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Podcast: Admissions, Energy Costs, Academic Freedom

This week on the podcast we’re at the end of the 2022 applications season – has there really been a crunch on university places?

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Podcasts|23/09/22
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Team Wonkhe

News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks
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  • cost of living
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  • Freedom of speech
Team Wonkhe
News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week on the podcast we're at the end of the 2022 applications season - has there really been a crunch on university places?

We also consider if the sector and its students have the energy for the year ahead, and there's a new pamphlet out on academic freedom calling for better education on the concept.

With Smita Jamdar, Partner at Shakespeare Martineau, Gavan Conlon, Partner at London Economics, Sunday Blake, Associate Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Featured on the show this week

  • In the campus gender wars, more education is required
  • With the announcement of government measures to support non-domestic energy consumers, David Kernohan examines how your campus keeps the lights on and the radiators warm
  • Five things we have learned from the 2022 application cycle
  • Jim Dickinson and Eve Alcock imagine a future where students don't have to choose between being a boarder or a commuter.

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