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9/12/21

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Webinar: The problem(s) with assessment

by Jim Dickinson

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27/01/22

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Webinar: The lies we tell ourselves

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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2/09/20

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Webinar: The DfE guidance on reopening campuses

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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10/09/20

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Webinar: The 2020 results crisis

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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17/08/20

Webinar: Students at work, Belong Autumn 2024

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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8/12/24

Webinar: Student consumer rights and refunds

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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5/10/20

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Webinar: Postgraduate Research Student Experience

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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3/11/21

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Webinar: OfS guidance on student consumer protection

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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10/06/20

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Webinar: Mental health and wellbeing

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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1/11/21

Webinar: How does the OU do it?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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5/06/20

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Webinar: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill and SUs

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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14/05/21

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Webinar: Guidance on the new academic year

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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3/06/20

Webinar: Fairness for students and changes to the law

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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4/03/25

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Webinar: Culture (wars) on campus

by Jim Dickinson

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19/11/21

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Webinar: Creating a sense of belonging

by Jim Dickinson

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6/01/22

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Webinar: Complaints in SUs project briefing

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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15/11/21

Webinar: A rollercoaster ride

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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5/11/21

Web searching: quality not quantity?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

24/01/08

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Weathering the Brexit storm: University finances in uncertain times

by Team Wonkhe

Analysis

21/09/16

Wearable tech in HE: fad, flop or flourishing?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

31/03/17

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Weaning students off teaching is more important during a pandemic

by David Baume

13/11/20

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We’ve worked with careers to build student engagement and promote employability

by Jacob Webb

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3/06/24

We’ve got the power! No, you’ve got the power. Hang on, who’s got the power?

by Sorana Vieru

8/11/15

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We’re under fifteen feet of pure white snow

by David Kernohan

12/03/13

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We’re surrounded (by excellent people)

by Al Powell

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24/01/17

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We’re starting to see responses to the OfS equality of opportunity consultation

by Michael Salmon

10/11/22

We’re not in Kansas anymore: the new standards of evidence

by Julian Crockford

1/04/19

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We’re losing the international student argument

by Thomas Tran

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13/02/25

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We’re all special snowflakes now

by Jim Dickinson

Long read

22/01/18

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We’ve read every university’s policy on extensions and late submission. Here’s what we found

by Team Wonkhe

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22/10/24

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We’ve got an international education strategy – what next?

by Vivienne Stern

18/03/19

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We’re taking action to strengthen free speech on campus

by Lauren Amdor

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28/02/25

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We’re still waiting for proper OfS performance measures

by David Kernohan

8/09/22

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We’re still waiting for answers on the Scottish budget for higher education

by David Kernohan

6/01/25

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We’re not “alternative providers”, we’re higher education’s SMEs

by Alex Proudfoot

2/12/19

We’re likely to miss HEFCE more than we know

by David Melville

19/03/18

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We’re inching forward on staff-student sexual misconduct

by Anna Bull

6/12/22

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We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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24/02/23

We’re failing black students if we don’t talk about recruitment bias

by Iwi Ugiagbe-Green

30/08/19

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We’re doing engagement on careers and employability all wrong

by Mark Saunders

9/06/22

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We’re collaborating to tackle the cost of living in our city

by Robbie Beale

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5/09/22

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We’re asking questions about curriculum transformation

by Mark Andrews

15/05/23

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We’ll be judged by the careers we create

by Tanita Casci

6/08/20

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We won’t win the argument on EDI by hiding under some coats

by Jim Dickinson

8/10/21

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We want the EU not the KGB

by Jim Dickinson

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4/01/25

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We want Greater Manchester to be the best place for students to live in this country

by Joel Dowson

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10/10/23

We tried a fresh approach to academic representation. How did the first year go?

by Georgia Stephenson

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1/09/23

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We took away due dates for university assignments. Here’s what we found

by Benjamin T. Jones

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9/11/22

We still don’t know what happens when a large university runs out of money

by Jonathan Simons

15/01/24

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We still don’t know how the LLE will work

by David Kernohan

21/09/23

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We spend a lot on HE. Or do we?

by Jim Dickinson

10/09/24

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We shouldn’t need evidence to drive inclusion – but it helps

by Nic Farmer

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1/03/23

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We should take the opportunity to break the cycle of harmful student behaviours

by Libby Farrier-Williams

14/05/21

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We should stop disadvantaging those who are students second

by Alice Young

27/05/22

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We should look forward to writing not mattering as much as it does

by Jim Dickinson

26/10/23

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We should help students to take control of their own wellbeing

by Steve West

9/09/19

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We should give ARIA a chance

by James Coe

3/08/22

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We should be thinking about fee refunds for students with disabilities – every year

by Stephen Campbell

26/08/20

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We should be more interested in curiosity than competition

by Hadir Elshafay

8/06/22

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We should (still) send letters: the 2017 grant letter

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

24/02/17

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We saw the crash coming – so why didn’t we prepare?

by Bob O'Keefe

1/06/20

We never invaded anyone

by Livia Scott

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9/01/24

We need to talk about sabbatical pay

by Jim Dickinson

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15/08/23

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We need to talk about sabbatical burnout

by Jim Dickinson

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24/11/21

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We need to talk about REF and early career researchers

by Sunday Blake

12/05/22

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We need to talk about postdoc career development

by James Howard

30/03/23

We need to talk about non-continuation and interruption

by Jim Dickinson

23/08/22

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We need to talk about legacies

by Jim Dickinson

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23/11/22

We need to talk about IELTS, and the case for testing English ‘in-subject’

by Nick Pilcher

Analysis

7/04/17

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We need to talk about food insecurity

by Jim Dickinson

21/10/22

We need to talk about Data Futures

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

12/03/19

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We need to talk about data burden

by Andy Youell

17/05/23

We need to talk about credit

by Mark Leach

Analysis

28/10/11

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We need to talk about access and participation data

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

19/02/20

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We need to talk – dialogue in widening access

by Jo Goodman

17/07/20

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We need to take abuse on campus much more seriously than this

by Jim Dickinson

19/04/21

We need to reverse the regional brain drain to level up

by Nick Isles

14/06/22

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We need to reinvent no detriment for January 2021

by Jim Dickinson

27/11/20

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We need to recognise where the burden of care falls in higher education

by Lorna Campbell

9/03/20

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We need to recognise the importance of maintenance too

by James Coe

27/02/25

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We need to recognise prior learning

by Dave Phoenix

16/05/19

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We need to re-focus our efforts on student wellbeing

by Rosie Tressler

9/03/23

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We need to make our sector much more inclusive

by Orestis Collins-Alamanos

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10/05/24

We need to look at representation ratios as well as awarding gaps

by Alexander Bradley

5/12/24

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We need to keep the UK’s competitive advantage

by Vivienne Stern

4/03/16

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We need to give “special consideration” some special consideration

by Felicity Mitchell

17/01/20

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We need to get serious about Higher Technical Education for adults

by Simon Field

2/12/20

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We need to deepen our understanding of the PGR experience

by Maggie Mroczkowski

24/06/22

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We need to decide what good research looks like

by Alexandra Freeman

26/10/23

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We need to change the language of student loans

by Paul Woodgates

14/07/21

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We need to break the impasse on higher education funding. Here’s how

by Iain Mansfield

14/04/23

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We need to bolster the research and technical workforce to reach the 2.4 per cent target

by Athene Donald

15/02/21

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We need to be lobbying now on cost of living

by Huey Arslan

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15/09/22

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We need to be able to see students even when they are not in front of us

by Nicola Watchman-Smith

13/03/23

We need to address student experiences of domestic abuse and stalking

by Anna Bull

30/11/23

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We need the disabled student voice more than ever

by Amelia McLoughlan

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27/06/23

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We need strategic technical leaders

by Catrin Harris

24/01/25

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We need realistic evaluations of HE access

by Lauren Bellaera

12/01/18

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We need more students to “drop out”

by Jim Dickinson