This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of dissolution and resurrection
Image: Shutterstock Stepping across disciplines for experiential learning brings threats to academic identity by Kate Black Comment 16/10/24
Image: Shutterstock Are innovation and quality assurance compatible? by Julie Hulme Comment 15/10/24 3
Image: Midjourney Beware the lure of simplicity in reforming the Research Excellence Framework by James Wilsdon Comment 14/10/24 3
Image: Shutterstock The Research Excellence Framework cannot carry the can for the whole research ecosystem by James Coe Comment 14/10/24 1
Image: Shutterstock An effective personal academic tutor system may require specialist academic support by Rachel Maxwell Comment 11/10/24
Image: Shutterstock Developing a community of practice around leadership challenges in personal tutoring by David Grey Comment 11/10/24
Image: Shutterstock Collective responsibility, collective action to prevent student suicide by Jo Smith Comment 11/10/24
Image: Shutterstock There should be hope for a fairer sector beyond what the UUK blueprint offers by Sol Gamsu Comment 10/10/24 3
Image: Midjourney That thing where I had to sit in front of all the staff by Simon Varwell Comment 10/10/24
Image: York Festival of Ideas Universities can build trust through creative public engagement by Joan Concannon Comment 9/10/24 3
Image: Midjourney The question on regulating franchised provision isn’t how, it’s why by Jim Dickinson Comment 7/10/24 9
Image: Shutterstock The Ofsted reports that raise questions about the wider tertiary system by Michael Salmon Comment 7/10/24
Image: Shutterstock The case for rethinking peer review in REF by Anna Morgan-Thomas Comment 3/10/24 16
Image: Midjourney Ten things that could feature in a new International Education Strategy by Jim Dickinson Comment 3/10/24
Image: Shutterstock Student and staff wellbeing is shaped by university surroundings by Susan Wilbraham Comment 2/10/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Like, about six things we learned from the July OfS board papers by David Kernohan Comment 1/10/24
Image: Shutterstock Universities UK has a plan to fix research funding by James Coe Comment 30/09/24 6
Image: Midjourney A blueprint for change needs students at its centre by Jim Dickinson Comment 30/09/24
Image: Shutterstock Apprenticeships work best when they work for everyone by Dan Lally Comment 30/09/24 1
Image: Cogdog@Flickr, public domain. Fees of £10,500 would be a return to the policies of 2017 by David Kernohan Comment 28/09/24 7
Image: Shutterstock Bridging the gap between mainstream and higher education by Zahara Chowdhury Comment 28/09/24
wonkhe-inclusion-coming-back-together The allure of collaborative advantage and the danger of collaborative inertia by Nic Beech Comment 27/09/24
Image: Shutterstock How to become competent over competence standards by Duncan Abrahart Comment 27/09/24 3
Image: Midjourney Who should pay for relief for students and universities? by Jim Dickinson Comment 26/09/24 7
Image: Shutterstock Black and Asian students experience the curriculum as less culturally sensitive by Kathleen M Quinlan Comment 25/09/24 3
Image: Shutterstock OfS wants universities to define sexual misconduct using the language of courtrooms. Here’s the problem with that by Nicola Campbell Comment 24/09/24
Image: Midjourney University survival will be pointless if students don’t by Mack Marshall Comment 23/09/24 1
Image: Shutterstock Efficiency and effectiveness are harder to find than to talk about by David Kernohan Comment 23/09/24
Image: Shutterstock To deliver on its missions, the government must support institutional diversity by Brooke Storer-Church Comment 20/09/24
Image: Shutterstock Principal investigators are the gatekeepers of research culture. Here’s how to better support them by James Howard Comment 18/09/24
Image: Shutterstock Why are international PGRs so far off the policy radar? by James Coe Comment 17/09/24 1
Image: Shutterstock Preventing staff burnout makes financial as well as compassionate sense by Kelli Wolfe Comment 16/09/24 8
Image: Midjourney Disabled students aren’t time travellers. And extra time isn’t yours to give by Jim Dickinson Comment 12/09/24 14
Image: Midjourney Labour’s plans for renting won’t work for students. Here’s how to fix them by Jim Dickinson Comment 12/09/24 1
wonkhe-stem-plants-cuts The future of higher and degree apprenticeships under Labour by Mandy Crawford-Lee Comment 12/09/24
Image: Shutterstock Access to premium AI services is a significant concern for students by Naima Rahman Comment 11/09/24
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Hugh Jones Comment 6/09/24 6
Image: Shutterstock Jacqui Smith goes searching for funding options in Reading by Jim Dickinson Comment 5/09/24 6
Image: Shutterstock Rising levels of home education should get the sector asking questions about access by Laura Duncan Comment 5/09/24 2
Image: Midjourney OfS’ insight on the risks of franchising fall short at addressing the incentives by Jim Dickinson Comment 4/09/24 5
Image: Shutterstock International quality standards are evolving, but England is watching from the sidelines by Douglas Blackstock Comment 3/09/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Students leaders want a framework to help themselves by Jim Dickinson Comment 30/08/24
Image: Shutterstock Experiential learning is strengthened by moving outside disciplinary silos by Jonny Hall Comment 28/08/24
Image: Midjourney How to resist the enshittification of higher education by Jim Dickinson Comment 27/08/24 3
Image: Shutterstock Is angst over the quality of international pathway programmes justified? by Nina-Anne Lawrence Comment 27/08/24 3
Image: Midjourney Scotland needs to inject some subtlety into its symbolism over fees by Jim Dickinson Comment 26/08/24
Image: Shutterstock A quality music education should not be the preserve of the rich by Linda Merrick Comment 23/08/24 3
Image: Midjourney Internationalising HE must mean more than banking the cash by Jim Dickinson Comment 22/08/24 1
Image: Shutterstock How to make university spinouts work for all involved by Tania Jain Comment 22/08/24
Image: Shutterstock Careers consultant should be a regulated professional title by David Conway Comment 20/08/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Reflections on the first 100 days as a vice chancellor – a dialogue by Shân Wareing Comment 19/08/24 4
TASO Conference at British Library John Blake gets interested in students – but what’s his theory of change? by Jim Dickinson Comment 14/08/24 4
Image: Shutterstock The government should prioritise flexible learning to close the skills gap by Sidharth Oberoi Comment 14/08/24 2
Image: Adobe You can’t make a digital strategy without staff and student digital skills by David Minahan Comment 12/08/24
rgjioerhjigo The sector is still struggling to explain the costs of higher education by Jim Dickinson Comment 9/08/24 6
Image: shutterstock How universities respond to the riots needs careful consideration by Sunday Blake Comment 8/08/24 4
wonkhe-pounds-falling Without further funding the government needs to be clearer about what it expects from universities by Lily Bull Comment 8/08/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Student outcomes data for partnership provision needs proper transparency and context by Ellen Engstrom Comment 6/08/24
Image: Shutterstock Breaking the cycle of despair through tracking student engagement by Rachel Maxwell Comment 5/08/24
Image: Shutterstock Bringing international trust back into the English quality assurance system by Vicki Stott Comment 4/08/24 3
Image: Shutterstock The independent review of the OfS gets its completely wrong on quality by Paul Ashwin Comment 3/08/24 2
Image: Shutterstock How to implement the new OfS requirements on harassment and sexual misconduct by Anna Bull Comment 2/08/24
Image: Shutterstock What’s missing from OfS’ new approach on harassment and sexual misconduct? by Jim Dickinson Comment 1/08/24 4
Image: Shutterstock It’s 1-0 to students as OfS introduces tough new regulation on safety on campus by Sunday Blake Comment 1/08/24 4
Image: Shutterstock The local power of universities is transformative by Katie Normington Comment 1/08/24 2
Image: Shutterstock 13 redacted items, and the rest of the news from the May 2024 OfS board papers by David Kernohan Comment 31/07/24
Image: Shutterstock Four things no-one wants to admit about research culture by Elizabeth Gadd Comment 31/07/24 3
Image: Shutterstock Putting culture at the heart of the mission economy by Katy Shaw Comment 30/07/24
Image: Shutterstock This time OfS needs to keep its promise on broken promises by Jim Dickinson Comment 29/07/24 2
Image: Shutterstock The sector still needs a say on quality and standards by David Kernohan Comment 27/07/24 1
Image: Midjourney The government must mitigate the risks of a university going under by Jonathan Simons Comment 26/07/24 4
Image: Hugh Jones Higher education postcard: National Technical University of Athens by Hugh Jones Comment 26/07/24
Image: Shutterstock Publishing what works on access and participation by Heather Mozley Comment 24/07/24
Image: Shutterstock Supporting doctoral students with their health and wellbeing by Emma Cowley Comment 23/07/24 1
Image: Midjourney If international numbers keep falling, what happens to the towers that housed them? by Jim Dickinson Comment 22/07/24 4
Image: Shutterstock Surveys can best inform student support when they reflect students’ individual experiences by Bruce Johnson Comment 22/07/24
Image: Shutterstock Higher education needs to get to grips with the language of neurodiversity by Hannah Breslin Comment 19/07/24 18
