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Timetabling is stopping students from getting a job

by Team Wonkhe

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24/03/23

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All the latest research on the value of extra curricular activities

by Team Wonkhe

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23/03/23

Podcast: Size and shape, generative AI, neurodiversity

by Team Wonkhe

23/03/23

Podcast: Secret Life of Students special

by Team Wonkhe

17/03/23

What's in the 2023 spring budget for higher education?

What’s in the 2023 spring budget for higher education?

by Team Wonkhe

15/03/23

Podcast: Lifelong learning, Nurse review, international, housing

by Team Wonkhe

10/03/23

Podcast: R&D, dependants, autocracies

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3/03/23

Podcast: Harassment, science and tech, student living

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24/02/23

Podcast: Sturgeon, engagement, graduate route

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17/02/23

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Should universities go for growth on degree apprenticeships?

by Team Wonkhe

6/02/23

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Podcast: Public perceptions, international, students and sex

by Team Wonkhe

3/02/23

Podcast: Demand, student hardship, loans reform

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27/01/23

Podcast: Halfon, strikes, reviewing regulation

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20/01/23

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Podcast: Drugs, year ahead, study tour

by Team Wonkhe

13/01/23

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Conversations on campus – what higher education will be talking about in 2023

by Team Wonkhe

9/01/23

Podcast: Canada v UK special

by Team Wonkhe

30/12/22

Podcast: Student finance, student suicide, PGR supervision, Disabled students

by Team Wonkhe

16/12/22

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Podcast: Free speech bill, Brown review, ChatGPT

by Team Wonkhe

9/12/22

Podcast: Immigration, China, PTES, graduate mobility

by Team Wonkhe

2/12/22

Podcast: Cost of living, innovation, strikes

by Team Wonkhe

25/11/22

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Study tour to Sweden and Denmark: Latest emails

by Team Wonkhe

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23/11/22

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Study tour to Belgium, Netherlands and Germany: Latest emails

by Team Wonkhe

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23/11/22

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What are this week’s strikes all about?

by Team Wonkhe

21/11/22

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Podcast: Woke QAA, Robert Halfon, Plan B, equality data

by Team Wonkhe

18/11/22

Podcast: Regulatory burden, Dearing, governor diversity, harassment

by Team Wonkhe

11/11/22

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Podcast: Free speech, NUS, estranged students, NSS

by Team Wonkhe

4/11/22

Podcast: Reshuffle, industrial action, applications decline

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28/10/22

Podcast: Immigration, belonging, blended learning

by Team Wonkhe

21/10/22

Podcast: Harassment and sexual misconduct, R&D, debating societies

by Team Wonkhe

14/10/22

Podcast: Conservative conference, outcomes and experience data, student suicide

by Team Wonkhe

7/10/22

Podcast: Labour conference, access and participation, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

30/09/22

Podcast: Admissions, Energy Costs, Academic Freedom

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23/09/22

Podcast: Hidden History special

by Team Wonkhe

16/09/22

Podcast: Truss, Cost of Living, Digital

by Team Wonkhe

8/09/22

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Big Question: What are SUs doing on Cost of Living?

by Team Wonkhe

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6/09/22

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Food insecurity and food banks for students

by Team Wonkhe

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6/09/22

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What to expect from another challenging term ahead

by Team Wonkhe

5/09/22

Editor’s note: an apology

by Team Wonkhe

2/09/22

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Here’s what students need to know about the £400 energy bills support scheme

by Team Wonkhe

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2/09/22

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Medical students are cutting spending on food

by Team Wonkhe

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23/08/22

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Two new studies are out on student cost of living

by Team Wonkhe

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17/08/22

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Hidden course costs and consumer law

by Team Wonkhe

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8/08/22

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Holiday pay for part-year staff should not be pro-rated

by Team Wonkhe

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26/07/22

Podcast: Politics, UCAS, cost of living, cheating

by Team Wonkhe

15/07/22

Podcast: Politics, NSS, grade inflation, access

by Team Wonkhe

8/07/22

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Why can’t SUs campaign on whatever they like?

by Team Wonkhe

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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?

by Team Wonkhe

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14/06/22

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Student satisfaction? It’s all about interaction

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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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

by Team Wonkhe

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

by Team Wonkhe

25/06/21

PODCAST: Skills bill, examnishambles, mental health

by Team Wonkhe

18/06/21

PODCAST: The best of Wonkfest

by Team Wonkhe

11/06/21