher education is transformative – it should be open to all

by Paul Ashwin

23/09/20

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To be a science super power we must support the whole research ecosystem

by Nick Talbot

22/09/20

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Amid a Covid cases increase, here’s what R means to us

by Chris Day

21/09/20

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Not enough whack for the moles

by Jim Dickinson

21/09/20

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Universities are uniquely vulnerable to cyber attack during Covid-19

by Sion Lloyd-Jones

21/09/20

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Has Covid-19 infected university league tables?

by Rhiannon Birch

18/09/20

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Policymakers claiming the NSS is driving down standards should get their own house in order

by Paul Ashwin

17/09/20

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Can research clusters help level up the country?

by Richard Jones

16/09/20

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Universities must embed digital for the long term

by Sarah Knight

15/09/20

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