Comment Archives | Wonkhe

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Preparing graduates for jobs that don’t yet exist

by Martin Perfect

25/02/20

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A plan to expand and diversify English higher education through the 2020s

by Graeme Wise

24/02/20

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Changing the culture on sexual misconduct means listening to the vulnerable

by Debbie McVitty

24/02/20

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Fifteen things we learned from January’s OfS board papers

by Jim Dickinson

22/02/20

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Decolonisation isn’t as simple as plenty of people suggest

by Sunny Dhillon

21/02/20

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Industrial action: is the force with students this time?

by Jim Dickinson

20/02/20

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Can Welsh universities be trusted to improve their own governance?

by Jim Dickinson

19/02/20

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A charter for change for governance in Wales

by Kieron Rees

19/02/20

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Gender inequality is still baked in to the REF

by Emily Yarrow

18/02/20

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Where’s the value debate about to go next?

by Debbie McVitty

17/02/20

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How to manage student complaints without NDAs

by Felicity Mitchell

17/02/20

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A bit of honesty with the new minister wouldn’t go amiss

by Andrew McRae

17/02/20

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Is space the final frontier in higher education value?

by Jim Dickinson

17/02/20

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Course reps were the future once

by Jim Dickinson

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14/02/20

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A single point of failure – that fails students

by James Brooks

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14/02/20

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How can disabled students hold universities to account on access?

by Mette Westander

14/02/20

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OfS is ramping up its student engagement work

by Martha Longdon

13/02/20

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OfS’ new strategy won’t help students speak truth to power

by Eve Alcock

13/02/20

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Reshuffle blues- what might a new minister mean for the sector?

by David Kernohan

12/02/20

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OfS won’t be silent on sustainability

by Michael Barber

11/02/20

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How university estates can serve the communities that house them

by Jeremy Hinds

11/02/20

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Are we losing focus on the sustainability of the English university sector?

by David Kernohan

10/02/20

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How can universities respond strategically to the climate emergency?

by Claudia Zwar

10/02/20

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Will we ever escape the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

10/02/20

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Degree apprenticeship critics are ill-founded, unhelpful and incoherent

by Darryll Bravenboer

7/02/20

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Apprenticeships have come a long way

by David Barrett

6/02/20

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Arrival day is a milestone that’s complicated for care leavers

by Claire C Johnston

5/02/20

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Does anyone really care about getting students registered to vote?

by Jim Dickinson

5/02/20

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What do we mean when we say “sector leading”?

by Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

4/02/20

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How stressed are postgraduate students?

by Vivien Rolfe

3/02/20

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Support for estranged students shouldn’t stop on entry

by Becca Bland

3/02/20

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Should students pay their fees on a credit card?

by Jim Dickinson

3/02/20

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We mustn’t ignore the harm from online harassment

by Andy Phippen

3/02/20

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Wicked problems: how could universities be better at change?

by Debbie McVitty

30/01/20

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ScreenSkills is ready to help educate the next generation of film professionals

by Tim Weiss

29/01/20

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New IT systems and the rising complexity of education

by Mark Johnson

28/01/20

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How can we make good on the promise to support international graduate employability?

by Gabi Binnie

28/01/20

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Wicked problems: reputation, exit, failure and protection

by Ben Elger

27/01/20

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Wicked problems: universities have lost public confidence – here’s how we get it back

by Shân Wareing

27/01/20

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Wicked problems: hard times in old England – LEO, life, love, and learning

by David Kernohan

27/01/20

Students need reform to maintenance funding

by Nelly Kibirige

24/01/20

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Students need reform to maintenance funding now

by Isobel Hall

24/01/20

To close access and participation gaps we need to close our understanding gaps

by Eliza Kozman

23/01/20

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To close access and participation gaps we need to close our understanding gaps

by Eliza Kozman

23/01/20

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Does university governance need incremental or radical change?

by Jim Dickinson

23/01/20

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Performance-based funding for higher education – could it happen here?

by Jim Dickinson

22/01/20

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Why research transparency and reproducibility matter

by Grace Gottlieb

21/01/20

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Wicked problems: do we get the leaders we deserve?

by Jim Dickinson

20/01/20

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Wicked problems: is there a crisis of morale in higher education?

by Debbie McVitty

20/01/20

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Wicked problems: leading different worlds in one institution

by Alison Johns

20/01/20

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Wicked problems: are we doing too much research?

by Andy Westwood

20/01/20

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Globalism and higher education ride the storm

by Louise Nicol

17/01/20

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We need to give “special consideration” some special consideration

by Felicity Mitchell

17/01/20

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Great news for university business officers might not mean great news for students

by Jim Dickinson

16/01/20

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Imagining a creative, inclusive, and honest research culture

by Beth Thompson

15/01/20

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University teaching has tipped into the red – even in “low-cost” subjects

by Sarah Stevens

15/01/20

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The evidence against conditional unconditionals doesn’t stack up

by Mike Ratcliffe

14/01/20

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European cooperation means students and professional services too

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/20

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Wicked problems: what’s the future of assessment?

by Claire Taylor

13/01/20

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Wicked problems: what should be included in the HE curriculum?

by David Phoenix

13/01/20

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Wicked problems: how can we broaden the HE value debate?

by Vanessa Wilson

13/01/20

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Wicked problems: the solutions on offer need to improve

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/20

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The nine worst policy debacles of the last decade

by David Kernohan

8/01/20

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Wicked problems: (how) does higher education solve problems for students?

by Jim Dickinson

6/01/20

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Wicked problems: can we resurrect a truly UK-wide approach to HE?

by Harriet Barnes

6/01/20

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Wicked problems: are universities really prepared to grow in the next decade?

by Mark Corver

6/01/20

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Wicked Problems: are we fighting a losing battle to protect the diversity of HE provision?

by Sue Rigby

6/01/20

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Should we be worrying about right-wing extremism on campus?

by David Kernohan

20/12/19

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Testing, testing: how digital assessments could empower HE

by James Silcock

20/12/19

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What role can universities have in tackling structural inequalities?

by Olivia Stevenson

19/12/19

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India’s higher education system is set for change. The UK needs to help

by Minto Felix

19/12/19

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He’s been! OfS gives us an annual (review) for Christmas

by Jim Dickinson

19/12/19

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How academic ‘civility’ blunts criticism of transphobia

by Lorna Finlayson

18/12/19

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The government needs to deliver on its promises on research

by Tim Bradshaw

16/12/19

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Business needs UK universities to be smarter and faster

by Juergen Maier

16/12/19

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NHS shortages will continue unless we reimagine health education

by Claire Warnes

16/12/19

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Who (or what) regulates the regulator? OfS and the regulator’s code

by Jim Dickinson

13/12/19

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How we communicate student finance needs a rethink

by Graeme Atherton

11/12/19

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The university mental health charter is here

by Leigh Spanner

9/12/19

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Global education matters to students at this election

by Erica Ramos

6/12/19

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A strained environment: tackling sexual violence and harassment in US colleges

by Olivia Kew-Fickus

6/12/19

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The journal publication system betrays the purpose of science

by Alexandra Freeman

4/12/19

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Simulation games: can gaming break barriers to university?

by Liam Arnull

4/12/19

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Any fool can go to university and get a “confetti” first

by Dan Howells

3/12/19

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The road to 2.4 per cent lies beyond the university

by David Willetts

2/12/19

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A Co-operative University – challenging mainstream providers

by Cilla Ross

2/12/19

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It’s time to build a civic movement

by Richard Brabner

2/12/19

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Things have improved for disabled students, but there’s still much to do

by David Blunkett

2/12/19

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We’re not “alternative providers”, we’re higher education’s SMEs

by Alex Proudfoot

2/12/19

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Universities can’t ignore “confessions” pages any more

by Emma Bond

29/11/19

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How do we “end” the marketisation of education?

by Hannah Sketchley

29/11/19

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In assessment we need consistent values, not form filling

by Andy Grayson

28/11/19

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Hard-working… or working too hard?

by Claire Taylor

27/11/19

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Do universities know what’s important to their students?

by Andrew George

27/11/19

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Staff need digital skills to give students the best digital experience

by Sarah Knight

26/11/19

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Student grants must return – and be extended

by David Malcolm

25/11/19

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A university manifesto for the next government

by Debbie McVitty

25/11/19

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A manifesto for the 21st century university

by Mary Stuart

25/11/19

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