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The Wellcome Trust failed to tackle racism and raised the bar on accountability

by Lucy Hodges

15/08/22

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Academic fieldwork is a context where harassment and sexual misconduct can thrive

by Dani Bradford

12/08/22

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Higher Education Postcard – University of South Wales

by Hugh Jones

12/08/22

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Universities should offer campus stopping places

by Christopher Cunningham

11/08/22

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Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, in context at Essex

by David Kernohan

10/08/22

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Is OfS interested in extracurricular activity or not?

by Jim Dickinson

9/08/22

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How to prevent a nursing student retention crisis

by Rachel Maxwell

8/08/22

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Higher Education Postcard – Bangor University

by Hugh Jones

5/08/22

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We should give ARIA a chance

by James Coe

3/08/22

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Is poor information about student costs careless or calculated failure?

by Jim Dickinson

3/08/22

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Professional services staff working through pandemia

by Richard Watermeyer

2/08/22

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Is it time for Oxbridge interviews for all?

by Johnny Rich

1/08/22

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Are universities sleepwalking into the cost of living crisis?

by Meg Price

1/08/22

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Higher Education Postcard – Ruskin College

by Hugh Jones

29/07/22

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Should we room students with those that are just like them?

by Emily Owen

29/07/22

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Fifteen ways to improve the National Student Survey

by Jim Dickinson

28/07/22

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Health and the humanities – what does it all come down to?

by Lydia Dye-Stonebridge

26/07/22

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101 ways to get the cost of living down for students

by Jim Dickinson

25/07/22

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Students are paying the price for supplier deals on campus

by Jim Dickinson

22/07/22

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Higher Education Postcard: University of Reading

by Hugh Jones

22/07/22

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Why won’t students talk to staff?

by Livia Scott

22/07/22

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Why the next PM should focus on productivity

by Anton Muscatelli

20/07/22

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Dealing with ideas of authority in anti-racism work

by Pathik Pathak

19/07/22

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How to embrace digitally-enhanced learning

by Simone Buitendijk

15/07/22

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Higher Education Postcard: Loughborough University

by Hugh Jones

15/07/22

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Questions about human tragedy demand a human response

by Simon Merrywest

14/07/22

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How to support working-class boys’ attainment and progression to higher education

by Alex Blower

13/07/22

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Did 1 in 6 students cheat in online assessments this year?

by Jim Dickinson

13/07/22

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Low-stakes failure as a method to improve learner agency and resilience

by Kelly Edmunds

12/07/22

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Educators and academics are key in unlocking technical talent

by John Holman

12/07/22

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How twinning is working in practice to support Ukrainian universities

by Rachel Sandison

11/07/22

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What do Ukrainian universities need from the UK?

by Jamie Arrowsmith

11/07/22

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Professional standards in higher education need a global perspective

by Jianuo Yang

8/07/22

Higher Education Postcard: College of Librarianship Wales

by Hugh Jones

8/07/22

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Tackling equality gaps in graduate employment

by Omar Khan

6/07/22

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Time to reboot models of engagement

by Nik Marsdin

6/07/22

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What are the current debates about English getting wrong?

by Clare Lees

5/07/22

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Local graduates with local jobs are great for levelling up

by Laura Dorian

5/07/22

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How higher education became an issue of identity

by Jonathan Simons

4/07/22

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What’s really happening with English lit at Sheffield Hallam University?

by Jim Dickinson

4/07/22

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A professional standards framework for student engagement

by Simon Varwell

1/07/22

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Michelle Donelan demands data on your gifs

by Jim Dickinson

1/07/22

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Easing the transition into higher education for disabled students

by Clare Marchant

1/07/22

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Higher Education Postcard: University College, Oxford

by Hugh Jones

1/07/22

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How can we find the opportunities amid the disruption?

by Ant Bagshaw

30/06/22

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Can OfS cancel cancel culture?

by David Kernohan

29/06/22

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Octopus will change the way research is communicated

by Steven Hill

29/06/22

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Understanding and taking action on postgraduate diversity

by Louise Banahene

29/06/22

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OfS uses London weighting – just not for providers

by Diana Beech

28/06/22

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Higher Education Postcard: Rag Week

by Hugh Jones

25/06/22

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It’s time we gave students credit for helping out

by Jim Dickinson

24/06/22

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Applicants were rejected by default on the day of their exams

by David Kernohan

24/06/22

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We need to deepen our understanding of the PGR experience

by Maggie Mroczkowski

24/06/22

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Students want freedom from discrimination and freedom of speech

by David Kernohan

23/06/22

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What if free speech is a quality and standards issue?

by Adam Dawkins

23/06/22

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Our desk-based higher education is not good for our health and our diversity

by Sunny Dhillon

22/06/22

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Getting the system right for innovation

by Amanda Lamb

22/06/22

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University or university centre?

by Mike Ratcliffe

21/06/22

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What matters in quality: reflections from QAA’s outgoing student board members

by Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

21/06/22

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Whose job is it to help students make friends?

by Jim Dickinson

20/06/22

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Research and freedom of speech: a tale of unintended consequences

by James Coe

20/06/22

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How to win the culture wars

by Jim Dickinson

17/06/22

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This is what a world class international student experience should look like

by Simran Mahajan

17/06/22

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Creating an anti-racist university experience

by Jill Childs

16/06/22

Higher Education Postcard: University of Winchester

by Hugh Jones

16/06/22

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How to raise attainment in schools

by Anna Anthony

15/06/22

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We need to reverse the regional brain drain to level up

by Nick Isles

14/06/22

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Are students asking for the new normal, the old normal, or something else entirely?

by Aaron Porter

13/06/22

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Professional standards are back on the agenda

by Kathryn Harrison-Graves

13/06/22

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Universities have still not had their #metoo moment

by Jim Dickinson

10/06/22

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Higher Education Postcard – University of Dundee

by Hugh Jones

10/06/22

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Defining and tackling antisemitism is harder than many universities seem to think

by Jim Dickinson

10/06/22

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We’re doing engagement on careers and employability all wrong

by Mark Saunders

9/06/22

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We should be more interested in curiosity than competition

by Hadir Elshafay

8/06/22

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It’s more than the money: The future of European research funding

by James Coe

7/06/22

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How can universities support students through the cost of living crisis?

by Michelle Morgan

7/06/22

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How to teach sustainability

by Alex Meredith

6/06/22

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A manifesto for green governance

by Simon Meacher

6/06/22

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The net zero debate is coming – are universities ready?

by James Coe

6/06/22

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Thin, vague, little and late – the government’s plan for HE and the climate

by Jim Dickinson

6/06/22

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21 things we learned from March’s OfS Board papers

by Jim Dickinson

1/06/22

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Aspirations, attainment, and algorithms

by Tony Strike

1/06/22

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Hearing marginalised voices in science

by Jennifer Leigh

31/05/22

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The storm in supply to university estates

by Umesh Desai

30/05/22

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A new report on the care system has big implications for higher education

by Chris Hoyle

30/05/22

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Higher Education Postcard: Swansea

by Hugh Jones

27/05/22

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We should stop disadvantaging those who are students second

by Alice Young

27/05/22

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The education sector has an integrated future

by Simon Connell

25/05/22

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Reducing burden makes for good governance

by Susan Lapworth

23/05/22

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This is fine: regulation, autonomy, and fear

by David Kernohan

23/05/22

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The connections we make with students could be as important as the pedagogies we adopt

by Antony Moss

23/05/22

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It’s reasonable to expect universities to practise emotionally literate pedagogy

by Debbie McVitty

23/05/22

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Distinctiveness, citizens, people and place: Jeremy Miles on HE in Wales

by Jim Dickinson

20/05/22

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How to help international students bounce back from Covid-19

by Alina Schartner

20/05/22

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The role of governance in addressing grade inflation

by Simon Meacher

19/05/22

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How can universities provide enterprising solutions for small business?

by Robert Crammond

19/05/22

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Higher Education Postcard: University of Lincoln

by Hugh Jones

19/05/22

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Climate action must support social justice

by Susan Lea

18/05/22

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Supporting evidence-based action on racial inequality is not “wokery”

by Alison Johns

16/05/22

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