Comment Archives | Wonkhe

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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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REF 2021 demonstrated the power of arts and humanities research

by James Coe

16/05/22

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How REF can help PhD applicants

by Mark Bennett

16/05/22

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How do we manage the quality of degree apprenticeships?

by Elizabeth Cleaver

14/05/22

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Higher Education Postcard: Queen Elizabeth College

by Hugh Jones

13/05/22

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We need to talk about REF and early career researchers

by Sunday Blake

12/05/22

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The REF is dead, long live the REF

by Elizabeth Gadd

12/05/22

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Creating a blueprint for supporting student mental health

by Ben Lewis

12/05/22

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Learning design is the key to assuring the quality of modular provision

by Nick Mount

11/05/22

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What works in tackling mental health inequalities?

by Sarah Chappell

10/05/22

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The government should make further education the powerhouse of levelling up

by Phillip Blond

10/05/22

Five REF myths to watch out for

Five REF myths to watch out for

by Jonathan Grant

9/05/22

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In defence of quality-related funding for research

by James Coe

9/05/22

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We must work constructively to alleviate the sector’s pay pressures

by Raj Jethwa

9/05/22

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Back up higher education reform with the funding to maintain quality

by Lily Bull

9/05/22

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Learning resource aggregators can give open educational resources a new lease of life

by David Kernohan

9/05/22

Higher Education Postcard: City, University of London

by Hugh Jones

6/05/22

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What will MERs actually achieve?

by David Phoenix

6/05/22

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Widening access to HE starts in early childhood

by Cathy Mitchell

5/05/22

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Do students have the energy to make complaints?

by Felicity Mitchell

4/05/22

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Universities have a complaints problem. Here’s how to fix it

by Jim Dickinson

4/05/22

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The HE sector should seize the day on school-university partnerships

by Julian Crockford

3/05/22

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Time we tapped collective energy to tackle inequalities in HE

by Omar Khan

3/05/22

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What’s it like to learn in a cold spot?

by Jane Batkin

2/05/22

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Higher Education Postcard – University of East London

by Hugh Jones

29/04/22

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Working together on access and participation evaluation

by Liz Austen

29/04/22

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Now is the time to take lifelong learning seriously

by Martin Lowe

29/04/22

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Is it students or universities that need to change?

by Alex Blower

29/04/22

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When does free speech about harassment become harassment itself?

by Jim Dickinson

28/04/22

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Where have all the students gone?

by Carli Rowell

28/04/22

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The government should get over its university hang-up – our future prosperity depends on it

by James Scales

27/04/22

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Teamwork and employability – assessing process or outcome?

by Andy Grayson

27/04/22

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Using digital tools in learning and teaching means playing around to see what works

by Leah Henrickson

26/04/22

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Cops off clubs: an abolitionist take on anti-spiking activism

by Neha

26/04/22

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Targeting Blair: we ignore calls to address inequality and improve productivity at our peril

by Andy Westwood

25/04/22

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Higher Education Postcard: University of Essex

by Hugh Jones

22/04/22

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Every bit of the UK needs to tackle fiscal drag on its student financial support

by Jim Dickinson

22/04/22

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Confidence matters when it comes to engaging with careers services

by Jon Down

14/04/22

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Regions flourish when people and industries have the skills to absorb new ideas

by Athene Donald

13/04/22

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Concrete and committed – working together to build students’ confidence and success

by Liz Mossop

13/04/22

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How to tackle the grey areas of sexual misconduct in higher education

by Katie Tobin

12/04/22

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Why do we treat students like children?

by Jim Dickinson

11/04/22

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Busting graduate labour myths

by Charlie Ball

11/04/22

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Higher Education Postcard: University of Liverpool

by Hugh Jones

8/04/22

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Higher education is a route out of poverty, but a government loan cap would block it

by Claire Callender

7/04/22

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Student engagement is a top priority for OfS

by Martha Longdon

6/04/22

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Homes for Ukraine – laying the foundations for university refugee sponsorship

by Bronwyn Parry

6/04/22

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Is there still a future for online and blended teaching?

by Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea

6/04/22

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Why we need to talk about fertility in higher education

by Samantha Wilkinson

5/04/22

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Students need to know the secret codes to success at university

by Jim Dickinson

4/04/22

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Fees cut will undermine the foundations of opportunity

by Sarah Hale

4/04/22

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Time to get serious about data burden

by David Kernohan

4/04/22

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We need to talk about bursaries and hardship funds

by Jim Dickinson

1/04/22

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Gamer types reimagined for student engagement

by Simon Varwell

1/04/22

Higher Education Postcard: The Indian Institute, Oxford

by Hugh Jones

31/03/22

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Are the subject benchmarks about to have their moment in the spotlight?

by David Kernohan

30/03/22

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What does inclusive education look like at a subject level?

by Ailsa Crum

30/03/22

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A social pact between university heads and unions could address the current workforce crisis

by Adam Habib

30/03/22

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Post-covid mental health perils for doctoral students and early career researchers

by Rebecca Sanderson

30/03/22

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Redefining research collaboration in Scotland

by Cat Ball

29/03/22

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A student-centric approach to online education

by Arlene Stewart

29/03/22

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Students feel the effects of policy – but what can they to contribute to it?

by Jim Dickinson

28/03/22

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Expanding the debate on university staff communities

by Mary Stuart

28/03/22

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Book review: The impact of the integrated practitioner in higher education by Emily McIntosh and Diane Nutt

by Jonathan Grant

28/03/22

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28 things we learned from February’s OfS board papers

by David Kernohan

25/03/22

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Why higher education needs graduate workers’ perspectives

by Miriam Firth

25/03/22

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Teaching excellence policy must not remain race-blind

by Caryn Franklin

25/03/22

Higher Education Postcard: University of Southampton

by Hugh Jones

25/03/22

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Low-income students will be hardest hit by the stealth that underpins the spring statement

by Jim Dickinson

24/03/22

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Place has an impact for doctoral supervision

by Doug Specht

24/03/22

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Participatory methods are the way forward for research

by Helen Goulden

23/03/22

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Is OfS asleep or woke at the wheel?

by Jim Dickinson

22/03/22

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We need different conversations to fix higher education

by Charlie Jeffery

22/03/22

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Why all the silence on higher education provider information?

by Mike Ratcliffe

22/03/22

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Brief encounters of the evaluation kind

by Julian Crockford

22/03/22

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Roll out a title fight for City of Research

by John Wright

21/03/22

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NDAs prevent learning in more ways than one

by Mark McCormack

21/03/22

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Student complaints as we emerge from the pandemic

by Felicity Mitchell

21/03/22

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What next for the post-16 reforms in Wales?

by Kieron Rees

20/03/22

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Students must be taught to engage in academic writing, not to fear the Spanish Inquisition of plagiarism detection

by Jan McArthur

18/03/22

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If we stop looking at race inequality, will it just go away?

by Nick Cartwright

18/03/22

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Higher Education Postcard: Bedford College

by Hugh Jones

18/03/22

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OfS tries another blend

by David Kernohan

17/03/22

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How sustainable are the finances of English universities?

by Debbie McVitty

17/03/22

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Our bill will help break down the barriers between sectors, institutions, and students

by Jeremy Miles

17/03/22

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Efforts to improve career development for researchers are bearing fruit

by Dana Gamble

16/03/22

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OfS needs to work on building trust over its plans for regulation of quality

by Alex Bols

16/03/22

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After Reid, where now for research and innovation in Welsh universities?

by Richard Wyn Jones

15/03/22