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UK universities operating campuses abroad and the students’ union question

by Team Wonkhe

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9/10/25

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Podcast: Labour Conference 2025

by Team Wonkhe

3/10/25

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Did universities involve students and SUs properly in APPs?

by Team Wonkhe

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2/10/25

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Grants return, the levy stays

by Team Wonkhe

29/09/25

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Podcast: Sexual misconduct, international levy, closures

by Team Wonkhe

26/09/25

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Podcast: Quality reforms, duty of candour, skills

by Team Wonkhe

19/09/25

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Podcast: Mergers, reshuffle

by Team Wonkhe

12/09/25

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Podcast: Year ahead, international, governance

by Team Wonkhe

5/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Neither rubber stamp nor lethal weapon

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Money money money

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: To understand the future, get a sense of the past

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Navigating the maze of university decision-making

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: What are your “reasonable care” duties as trustees?

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Student governors 2025: Getting a grip

by Team Wonkhe

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3/09/25

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Building collective capacity to defend and celebrate HE

by Team Wonkhe

1/09/25

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How to speak volunteers’ appreciation language and transform SU engagement

by Team Wonkhe

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22/08/25

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How to start the year with a start week that delivers social, academic and administrative integration

by Team Wonkhe

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22/08/25

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Getting students to turn up without threatening them

by Team Wonkhe

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18/08/25

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Coping with crisis means SUs have to adapt again

by Team Wonkhe

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15/08/25

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Volunteering at the Festival of Higher Education

by Team Wonkhe

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10/08/25

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Lecture capture as a tool for inclusion and legal compliance

by Team Wonkhe

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5/08/25

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What SUs can learn from #exceptional financial support practice

by Team Wonkhe

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4/08/25

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Is the CCP interfering in UK universities through SUs and their Chinese student societies?

by Team Wonkhe

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4/08/25

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VFM in HE – what students think and what SUs can do

by Team Wonkhe

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30/07/25

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20 questions SUs should ask about harassment and sexual misconduct

by Team Wonkhe

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29/07/25

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The hidden impact of menstruation – what SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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25/07/25

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There’s a timeline for new employment rights – here’s what SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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18/07/25

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What are MPs good for? How Parliament can help your agenda

by Team Wonkhe

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18/07/25

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Podcast: AI and jobs, provider closure, UCAS figures

by Team Wonkhe

17/07/25

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Podcast: Student experience, LLE, civic

by Team Wonkhe

10/07/25

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Podcast: International, student leaders, metascience

by Team Wonkhe

4/07/25

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Podcast: Industrial strategy, cashpoint colleges, social mobility

by Team Wonkhe

27/06/25

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Podcast: Free speech guidance, R&D

by Team Wonkhe

20/06/25

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The Robots are coming

by Team Wonkhe

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18/06/25

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Finding your university in the data: Summer 2025 edition

by Team Wonkhe

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16/06/25

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Podcast: Spending review, Tooling Up, REF, students at work

by Team Wonkhe

13/06/25

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International students and new consumer rights

by Team Wonkhe

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6/06/25

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Podcast: Efficiency, EDI, speed

by Team Wonkhe

6/06/25

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Celtic connections: Time for some new rules

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: School plays sell out

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Building belonging is about starting small

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: From data to humans

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Futurecasting can be fun and useful

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Celtic connections: Do SUs need a new vision for the student experience?

by Team Wonkhe

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4/06/25

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Podcast: Governance, apprenticeships, trends

by Team Wonkhe

30/05/25

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A guide to generative governance for SU boards and student governors

by Team Wonkhe

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29/05/25

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When medicine meets poverty – what to do about medical student hardship

by Team Wonkhe

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29/05/25

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Podcast: Cuts, student suicide, widening access

by Team Wonkhe

23/05/25

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What SUs need know about the national review of student suicides

by Team Wonkhe

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21/05/25

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24 things that SUs need to know about new rights in (some) university halls

by Team Wonkhe

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20/05/25

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Fifteen things that SUs need to know about the immigration white paper

by Team Wonkhe

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16/05/25

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Podcast: Immigration white paper, Jacqui Smith

by Team Wonkhe

16/05/25

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Here’s the latest on the Housing (Scotland) Bill

by Team Wonkhe

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13/05/25

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What’s been happening in the Lords re the Renter’s Rights Bill?

by Team Wonkhe

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13/05/25

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Everything in the immigration white paper for higher education

by Michael Salmon

12/05/25

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Blogs from previous study tours

by Team Wonkhe

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10/05/25

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Here’s what SU officers need to know about a new duty to prevent fraud

by Team Wonkhe

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9/05/25

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Podcast: Finances and cuts, VC pay

by Team Wonkhe

8/05/25

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What students want their SU to push for on health

by Team Wonkhe

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2/05/25

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Podcast: Dundee, student health, international

by Team Wonkhe

2/05/25

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Podcast: Portugal special

by Team Wonkhe

25/04/25

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Podcast: Easter special

by Team Wonkhe

9/04/25

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Here’s all the amendments the Lords have submitted for the Renter’s Rights Act

by Team Wonkhe

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4/04/25

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Podcast: Regret, provider collapse, WP

by Team Wonkhe

4/04/25

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Martyn’s Law: What SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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4/04/25

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The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme has sector-specific implications

by Team Wonkhe

2/04/25

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It’s OK to be unreasonable

by Team Wonkhe

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31/03/25

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Understanding the right to protest and the Youth Demand incident in London

by Team Wonkhe

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31/03/25

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Podcast: Sussex fine, franchising

by Team Wonkhe

28/03/25

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Students are citizens of their cities too

by Team Wonkhe

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25/03/25

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Local elections in May 2025: What SUs need to know

by Team Wonkhe

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24/03/25

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Here’s what SUs need to know about the Online Safety Act

by Team Wonkhe

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21/03/25

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Podcast: Scotland, Secret Life of Students

by Team Wonkhe

18/03/25

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Free speech, graduates, student finance

by Team Wonkhe

14/03/25

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Podcast: OfS chair, employment, skills

by Team Wonkhe

7/03/25

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How to respond to OfS’ new consultation on fairness for students

by Team Wonkhe

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4/03/25

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Podcast: New leaders, gen-AI, visas

by Team Wonkhe

28/02/25

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What students are saying about AI – and the implications for SUs

by Team Wonkhe

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27/02/25

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Podcast: Wales cuts, mental health, regulation

by Team Wonkhe

21/02/25

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Disabled students find community online – results of a new study

by Team Wonkhe

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19/02/25

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Twenty four reasons why SUs are different – and why that’s probably OK

by Team Wonkhe

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14/02/25

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Podcast: REF people and culture, spending review, apprenticeships

by Team Wonkhe

14/02/25

Paying more to live further away – UK student housing in 2025

by Team Wonkhe

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13/02/25

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Change is coming for PhD students

by Team Wonkhe

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7/02/25

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Podcast: Protection, visas, commuter students

by Team Wonkhe

7/02/25

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Podcast: Cuts, applications, campus climate

by Team Wonkhe

31/01/25

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Podcast: Funding, attendance, student hardship

by Team Wonkhe

24/01/25

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Podcast: Free speech, uni finances, regional inequality

by Team Wonkhe

17/01/25

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Podcast: Visegrad special

by Team Wonkhe

10/01/25

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Podcast special: Writing for Wonkhe

by Team Wonkhe

19/12/24

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Podcast: Students at work, transfers, spending review

by Team Wonkhe

13/12/24

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Podcast: OfS, international, Wales, Scotland

by Team Wonkhe

6/12/24

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Here’s where universities are going wrong (and right) on student mental health

by Team Wonkhe

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29/11/24

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Podcast: Skills, PTES, transformation

by Team Wonkhe

29/11/24

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We looked at 26 university “fit to sit” policies. Here’s what we found

by Team Wonkhe

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27/11/24

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Welfare, wellbeing, sexual misconduct and racism in Wales

by Team Wonkhe

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22/11/24

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Podcast: Financial sustainability, cold spots, student housing

by Team Wonkhe

22/11/24

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What’s happening to period product funding in universities in Scotland?

by Team Wonkhe

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18/11/24

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Podcast: Labour’s agenda, OfS, regional APPs

by Team Wonkhe

13/11/24

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Podcast: Fees increase, efficiency, Trump

by Team Wonkhe

8/11/24