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The pandemic has decimated the university experience – how do we put that right?

by Jim Dickinson

25/02/21

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DfE’s announcement on A level grades is another headache for university admissions teams

by David Kernohan

25/02/21

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Review of ITT must recognise the unique contribution of universities to teacher training

by Peter Neil

25/02/21

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Authentic learning can provide a route to happiness

by Ed Stevens

24/02/21

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What happens next? Enhancing the employability of disabled graduates

by Gabi Binnie

23/02/21

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Supporting Generation Covid into higher education

by Fiona Curry

22/02/21

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There is progress on senior remuneration, but more transparency is needed

by John Rushforth

22/02/21

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The sector should resist calls to junk work on race and racism

by Jim Dickinson

22/02/21

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The free speech emperor has a smattering of new clothing

by Geraldine Swanton

22/02/21

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Our students will never be normal again

by Michelle Morgan

22/02/21

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Access all ARIAs: the UK’s newest research funder

by David Kernohan

19/02/21

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Should culture on campus demonstrate tolerance or respect for controversial views?

by Jack Harvey

19/02/21

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Online art school is not art school

by Ed Compson

19/02/21

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This year’s university applicants face an uncertain admissions experience

by Sander Kristel

18/02/21

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Providing maintenance loans to sub-degree students would cost peanuts – but make a real difference

by Dave Phoenix

18/02/21

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What’s the equivalent of blended learning for service delivery?

by Julie Walkling

17/02/21

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Transforming SLC to support the post-Covid economy

by Paula Sussex

16/02/21

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Legislation to ban essay mills is the missing link to combat education fraud

by Jayne Rowley

15/02/21

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Another end to this year is possible

by Jim Dickinson

15/02/21

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We need to bolster the research and technical workforce to reach the 2.4 per cent target

by Athene Donald

15/02/21

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The Hidden REF celebrates the whole research ecosystem

by Gemma Derrick

15/02/21

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Flexible higher education facilities can help universities adapt post-Covid

by Svetlana Solomonova

12/02/21

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Another Covid student support package is possible

by Patrick O’Donnell

12/02/21

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Employers are putting their faith in apprenticeships to help them bounce back from Covid-19

by Laura Burley

11/02/21

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Defunding BTECs could set the widening access agenda back by decades

by Graeme Atherton

11/02/21

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Students prepare to board the bandwagon of Covid complaints

by Jim Dickinson

10/02/21

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Obsessions with outcomes won’t deliver the flexible revolution

by Susanna Kalitowski

9/02/21

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The value of a national TEF is in enhancing university learning and teaching

by Shirley Pearce

8/02/21

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Are we nearly there yet? Getting the basics right for effective online learning

by Stephen Brown

8/02/21

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Intergenerational fairness will be central to Covid recovery – it can’t be left to universities alone

by Anthony Forster

8/02/21

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The government’s response to the Pearce review of TEF doesn’t do justice to it

by Paul Ashwin

8/02/21

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UK universities should not mourn the loss of Erasmus

by Janet Beer

6/02/21

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Does good policy need good politics or good evidence?

by Stephen Meek

5/02/21

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A new qualification route will shape future lawyers

by Nankunda Katangaza

3/02/21

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Someone has to give in the great tuition fees battle. Who will it be?

by Jim Dickinson

3/02/21

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Is a market the best way of supporting disabled students?

by Stephen Campbell

2/02/21

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Why we need a career guidance guarantee to accompany the Skills for Jobs white paper

by Tristram Hooley

2/02/21

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It’s time to compensate the class of Covid

by Chris Day

1/02/21

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Universities should get behind students’ unions if they want to secure freedom of speech on campus

by Debbie McVitty

1/02/21

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There is a debate about free speech on campus. Just not the one you think.

by Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

1/02/21

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Who should meet the costs of campus free speech?

by Jim Dickinson

1/02/21

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Technology can help every graduate find the job of their dreams

by Clare Adams

1/02/21

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Are tuition fee refunds as difficult as they sound?

by Jim Dickinson

29/01/21

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We need a review of initial teacher education – just not this one and not now

by David Spendlove

28/01/21

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How we get what we value

by David Manning

27/01/21

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Should students tell tales on their university or college?

by Jim Dickinson

27/01/21

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The Westminster government’s skills agenda is the narrowest of all the UK nations

by Ellen Hazelkorn

26/01/21

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Student maintenance gets kicked into the long grass again

by Jim Dickinson

25/01/21

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The Skills for Jobs white paper is what happens when policy is made in a vacuum

by Andy Westwood

25/01/21

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The continued threat of reducing fees will not help students or universities

by Mark Leach

21/01/21

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Responding to climate change in teaching

by Alina Congreve

21/01/21

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Classic cars, careers, consumerism and confidence – how to address students’ complaints during the pandemic

by Jim Dickinson

21/01/21

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Making the Towns Fund fit for purpose in levelling up

by Tracy Bhamra

20/01/21

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Time to make the most of Turing in Global Britain

by Louise Nicol

20/01/21

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When modules become box sets

by Tom Lowe

19/01/21

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How do you solve a problem like a final year show?

by Jim Dickinson

18/01/21

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The race against time to graduate new key workers

by Luke Myer

18/01/21

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To conquer Covid, universities need time and money

by Debbie McVitty

18/01/21

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Paid placements for health students during Covid-19 are giving health faculties a headache

by Fleur Nielsen

18/01/21

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This lockdown makes it clear we need to invest in educators

by Matt Jenner

15/01/21

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Even in the pits of the pandemic, students still yearn for success

by Steph Lomas

15/01/21

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Mission Possible – an agenda for the future of performing arts in higher education

by Mark O'Thomas

14/01/21

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A fresh look at independent study

by Paul Penn

13/01/21

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Government could support lifelong learning, or just launch initiatives

by Jonathan Michie

12/01/21

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Sustainable international recruitment in the post-pandemic world

by Maddalaine Ansell

12/01/21

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Understanding the IHRA definition of antisemitism

by Jovan Byford

11/01/21

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Students shouldn’t pay for things they can’t use

by Jim Dickinson

11/01/21

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Limiting access to academia limits its outcomes

by Jen Hastings

7/01/21

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Fair access in foul weather

by Peter Scott

6/01/21

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Being a student is a rollercoaster ride

by Michael Mander

6/01/21

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For 2021-22, we need a new academic year

by Michelle Morgan

5/01/21

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Will Turing be a good enough exchange?

by Nabil Ali

4/01/21

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Between now and Easter universities should stop, collaborate and listen

by Jim Dickinson

4/01/21

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Last minute changes to return to campus guidance in England

by Jim Dickinson

30/12/20

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Covid disrupts our academic identities, and that’s something we should embrace

by Andy Pitchford

18/12/20

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Our days are numbered – how metrics are changing academic development

by Roni Bamber

18/12/20

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UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge has a radical new way of getting funding to innovative researchers

by Tim Shakespeare

18/12/20

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The Free Speech University Rankings stage a dramatic Christmas comeback

by Jim Dickinson

17/12/20

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Rent reform would benefit students, universities and communities too

by Larissa Kennedy

17/12/20

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What’s next for universities tackling grade inflation?

by Rowan Fisher

17/12/20

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It’s time to bake in a batch of grade inflation for generation Covid

by Jim Dickinson

17/12/20

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Knowledge exchange and the arts

by Evelyn Wilson

16/12/20

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Universities can build the future of Wales

by Julie Lydon

15/12/20

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Transnational education and the global value of UK higher education

by Douglas Blackstock

15/12/20

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2021 will bring reshaping, not widespread provider collapse

by Andrew Burn

14/12/20

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Lessons for the UK from the passage of Australia’s Foreign Relations Bill

by Minto Felix

14/12/20

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Students are having to choose between physical and mental health

by Jim Dickinson

11/12/20

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Why SAGE needs to hear from the humanities

by Barry Smith

11/12/20

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Our turbulent times demand engaged universities

by Julia Unwin

10/12/20

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They were promised blended. They’re not getting it.

by Jim Dickinson

9/12/20

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Agile critical-reflexive students? Start them early!

by Julian Crockford

9/12/20

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It’s time to decolonise the doctoral degree

by Parise Carmichael-Murphy

8/12/20

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This is no way to review the National Student Survey

by Gwen van der Velden

8/12/20

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The thirteen admissions systems of Canada

by Alex Usher

7/12/20

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Peer support can help student engagement in challenging times – if you know what works

by Gary Guadagnolo

7/12/20

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Admissions should never be a conveyor belt

by Paula Karhunen

4/12/20

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Places and spaces must be accessible by January

by Stephen Campbell

4/12/20

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Has higher education delivered on expectations this term?

by Jim Dickinson

3/12/20

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Building teaching and learning back better means scaling up enterprise education

by Andrew Boggs

3/12/20

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We need to get serious about Higher Technical Education for adults

by Simon Field

2/12/20

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