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Jim Dickinson

Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe

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A glass of Sangria, my cake and some time to eat it please

by Jim Dickinson

23/08/13

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It’s like rain on your wedding day

by Jim Dickinson

4/09/13

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Regulation for all (apart from students)

by Jim Dickinson

15/10/13

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Expanding the debate

by Jim Dickinson

6/01/14

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Willetts’ long march

by Jim Dickinson

9/05/14

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Balancing power in the market

by Jim Dickinson

7/07/14

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The promise to students

by Jim Dickinson

17/10/14

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Politics isn’t fair, is it?

by Jim Dickinson

4/02/15

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Time to rebalance funding, regulation and autonomy

by Jim Dickinson

20/02/15

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Dear students, only the Lib Dems can save you now

by Jim Dickinson

22/04/15

5

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Regulation should be more independent, not less

by Jim Dickinson

11/06/15

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Time to get real about sexual assault on campus

by Jim Dickinson

7/09/15

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Redress must be at the heart of future HE regulation

by Jim Dickinson

20/11/15

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Happy New Year, Generation K

by Jim Dickinson

4/01/16

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HEFCE’s new quality system gives students a role but robs them of power

by Jim Dickinson

21/03/16

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It’s the children who are wrong

by Jim Dickinson

10/04/16

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Gaps in the White Paper that will undermine students

by Jim Dickinson

17/05/16

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Plan for the worst and hope for the best

by Jim Dickinson

12/07/16

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How to turn the hot air of parliamentary debate into real change

by Jim Dickinson

19/07/16

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Critics of the graduate tax are shouting at straw men

by Jim Dickinson

5/09/16

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External examining should no longer exempt universities from proper scrutiny

by Jim Dickinson

7/11/16

6

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Lessons from the A47 (and the university bubble)

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/17

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You only get what you pay for. Or do you?

by Jim Dickinson

13/02/17

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Academic freedom is holding back fair access to the professions

by Jim Dickinson

15/03/17

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Free speech instruction is a needless endorsement of the media’s culture wars

by Jim Dickinson

21/03/17

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Students don’t need more markets, but collective choice and voice

by Jim Dickinson

10/07/17

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Good news for the student rights let out of a (mixed) bag

by Jim Dickinson

21/07/17

2

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Contracts, complaints and unintended consequences

by Jim Dickinson

7/08/17

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The OfS should make university governance a top priority

by Jim Dickinson

31/08/17

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OfS must dig deeper in its attempts to listen to students

by Jim Dickinson

10/10/17

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(Not) securing student success?

by Jim Dickinson

21/10/17

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The office a bit more for students

by Jim Dickinson

1/03/18

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Harsh but fair Analysis

by Jim Dickinson

13/03/18

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Signals for some or benefit for all: grade inflation in context

by Jim Dickinson

21/06/18

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Consensus, what consensus?

by Jim Dickinson

2/10/18

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Don’t students need a TEF of their own?

by Jim Dickinson

23/10/18

5

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Initiating fresh action on student hazing

by Jim Dickinson

29/10/18

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A solution in search of a problem

by Jim Dickinson

21/12/18

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Dream on dreamer – TEF gets in the way

by Jim Dickinson

5/03/19

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Should we bail out universities?

by Jim Dickinson

11/03/19

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Are we gambling with students’ futures?

by Jim Dickinson

4/04/19

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Access and participation is about more than courses

by Jim Dickinson

29/04/19

3

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The (hidden) cost of everything and the value (for money) of nothing

by Jim Dickinson

9/05/19

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Students have been failed by Phillip Augar and his panel

by Jim Dickinson

31/05/19

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Maintenance… of student hardship

by Jim Dickinson

4/06/19

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Keeping our promises to students

by Jim Dickinson

6/06/19

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Who’s cracking the champers at their TEF4 results?

by Jim Dickinson

20/06/19

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Kneejerk reactions to grade inflation don’t help solve the problem

by Jim Dickinson

19/07/19

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Look who’s back: Jo Johnson returns to universities brief

by Jim Dickinson

25/07/19

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What happens when a provider has to close?

by Jim Dickinson

1/08/19

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A long hot summer in the library

by Jim Dickinson

5/08/19

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You better run, you better take cover

by Jim Dickinson

23/08/19

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In at the deep end: why universities need to rethink student readiness

by Jim Dickinson

9/09/19

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You gotta fight for your right to party

by Jim Dickinson

23/09/19

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Gavin Williamson is right on international students

by Jim Dickinson

7/10/19

3

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Why is no the hardest word in higher education policy?

by Jim Dickinson

17/10/19

2

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What are universities hiding about Vice Chancellor pay?

by Jim Dickinson

29/10/19

2

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There’s tension in this TEF review

by Jim Dickinson

5/11/19

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This is no ordinary strike in no ordinary year

by Jim Dickinson

7/11/19

4

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Student welfare and safeguarding are issues of quality

by Jim Dickinson

8/11/19

2

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What damage does residential higher education do?

by Jim Dickinson

14/11/19

5

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“Bringing back maintenance grants for poorer students” is a nasty scam

by Jim Dickinson

22/11/19

2

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

by Jim Dickinson

19/12/19

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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: the solutions on offer need to improve

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/20

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European cooperation means students and professional services too

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/20

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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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Wicked problems: do we get the leaders we deserve?

by Jim Dickinson

20/01/20

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

by Jim Dickinson

22/01/20

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Does university governance need incremental or radical change?

by Jim Dickinson

23/01/20

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Wicked problems: reputation, exit, failure and protection

by Ben Elger

27/01/20

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Should students pay their fees on a credit card?

by Jim Dickinson

3/02/20

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Does anyone really care about getting students registered to vote?

by Jim Dickinson

5/02/20

5

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Will we ever escape the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

10/02/20

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#SUFutures – Course reps were the future once

by Jim Dickinson

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14/02/20

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Is space the final frontier in higher education value?

by Jim Dickinson

17/02/20

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Can Welsh universities be trusted to improve their own governance?

by Jim Dickinson

19/02/20

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Industrial action: is the force with students this time?

by Jim Dickinson

20/02/20

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Fifteen things we learned from January’s OfS board papers

by Jim Dickinson

22/02/20

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Is this a turning point in the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

2/03/20

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Will more “free speech” regulation have unintended consequences?

by Jim Dickinson

9/03/20

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Covid-19 puts “student partnership” to the test

by Jim Dickinson

16/03/20

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Cut-throat competition over students is the opposite of what we need in a crisis

by Jim Dickinson

19/03/20

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Is it in students’ interests to enrol in September?

by Jim Dickinson

30/03/20

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If the risks have changed, then so should the protections

by Jim Dickinson

1/04/20

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Keep calm and carry on paying your tuition fees (and rent)

by Jim Dickinson

10/04/20

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If there’s no going back, how do we get forward to a new normal?

by Jim Dickinson

24/04/20

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The days go so slowly, but the weeks go by in a flash

by Jim Dickinson

1/05/20

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Securing the student interest in Covid-19 will require tough choices

by Jim Dickinson

6/05/20

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Communication with students means listening as well as talking

by Jim Dickinson

7/05/20

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From liquidity to solvency – what might a real bailout look like?

by Jim Dickinson

11/05/20

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The only certainty about September is uncertainty for students

by Jim Dickinson

20/05/20

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Lifting the lockdown means thinking through the implications for student conduct

by Jim Dickinson

28/05/20

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In September provision needs to be different but good – not different but bad

by Jim Dickinson

1/06/20

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“The government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by Covid-19”

by Jim Dickinson

5/06/20

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Should students take the gamble?

by Jim Dickinson

8/06/20

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Why encourage complaints when we’ve already decided to ignore them?

by Jim Dickinson

10/06/20

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This September, students should be able to try before they buy

by Jim Dickinson

15/06/20

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Are shared facilities and services the ultimate “toilet paper” issue this September?

by Jim Dickinson

24/06/20

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