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Higher education’s essential morning read – the day’s news, what it means, and the links worth your time, before your first meeting.

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2019

• 20 December 2019Friday 20 December 2019Feel the beat from the tambourineFree speech · Research and development · Extreme findingsSubscribers
• 19 December 2019Thursday 19 December 2019Pick on a pocket or twoThe iron still feels pretty warmSubscribers
• 18 December 2019Wednesday 18 December 2019Nursing bursaries to returnParticipation isn’t wideningSubscribers
• 17 December 2019Tuesday 17 December 2019“Conditional unconditional” offer numbers continue to growSubscribers
• 13 December 2019Friday 13 December 2019Red wall fallSubscribers
• 12 December 2019Thursday 12 December 2019General ElectionIn defence of social mobilitySubscribers
• 11 December 2019Wednesday 11 December 2019Student finance isn’t the same for everyoneGrowth in private halls outstripped by demandSubscribers
• 10 December 2019Tuesday 10 December 2019Public support for HE immigrationGuidance on losing DAPsSubscribers
• 6 December 2019Friday 6 December 2019Sexual violence not really a priorityMoneyspinnerSubscribers
• 5 December 2019Thursday 5 December 2019Express yourselfWelsh HE regulation “out of touch”Subscribers
• 4 December 2019Wednesday 4 December 2019The final day of strike actionSubscribers
• 3 December 2019Tuesday 3 December 2019Academic support for Learning TogetherSubscribers
• 29 November 2019Friday 29 November 2019Christmas miracleSo that’s where the money goesSubscribers
• 28 November 2019Thursday 28 November 2019End of cycle, round oneSubscribers
• 27 November 2019Wednesday 27 November 2019Record registrationsIndustrial action - day twoSubscribers
• 26 November 2019Tuesday 26 November 2019First day of strike actionMore problems with pledge for more nursesSubscribers
• 22 November 2019Friday 22 November 2019Things can only get free-erHow do I get to a loan?Subscribers
• 21 November 2019Thursday 21 November 2019Lib Dem manifestoIndustrial actionSubscribers
• 20 November 2019Wednesday 20 November 2019General electionSubscribers
• 19 November 2019Tuesday 19 November 2019The skills election: taking care of businessSubscribers
• 15 November 2019Friday 15 November 2019Downswing the moodGlacial progress on POLARSubscribers
• 14 November 2019Thursday 14 November 201918 billion for research and developmentProblems with the residential modelSubscribers
• 13 November 2019Wednesday 13 November 2019Manifestos galore“Adult education changed my life”Subscribers
• 12 November 2019Tuesday 12 November 2019Labour sets out stall on skills and educationSubscribers
• 8 November 2019Friday 8 November 201912 month consultation on an emergencySubscribers
• 7 November 2019Thursday 7 November 2019Brexit electionPRES 2019Subscribers
• 6 November 2019Wednesday 6 November 2019UCU strikes this monthDefending democracy? · Wonkfest newsSubscribers
• 5 November 2019Tuesday 5 November 2019Wonkhe Awards celebrate community contributionsOfS analysis highlights mental healthSubscribers
• 1 November 2019Friday 1 November 2019Hot ironRegistration surgeSubscribers
• 31 October 2019Thursday 31 October 2019Unconditional offers affect dropout ratesChallenge acceptedSubscribers
• 30 October 2019Wednesday 30 October 2019OfS registrationLove Labour’s lostSubscribers
• 29 October 2019Tuesday 29 October 2019An end of term election?More higher degrees in employmentSubscribers
• 25 October 2019Friday 25 October 2019Make a differenceSubscribers
• 24 October 2019Thursday 24 October 2019Student loans for long-term prisonersResponses to racial harassment reportSubscribers
• 23 October 2019Wednesday 23 October 2019Oblivious to scale of racial abuseWhere’s the money gone?Subscribers
• 22 October 2019Tuesday 22 October 2019Bloomsbury Institute seeks judicial reviewGraduate returns slow down · A fair chance for students with a criminal recordSubscribers
• 18 October 2019Friday 18 October 2019Able to get a jobOfS to overhaul NSSSubscribers
• 17 October 2019Thursday 17 October 2019Queen’s speech debateSubscribers
• 16 October 2019Wednesday 16 October 2019New OfS guidanceIs UK higher education a “high-value export”?Subscribers
• 15 October 2019Tuesday 15 October 2019Queen’s Speech 2019Black academic pay gap is 14 per centSubscribers
• 11 October 2019Friday 11 October 2019Mind the LGBT+ gapForced homeSubscribers
• 10 October 2019Thursday 10 October 2019“Entrenched” grade inflationGo KEF · Mental health awareness daySubscribers
• 9 October 2019Wednesday 9 October 2019Has the culture changed yet?Workforce report 2019 · You, me and HESubscribers
• 8 October 2019Tuesday 8 October 2019Skidmore moves in on student accommodationNobel Prize for UK scientistSubscribers
• 4 October 2019Friday 4 October 2019A coffee and cake breakGraduate recruitmentSubscribers
• 3 October 2019Thursday 3 October 2019Increase in reports of rapeDo universities have a magic money tree?Subscribers
• 2 October 2019Wednesday 2 October 2019Attention REF wonksPatel’s points · In ScotlandSubscribers
• 1 October 2019Tuesday 1 October 2019NUS president boycotts Conservative conferenceSubscribers
• 27 September 2019Friday 27 September 2019Hyperbolic goings onAs simple as do re miSubscribers
• 26 September 2019Thursday 26 September 2019Brrr it’s cold in hereAccessible apprenticeshipsSubscribers
• 25 September 2019Wednesday 25 September 2019National education serviceEquality dataSubscribers