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Together in electric dreams

by Alice Bell

15/04/15

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The HE market for hopes and dreams: UCAS on results day

by David Morris

23/08/16

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Anywhere to Somewhere: the achievement society and its discontents

by David Morris

10/04/17

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Nine brains or megabrain: who’s making UKRI?

by James Wilsdon

3/07/17

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Assessing David Willetts’s university education

by David Morris

27/11/17

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How one university is warming a cold spot

by Louis Coiffait

2/12/17

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We’re all special snowflakes now

by Jim Dickinson

22/01/18

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Eight category mistakes in the debate around the funding review

by Mark Leach

18/02/18

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HEFCE history: The early days of widening participation

by John Selby

5/03/18

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A beginner’s guide to the USS dispute

by David Kernohan

5/03/18

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The Enemy Within – why the narrative about universities and students went so wrong

by Mark Leach

9/03/18

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Why are so many HE agencies in the south west?

by Catherine Boyd

5/04/18

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Is there something rotten in this state of Denmark? Reflections on change and the human side of the HE enterprise

by Robin Middlehurst

23/04/18

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After the goldrush: 30 years of teaching quality enhancement

by David Kernohan

11/05/18

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Seven things we have learned from the launch of UKRI’s strategy

by James Wilsdon

16/05/18

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Universities should take back control of the VfM agenda

by Jim Dickinson

4/06/18

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The market is dead: long live the market

by Adam Wright

2/07/18

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UK degree algorithms: the nuts and bolts of grade inflation

by David Allen

16/07/18

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Begone, fiscal illusions: understanding student loans in the national deficit

by Andrew McGettigan

18/07/18

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The strange tale of the University of London Bill

by David Kernohan

26/07/18

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Amateur hour at the governing body

by Jim Dickinson

22/10/18

2

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Protect and survive: the story of Student Protection Plans

by Jim Dickinson

26/11/18

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The fiscal illusion has gone – but what has replaced it?

by Andrew McGettigan

Analysis, Long read

17/12/18

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The complex web of freedom of speech guidance

by Jim Dickinson

Analysis, Long read

2/02/19

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The universal basic research grant: funding research for the 21st century

by David Payne

12/02/19

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A beginner’s guide to university estates

by Jane Harrison-White

4/03/19

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Silver tortoises will help us to narrow the gender pay gap

by Paul Boustead

Comment, Long read

8/03/19

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A brief history of plagiarism and technology

by David Kernohan

20/03/19

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Tech spending at an all time high, here’s why

by Minto Felix

2/04/19

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Being digital natives won’t protect students from online abuse

by Emma Bond

5/04/19

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Letter from Australia: The confected crisis

by Julie Hare

Australia, Long read

8/04/19

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The Liberal Democrats and tuition fees: lessons for the Conservatives today

by Chris Butler

17/04/19

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The education policy trap: will the Augar review avoid the mistakes of the past?

by Mark Leach

26/05/19

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Would a cap and trade mechanism control student numbers?

by Iain Mansfield

12/07/19

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On fake news and faculties

by David Kernohan

30/09/19

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The signal and the noise: Nate Silver, Bayesian methods and higher education

by Graeme Wise

14/10/19

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What did you do in the quality wars?

by David Kernohan

21/10/19

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When did decent student housing become a “luxury”?

by Jim Dickinson

10/12/19

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What can be done about degree algorithm variations?

by David Allen

20/02/20

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How to… reinstate number controls in English HE

by David Kernohan

31/03/20

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SAGE shows that public trust in science is as live a question as ever

by Debbie McVitty

13/05/20

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Merging universities forcibly: a Cooke and Bull story

by David Kernohan

18/05/20

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If we must reopen campuses, we musn’t waste them on teaching

by Jim Dickinson

9/07/20

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To decolonise creative writing, you need to embrace its activist history

by Tré Ventour

3/10/20

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Did the 2010 fees demo make any difference at all?

by Aaron Porter

9/11/20

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Universities must address the oversupply of courses

by David Roberts

23/11/20

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Seven things the HE sector learned in 2020 – and what universities should prepare for in 2021

by Debbie McVitty

21/12/20

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From footwear to strategic funding – the curious world of subject-level data

by David Kernohan

25/01/21

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Gravity Assist lacks force

by David Kernohan

25/02/21

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It’s census time, and the sector has an important role to play

by David Kernohan

1/03/21

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ARPA, ARIA, defence, and innovation: when research goes to war

by David Kernohan

16/03/21

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The funding debate returns to top up fees

by David Kernohan

19/04/21

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Starting universities for political gain

by David Kernohan

14/11/21

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For the LLE to work we need to get serious about student identifiers

by David Kernohan

28/11/21

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How did universities come to be involved in research?

by David Kernohan

13/12/21

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How OfS will construct indicators for regulation

by David Kernohan

20/01/22

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Previously on… value, quality, and teaching excellence policy and politics

by Debbie McVitty

24/01/22

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What did ministers intend on quality and standards?

by David Kernohan

7/03/22

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Is it time to think again about student number controls?

by David Kernohan

14/03/22

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Labour should be bold on research and development

by James Coe

23/09/22

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A beginner’s guide to academic workload modelling

by David Kernohan

1/01/23

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Reflecting on a decade of higher education policy and politics – and looking ahead

by Alistair Jarvis

21/05/23

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How franchising higher education became big business

by Jim Dickinson

12/06/23

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The last thing that students need is less regulation

by Jim Dickinson

18/09/23

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TEF: the next chapter

by David Kernohan

25/09/23

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What we found out digging into data on gender-based violence and harassment on campus

by Anna Bull

11/12/23

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What’s in a name?

by David Kernohan

8/04/24

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St Andrews discharges its rector over Israel/Gaza

by Jim Dickinson

1/08/24

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Is the data we offer applicants any use?

by David Kernohan

14/09/24

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Research assessment has always been controversial, yet it necessarily persists

by David Kernohan

14/10/24

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Trashing universities is now a populist position

by David Kernohan

10/11/24

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Resolving the tensions in campus culture requires leadership from within

by Jim Dickinson

13/01/25

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Students are at the centre of a political uprising in Serbia. Again

by Jim Dickinson

24/01/25

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The secret life of university applicants

by Emmanouil Noikokyris

14/02/25

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Sussex fined almost £600k over free speech

by Jim Dickinson

25/03/25

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