Comment Archives | Wonkhe

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Set universities free to collaborate with industry

by Chris Skidmore

13/04/21

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In defence of the arts and humanities

by Charlie Jeffery

13/04/21

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Build Back Higher: what the pandemic has taught us about student life

by Ben Vulliamy

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: the right policy mix for skills, institutions and places will drive the recovery

by Joe Marshall

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: dialogue and community will return to post-Covid learning

by Tansy Jessop

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: post-Covid university life could be kinder, more inclusive – and less risk averse

by Josie Fraser

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: bringing university governance into the 21st century

by Selena Bolingbroke

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: is it jam tomorrow for science and research?

by Andy Westwood

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: Regulation fit for a different future

by Johnny Rich

12/04/21

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Is it time we renamed our degrees?

by Christine Broughan

9/04/21

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Where next for digital learning?

by Julie Swain

8/04/21

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How not to decolonise your curriculum

by Rachel Stone

7/04/21

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Beyond Covid, flexibility should be our new normal

by Michelle Morgan

7/04/21

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Is it too early to teach Covid in the university classroom?

by Carli Rowell

6/04/21

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Isn’t it time we believed in students?

by Jim Dickinson

2/04/21

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Avoiding analysis of racial disparity in higher education is one way to avoid fixing it

by David Kernohan

1/04/21

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Protecting students if a provider is at risk of closure

by Susan Lapworth

31/03/21

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Introducing the Knowledge Exchange Framework

by Hamish McAlpine

31/03/21

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How to build back student community and opportunity between now and the new year

by Rosie Hunnam

31/03/21

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What happened to campus sport during Covid-19?

by Maria Moxey

31/03/21

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Is it time to tighten up the regulation of international agents?

by Jim Dickinson

30/03/21

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Book review: The New Power University by Jonathan Grant

by Debbie McVitty

30/03/21

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Universities should be beacons of post-Covid local recovery

by Zahir Irani

30/03/21

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Textbooks are changing – the way we buy them needs to change too

by James Gray

29/03/21

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There’s big problems with the market for academic ebooks

by Rachel Bickley

29/03/21

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Academic developers should be critical in the culture wars

by Lee-Ann Sequeira

26/03/21

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The UPP Foundation Student Futures Commission: what do students need to enable their success?

by Mary Curnock Cook

26/03/21

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Research placements can help health professionals ground their practice in evidence

by Dorothea Baltruks

25/03/21

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Unblocking the placements logjam through e-placements in healthcare

by Gilly Salmon

25/03/21

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Student choice should be an opportunity, not a challenge

by Clare Marchant

25/03/21

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We are our students

by Andy Grayson

24/03/21

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Education, widening participation and the digital divide

by Alex Blower

24/03/21

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Putting Wales on the world stage

by Gwen Williams

23/03/21

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The experience of learning during Covid-19 could help students show us who they really are

by Tom Whitford

23/03/21

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Wonkfest returns to Build Back Higher

by Mark Leach

22/03/21

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It’s good news for students in halls in London

by Larissa Kennedy

19/03/21

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Students have no viable route to claim fee refunds

by David Ion

18/03/21

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Competition between HE and FE is doing more harm than good

by Aveek Bhattacharya

18/03/21

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Modern languages are far from dead

by Andrea Wilczynski

17/03/21

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Seven strategies for international growth in the post-pandemic world

by Maria Ditchburn

17/03/21

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What were learning technologists’ experiences of 2020?

by Maren Deepwell

16/03/21

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It’s the government that’s about to have a chilling effect on student free speech and expression

by Jim Dickinson

15/03/21

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Evolve or die – the challenge for HE leadership in the post-pandemic world

by Nick Isles

15/03/21

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It’s time to assure students about safety on campus

by Jim Dickinson

15/03/21

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Bridging the trust gap – from engaged learners to lifelong relationships

by Razan Roberts

12/03/21

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Meeting expectations of student services in the next normal

by Ruth Wilson

11/03/21

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Scaling up gender diversity in the university spinout ecosystem.

by Simonetta Manfredi

10/03/21

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The UK’s international education strategy needs to be genuinely world leading

by James Pitman

10/03/21

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For digitally capable students, the sky’s the limit

by Mark Andrews

10/03/21

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How to avoid a student gambling and gaming crisis

by Katie Tarrant

5/03/21

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Let’s admit that students have learned less

by David Baume

5/03/21

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Collaboration, not competition, will help students struggling with their mental health

by Jessica Davies

4/03/21

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The psychological contract for higher education beyond Covid

by Ewart Wooldridge

4/03/21

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For assessment to count as authentic it must mean something to students

by Jan McArthur

3/03/21

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Peer review of teaching and the blended learning environment

by Mark Campbell

2/03/21

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Students’ practical concerns are piling up – is it too late to resolve them?

by Jim Dickinson

2/03/21

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University admissions needs to shake off the tyranny of A levels

by Nicky King

2/03/21

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Why what we mean by “online learning” matters

by Tom Clark

1/03/21

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Is Michelle Donelan deliberately trolling us now?

by Julian Crockford

1/03/21

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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