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Why can’t SUs campaign on whatever they like?

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1/07/22

Podcast: Equality charters, free speech, staff and tech, Labour and fees

by Team Wonkhe

1/07/22

Podcast: Graduate wellbeing, student housing, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

24/06/22

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Student attitudes to free speech on campus

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23/06/22

Podcast: Public accounts committee, belonging, student financial support, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

17/06/22

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Who are the UK’s loneliest students?

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14/06/22

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Student satisfaction? It’s all about interaction

by Wonkhe SUs briefing

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10/06/22

Podcast: Student experience, free speech, microcredentials

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10/06/22

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Podcast: OfS investigations, uni leadership, skills

by Team Wonkhe

27/05/22

Podcast: Wokery, LEO, grade inflation

by Team Wonkhe

20/05/22

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The REF, and why it matters to universities

by Team Wonkhe

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13/05/22

Podcast: REF results, Queen’s speech, Access all areas

by Team Wonkhe

13/05/22

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What works to tackle mental health inequalities in higher education?

by Team Wonkhe

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12/05/22

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How to speed up improvements for Disabled students

by Team Wonkhe

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9/05/22

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Report from the TEF student submission catch up

by Team Wonkhe

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6/05/22

Complaints, consultations, student suicide, in-person teaching

by Team Wonkhe

6/05/22

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Information sharing and student suicide

by Team Wonkhe

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4/05/22

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Twelve things for SUs to note from the 2021 OIA annual report

by Team Wonkhe

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4/05/22

Podcast: Blair, spiking, minimum entry, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

29/04/22

Podcast: Covid harms, Michelle Donelan, Scandinavia

by Team Wonkhe

8/04/22

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Podcast: Grad jobs, staffing, China, student finance

by Team Wonkhe

1/04/22

PODCAST: Quality, demand, blended, disabled students

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18/03/22

PODCAST: Ukraine, Augar, Digifest, Admissions

by Team Wonkhe

11/03/22

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Do extra-curricular activities help with employability? Some do

by Team Wonkhe

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7/03/22

PODCAST: Sexual misconduct, quality, belonging, drugs

by Team Wonkhe

4/03/22

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Student engagement in quality assurance reviews

by Team Wonkhe

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3/03/22

PODCAST: Augar response special

by Team Wonkhe

24/02/22

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PODCAST: The Secret Life of Students 2022

by Team Wonkhe

18/02/22

PODCAST: Access and participation, blended, careers, student finance

by Team Wonkhe

11/02/22

PODCAST: Levelling up, black students in halls, disabled students

by Team Wonkhe

4/02/22

PODCAST: Student numbers, assessment, third years, blended

by Team Wonkhe

28/01/22

PODCAST: Outcomes, TEF, NDAs

by Team Wonkhe

21/01/22

PODCAST: Omicron, access, harassment, NSS

by Team Wonkhe

14/01/22

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Need to know – the law on students’ unions

by Team Wonkhe

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1/01/22

PODCAST: Plan B, admissions, staffing, “one nation”

by Team Wonkhe

10/12/21

PODCAST: Strikes, blended, transfers

by Team Wonkhe

3/12/21

PODCAST: Access and participation, social mobility, student loans

by Team Wonkhe

26/11/21

PODCAST: Regulation, industrial action, PGTs

by Team Wonkhe

19/11/21

PODCAST: OfS, COP, student experience, antisemitism

by Team Wonkhe

12/11/21

PODCAST: White paper, Wales, PRES, ONS

by Team Wonkhe

5/11/21

PODCAST: Spiking, R&D, COP26, specialist providers

by Team Wonkhe

22/10/21

PODCAST: Skills, social mobility, black grads, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

15/10/21

PODCAST: Conservative conference, spelling, essay mills, diversity training

by Team Wonkhe

8/10/21

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PODCAST: Spending review, party conferences, graduate outcomes, posters

by Team Wonkhe

1/10/21

PODCAST: Industrial action, humanities, LGBT+ students, free speech bill

by Team Wonkhe

24/09/21

PODCAST: Reshuffle, groupings, graduates

by Team Wonkhe

17/09/21

PODCAST: Gavin Williamson, UCAS data, student futures, international

by Team Wonkhe

10/09/21

PODCAST: Summer special – building back student experience

by Team Wonkhe

27/08/21

PODCAST: Reopening, skills, UCAS figures, NDAs

by Team Wonkhe

9/07/21

PODCAST: Finances, digital skills, careers, BLM, September

by Team Wonkhe

2/07/21

PODCAST: Value for money, science, PG access, white working class

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25/06/21

PODCAST: Skills bill, examnishambles, mental health

by Team Wonkhe

18/06/21

PODCAST: The best of Wonkfest

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11/06/21

PODCAST: Loans, geography and employment, drama, September

by Team Wonkhe

4/06/21

PODCAST: 7.5k fees, credit, student futures, apprenticeships

by Team Wonkhe

28/05/21

PODCAST: “Dead end” courses, skills bill, September

by Team Wonkhe

21/05/21

PODCAST: Free speech, Queen’s speech, admissions, transitions

by Team Wonkhe

14/05/21

PODCAST: Levelling up, India, research culture, racism

by Team Wonkhe

7/05/21

PODCAST: Racism, sex, drugs and controversial ideas

by Team Wonkhe

30/04/21

PODCAST: Admissions, harassment, adult learning, complaints

by Team Wonkhe

23/04/21

PODCAST: Return to campus, inclusive assessment, sex work, London

by Team Wonkhe

16/04/21

PODCAST: The New Power University

by Team Wonkhe

2/04/21

PODCAST: Student choice, Student Futures, happiness

by Team Wonkhe

26/03/21

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Is academic credit for wellbeing classes an answer to the student mental health crisis?

by Team Wonkhe

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24/03/21

PODCAST: Science, admissions, protest, tertiary

by Team Wonkhe

19/03/21

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The impact of the pandemic upon student opportunities

by Team Wonkhe

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12/03/21

PODCAST: China, graduate employment, wellbeing, attainment gaps

by Team Wonkhe

12/03/21

PODCAST: Budget, complaints, pensions, history

by Team Wonkhe

5/03/21

PODCAST: Return to campus, digital learning, wider experience, examnishambles

by Team Wonkhe

26/02/21

Eight things we learned from SAGE and DfE papers on students and Covid

Eight things we learned from SAGE and DfE papers on students and Covid

by Team Wonkhe

23/02/21

PODCAST: Free speech, applications, the media

by Team Wonkhe

19/02/21

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PODCAST: Regulation, complaints, essay mills, WP

by Team Wonkhe

12/02/21

PODCAST: UCAS end of cycle, learning experience, student hardship, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

5/02/21

PODCAST: Grade inflation, skills, student housing, care leavers

by Team Wonkhe

29/01/21

PODCAST: Augar response, TEF review, PQA, Skills for Jobs, funding

by Team Wonkhe

22/01/21

PODCAST: Gavin Williamson, fair assessment, skills

by Team Wonkhe

15/01/21

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The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc) Regulations 2019

by Team Wonkhe

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14/01/21

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PODCAST: Start of term special

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8/01/21

PODCAST: Brexit, OfS reset, UCAS figures, free speech.

by Team Wonkhe

18/12/20

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PODCAST: Transfers, ONS, climate change, brexit

by Team Wonkhe

11/12/20

PODCAST: Return to campus, graduate skills, pandemic student experience

by Team Wonkhe

4/12/20

PODCAST: Spending review, racial harassment, digital, Covid complaints

by Team Wonkhe

27/11/20

PODCAST: Mickey mouse, international, student protection, Cummings going

by Team Wonkhe

20/11/20

PODCAST: Admissions reform, Demo 2010, Christmas

by Team Wonkhe

13/11/20

PODCAST: Retention, lockdown two, skills and levelling up

by Team Wonkhe

6/11/20

PODCAST: Half term retention special

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30/10/20

PODCAST: Future, REF, boomerangs, student support

by Team Wonkhe

23/10/20

PODCAST: Christmas lockdown, culture wars, student outcomes

by Team Wonkhe

16/10/20

PODCAST: Disabled students, new providers, diverse governors, Conservative conference

by Team Wonkhe

9/10/20

PODCAST: Return to campus, Augar, Black History Month

by Team Wonkhe

2/10/20

PODCAST: NSS, campus return, UCAS, student politics

by Team Wonkhe

25/09/20

PODCAST: The Secret Life of Students

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18/09/20

PODCAST: Return to campus, examnishambles, ministers

by Team Wonkhe

11/09/20

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PODCAST: Clearing and admissions special

by Team Wonkhe

7/08/20

The Wonkhe Show: Expectations, Donelan, restructuring

by Team Wonkhe

17/07/20

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The restructuring regime – money, but at a cost

by Team Wonkhe

16/07/20

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PODCAST: Recovery, international, applications, 50% target

by Team Wonkhe

10/07/20

Black Lives Matter – Recording and resources from our event on 8 July 2020

by Team Wonkhe

9/07/20

PODCAST: Bailout 2, social mobility, expectations

by Team Wonkhe

3/07/20