Wonk Corner

Did students lose out on learning during lockdown?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

27/10/20

Why are we teaching face to face?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

21/10/20

1

Are we over the campus Covid hump?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

21/10/20

2

Reading Amanda Solloway on the REF

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

20/10/20

5

All the times that DfE has respent the same money on students hit by the pandemic

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

20/10/20

Another new model on students and Covid-19 emerges

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

20/10/20

1

How are tiers being interpreted when it comes to face to face activity?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

17/10/20

Can students go home for reading week?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

16/10/20

2

Some more things to note from SAGE papers

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

13/10/20

Five big questions hanging over guidance on Christmas

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

13/10/20

2

Three weeks ago, SAGE said move teaching online

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

12/10/20

Can students get financial help to self-isolate?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

12/10/20

Are test results sent to student home addresses distorting national Covid-19 data?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

10/10/20

What about Covid and students in HMOs?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

9/10/20

Is the OfS “actively monitoring” digital teaching quality?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

9/10/20

Why can sports bust the rule of six when student societies can’t?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

9/10/20

Universities UK publishes advice on students self-isolating

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

6/10/20

Should we be testing students that don’t have symptoms?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

6/10/20

Higher tariff providers clean up on 18yo FT English domiciled UG applicants

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

3/10/20

Students in Scotland get a consistent core of support

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

30/09/20

Were Gavin Williamson’s claims on student financial support accurate?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

29/09/20

Going home for your nan’s birthday this weekend?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

29/09/20

1

Indie SAGE has more last minute advice for the sector

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

29/09/20

Exeter students get a soft lockdown

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

28/09/20

Nicola Sturgeon on weekend student restrictions

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

25/09/20

Small area participation data for England

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

24/09/20

2

The silly story about Christmas just got serious

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

24/09/20

No, SAGE hasn’t told students they should stay at university over Christmas

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

24/09/20

What have weddings got to do with student demands for refunds?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

24/09/20

Can students pop home at the weekend?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

23/09/20

Will students adhere to test and trace rules?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

23/09/20

1

What does reopening a campus do to infection in communities?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

23/09/20

1

Head, Hands, Face, Space: Policy Exchange at the Labour Fringe

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

22/09/20

More on provider spending on Students’ Unions

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

20/09/20

Some new SAGE minutes won’t cheer you up

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

18/09/20

Letter from Michelle Donelan to the Office for Students – September 2020

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

18/09/20

Students are entitled to tuition fee refunds over Covid

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

17/09/20

2

How will the new law on gatherings affect students in England?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

14/09/20

How will the new law on gatherings affect students in Scotland?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

13/09/20

How will the new rules on gatherings work for students in Wales?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

12/09/20

Applicants get a government-backed gap year

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

12/09/20

Scottish Government guidance on the return to campus

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

11/09/20

UCAS data on… well, something

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

11/09/20

Labour presses the government on students and universities

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

10/09/20

What is a household anyway?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

9/09/20

Why doesn’t SAGE have the good data?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

4/09/20

Indie SAGE drops its call for mandatory student and staff testing

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

4/09/20

1

Ireland, students and sexual consent

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

3/09/20

Ofqual at Education Committee

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

2/09/20

What’s in Scotland’s Programme for Government for HE?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

2/09/20

A sorry start to the new term for Gavin Williamson

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

1/09/20

UCU hits the headlines with a call to pause campus reopening

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

30/08/20

Who’s deferring?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

27/08/20

Testing time for Sturgeon and universities

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

27/08/20

Who decides if a university has to close over Covid?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

25/08/20

Some student finance updates from the weekend

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

22/08/20

1

Research England funding allocations 2020-21

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

21/08/20

Donelan issues her doctor’s orders on access

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

21/08/20

Clearing up after the mess of a u turn

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

19/08/20

Clearing data – 5 days after JCQ results day

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

18/08/20

They met the terms of their offer. Aren’t we required to admit them?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

18/08/20

3

Teacher submitted grades will stand

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

17/08/20

24 hours in, how’s Clearing looking?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

14/08/20

Three locks, but the credibility horse has bolted

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

13/08/20

1

Students, symptoms and self-declaration

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

12/08/20

1

Scotland enters Adjustment

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

11/08/20

Are Dutch students thick as a plank?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

6/08/20

Where do your students come from in the UK? And why would you want to know?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

6/08/20

1

More from Scotland on the safe reopening of campuses

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

4/08/20

Little changes to regulation could have a big impact

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

31/07/20

If mass testing is one of the answers, who will pay for it?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

30/07/20

1

That 50% target is a pipe dream for some student groups

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

30/07/20

Who got the government’s 10,000 extra student numbers?

by Debbie McVitty

Wonk Corner

30/07/20

4

Innovation in teaching needn’t be in the pursuit of excellence

by Debbie McVitty

Wonk Corner

29/07/20

Would student social bubbles cut deaths from Covid-19?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

28/07/20

3

Left-leaning graduates spotted

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

24/07/20

What does Labour’s silence on tuition fees tell us?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

23/07/20

1

The Welsh recovery plan is refreshingly simple

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

22/07/20

What did Michelle Donelan say to Parliament?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

16/07/20

1

NSS2020 first look at data

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

15/07/20

What is a “German-style” education?

by Matt Grogan

Wonk Corner

15/07/20

3

Where would you find a DipHE or CertHE?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

14/07/20

2

Will a switch from live to recorded generate legitimate complaints?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

14/07/20

Should students get a refund? Some should, says a committee – but they won’t

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

13/07/20

Changes to DSA funding negatively affect students with most support from current system

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

7/07/20

3

Do courses that predominantly serve POLAR Q1 applicants have worse employment and further study outcomes?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

6/07/20

1

Should universities and courses at risk of failure be kept a secret?

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

6/07/20

1

OfS backs off

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

3/07/20

Finish the story: parallels between the financial crash and higher education after Covid-19

by Mark Leach

Wonk Corner

19/06/20

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