Image: IKON Changing course? Seeking consent isn’t as simple as it looks by Jim Dickinson Comment 28/06/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Are shared facilities and services the ultimate “toilet paper” issue this September? by Jim Dickinson Comment 23/06/20 1
Image: IKON What does it mean to offer a full student experience this September? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 21/06/20
Image: IKON This September, students should be able to try before they buy by Jim Dickinson Comment 15/06/20 4
Image: Shutterstock Why encourage complaints when we’ve already decided to ignore them? by Jim Dickinson Comment 9/06/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Students need detail about September – but is that possible? by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 9/06/20 2
Image: IKON “The government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by Covid-19” by Jim Dickinson Comment 4/06/20
Image: Shutterstock In September provision needs to be different but good – not different but bad by Jim Dickinson Comment 1/06/20 3
Image: Shutterstock Lifting the lockdown means thinking through the implications for student conduct by Jim Dickinson Comment 27/05/20
Image: Shutterstock The only certainty about September is uncertainty for students by Jim Dickinson Comment 20/05/20 1
Image: IKON Outcomes based regulation doesn’t work in a pandemic. Or a select committee. by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 18/05/20 1
Image: IKON From liquidity to solvency – what might a real bailout look like? by Jim Dickinson Comment 11/05/20
Image: Shutterstock Communication with students means listening as well as talking by Jim Dickinson Comment 6/05/20 4
Image: Shutterstock 20 things we’ve spotted in the March OfS board papers by Jim Dickinson Analysis 6/05/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Securing the student interest in Covid-19 will require tough choices by Jim Dickinson Comment 5/05/20
Image: IKON Even in the Covid crisis, universities are not too big to “fail” by Jim Dickinson Analysis 3/05/20 8
Image: IKON How important is university autonomy during and after a pandemic? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 3/05/20 4
Image: Shutterstock The days go so slowly, but the weeks go by in a flash by Jim Dickinson Comment 1/05/20 1
Image: Shutterstock If there’s no going back, how do we get forward to a new normal? by Jim Dickinson Comment 23/04/20 11
Image: Shutterstock Keep calm and carry on paying your tuition fees (and rent) by Jim Dickinson Comment 10/04/20
Image: Shutterstock If the risks have changed, then so should the protections by Jim Dickinson Comment 31/03/20
Image: Shutterstock Is it in students’ interests to enrol in September? by Jim Dickinson Comment 29/03/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Covid-19: Is secrecy over university finances in the student interest? by David Kernohan Policy Watch 26/03/20 3
Image: Shutterstock Cut-throat competition over students is the opposite of what we need in a crisis by Jim Dickinson Comment 19/03/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Covid-19 puts “student partnership” to the test by Jim Dickinson Comment 16/03/20
Image: Shutterstock Will more “free speech” regulation have unintended consequences? by Jim Dickinson Comment 9/03/20
Image: Shutterstock Is this a turning point in the campus culture wars? by Jim Dickinson Comment 2/03/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Are student number controls coming back to English higher education? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 24/02/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Fifteen things we learned from January’s OfS board papers by Jim Dickinson Comment 22/02/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Industrial action: is the force with students this time? by Jim Dickinson Comment 20/02/20 3
Image: Shutterstock Can Welsh universities be trusted to improve their own governance? by Jim Dickinson Comment 19/02/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Is space the final frontier in higher education value? by Jim Dickinson Comment 17/02/20 1
Image: Shutterstock Does anyone really care about getting students registered to vote? by Jim Dickinson Comment 5/02/20 4
Image: Shutterstock Should students pay their fees on a credit card? by Jim Dickinson Comment 3/02/20
Image: Shutterstock An OfS analysis of access and participation plans by David Kernohan Policy Watch 29/01/20 1
Image: IKON Wicked problems: reputation, exit, failure and protection by Ben Elger Comment 27/01/20 3
Image: Shutterstock Does university governance need incremental or radical change? by Jim Dickinson Comment 23/01/20 3
Image: Shutterstock Performance-based funding for higher education – could it happen here? by Jim Dickinson Comment 22/01/20 2
Image: Shutterstock Great news for university business officers might not mean great news for students by Jim Dickinson Comment 16/01/20 3
Image: Shutterstock European cooperation means students and professional services too by Jim Dickinson Comment 13/01/20
Image: IKON Wicked problems: the solutions on offer need to improve by Jim Dickinson Comment 13/01/20
Image: Shutterstock The Office for Students is toughening up on harassment and sexual misconduct by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 9/01/20
Image: Ikon Wicked problems: (how) does higher education solve problems for students? by Jim Dickinson Comment 6/01/20 5
Image: Shutterstock An extra present under the tree – students get better rights for Christmas from OfS by Jim Dickinson Analysis 20/12/19 2
Image: Shutterstock He’s been! OfS gives us an annual (review) for Christmas by Jim Dickinson Comment 19/12/19 3
Image: Shutterstock Who (or what) regulates the regulator? OfS and the regulator’s code by Jim Dickinson Comment 13/12/19 3
WNWzprog-1536x1024 When did decent student housing become a “luxury”? by Jim Dickinson Long read 10/12/19
Image: Shutterstock How will Wales regulate its universities in the future? by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 5/12/19
Image: Shutterstock “Bringing back maintenance grants for poorer students” is a nasty scam by Jim Dickinson Comment 22/11/19 2
Image: Shutterstock What damage does residential higher education do? by Jim Dickinson Comment 14/11/19 5
Image: Shutterstock Student welfare and safeguarding are issues of quality by Jim Dickinson Comment 8/11/19 2
Image: Shutterstock This is no ordinary strike in no ordinary year by Jim Dickinson Comment 7/11/19 4
Image: Shutterstock The B3 moonwalking bear: OfS on minimum outcomes for students by Jim Dickinson Analysis 1/11/19 2
Image: Shutterstock Registering a complaint? The OfS registration process, analysed by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 30/10/19 2
Image: Shutterstock Something for something: outcomes that universities in Scotland agree to by Jim Dickinson Analysis 30/10/19
Image: Shutterstock What are universities hiding about Vice Chancellor pay? by Jim Dickinson Comment 29/10/19 2
Image: Shutterstock Why is no the hardest word in higher education policy? by Jim Dickinson Comment 16/10/19 2
Image: Shutterstock How is OfS going to monitor higher education providers? by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 15/10/19 8
Image: Shutterstock Gavin Williamson is right on international students by Jim Dickinson Comment 6/10/19 3
Image: Shutterstock Why do we “exempt” universities from keeping students safe? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 6/10/19
Image: Shutterstock What could a registration refusal for a college mean for higher education? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 22/09/19 2
Image: Shutterstock Not another one! Even more ministerial priorities for OfS by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 15/09/19
Image: Shutterstock In at the deep end: why universities need to rethink student readiness by Jim Dickinson Comment 8/09/19 8
Image: Shutterstock Whose registrations has the Office for Students refused? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 28/08/19 2
Image: Shutterstock Taking complaints seriously means supporting students to make them by Jim Dickinson Analysis 1/08/19 6
Image: Jo Johnson Look who’s back: Jo Johnson returns to universities brief by Jim Dickinson Comment 25/07/19 4
Image: Shutterstock Seven things to note from July’s OfS board papers by Jim Dickinson Analysis 25/07/19
Image: Shutterstock Kneejerk reactions to grade inflation don’t help solve the problem by Jim Dickinson Comment 18/07/19 1
Image: Shutterstock If sunlight is the best disinfectant, how do we let more in? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 10/07/19
Image: Shutterstock Who’s cracking the champers at their TEF4 results? by Jim Dickinson Comment 19/06/19 1
Image: Shutterstock Student safety should be a requirement, not an optional extra by Jim Dickinson Analysis 12/06/19
Image: Shutterstock Blink and you’ll miss it: ten hidden treasures buried deep in Augar by Jim Dickinson Analysis 30/05/19 1
Image: Shutterstock The (hidden) cost of everything and the value (for money) of nothing by Jim Dickinson Comment 9/05/19 1
Image: Shutterstock Taking care of business – the OfS 2019-20 business plan by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 29/04/19 1
Image: Shutterstock Access and participation is about more than courses by Jim Dickinson Comment 28/04/19 3
Image: Shutterstock Who will blink first in the battle over admissions? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 4/04/19 2
Imahe: IKON Only the lonely – loneliness, student activities and mental wellbeing by Jim Dickinson Analysis 25/03/19 6
