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Wonkhe Weekly – E.4 FOI win, mental health, DfE data row

This week our panel discuss the conservative party conference, degree apprenticeships and stats on the nation’s wealth. Plus the “banning clapping” saga and highlights from the week on our blogs.

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News, analysis and explanation of higher education issues from our leading team of wonks

This week our panel discuss Worcester's freedom of information win, mental health and the DfE data row.

With Nick Hillman - Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, Andy Westwood - Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester and Wonkhe's founder and editor Mark Leach.

Items this week:

  • Worcester FOI win
  • Gavin Costigan on public policy impact (and how to get paid for it)
  • Wilma Smythe on strategic insight in higher education
  • Kate Little on AMOSSHE's new research on sexual misconduct in HE
  • Mental health in HE - should we regulate?
  • There's an opening at Wonkhe for an Associate Editor
  • The DfE data row

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