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20/04/21

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Shirley Williams’ 13 higher education suggestions

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

20/04/21

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Online harms are different and the regulator needs to recognise this

by Andy Phippen

20/04/21

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

by Jim Dickinson

19/04/21

The funding debate returns to top up fees

by David Kernohan

Long read

19/04/21

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How might ministers make student loans cheaper?

by Jim Dickinson

19/04/21

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What is there for higher education in the Welsh election manifestos?

by Matt Grogan

18/04/21

Once there was a war on students’ unions

by Mike Day

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17/04/21

Who is London’s global university?

by David Kernohan

16/04/21

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Student safety

by Jim Dickinson

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16/04/21

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Micro-credentials – big problems?

by David Kernohan

16/04/21

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Precarity robs students of agency and power

by Jim Dickinson

16/04/21

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How to reduce and prevent student bullying

by David Kernohan

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16/04/21

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Should students consider becoming sober-curious?

by Matt Grogan

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16/04/21

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

by Team Wonkhe

Podcasts

16/04/21

What really happened with return to campus?

by Jim Dickinson

15/04/21

Autonomy now means whatever DfE wants it to mean

by David Kernohan

15/04/21

What is London Weighting and why should it matter to students?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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15/04/21

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Data science is absolutely critical to health research

by Ewan Birney

15/04/21

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What is ‘safe’ in research fieldwork?

by Elizabeth Adams

15/04/21

Time to talk about the graduate jobs crisis

by Jim Dickinson

14/04/21

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The state of play on Covid hardship support

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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14/04/21

Factoring in furlough for September’s students

by Jim Dickinson

14/04/21

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Strategy not soundbites needed for research and innovation in Wales

by Richard Wyn Jones

14/04/21

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Digital capital is a whole-system issue – building it takes more than hardware

by Clare Adams

14/04/21

Fifteen things to note in today’s DfE return to campus announcement

by Jim Dickinson

13/04/21

What if learning is harder when you’re lonely?

by Jim Dickinson

13/04/21

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What if social isolation makes academic work harder?

by Jim Dickinson

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13/04/21

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Set universities free to collaborate with industry

by Chris Skidmore

13/04/21

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In defence of the arts and humanities

by Charlie Jeffery

13/04/21

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Universities need to create safe but critical spaces for debate – here’s how

by Alison Scott-Baumann

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12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: what the pandemic has taught us about student life

by Ben Vulliamy

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: the right policy mix for skills, institutions and places will drive the recovery

by Joe Marshall

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: dialogue and community will return to post-Covid learning

by Tansy Jessop

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: post-Covid university life could be kinder, more inclusive – and less risk averse

by Josie Fraser

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: bringing university governance into the 21st century

by Selena Bolingbroke

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: is it jam tomorrow for science and research?

by Andy Westwood

12/04/21

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Build Back Higher: Regulation fit for a different future

by Johnny Rich

12/04/21

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Five ideas from Europe for building students back higher this Autumn

by Jim Dickinson

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9/04/21

Reading the first interview with the new OfS chair

by David Kernohan

9/04/21

Here’s what happened when I read every Access and Participation Plan

by Jim Dickinson

Analysis

9/04/21

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Access and participation

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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9/04/21

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Is it time we renamed our degrees?

by Christine Broughan

9/04/21

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Vaccines, variants, and the return to campus

by David Kernohan

8/04/21

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What role do SUs have in Access and Participation Plans?

by Jim Dickinson

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8/04/21

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Where next for digital learning?

by Julie Swain

8/04/21

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Here’s what students were doing and feeling in March (in England)

by Jim Dickinson

7/04/21

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How not to decolonise your curriculum

by Rachel Vandana Stone

7/04/21

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Beyond Covid, flexibility should be our new normal

by Michelle Morgan

7/04/21

Taking stock on return to campus after Easter

by Jim Dickinson

6/04/21

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Is it too early to teach Covid in the university classroom?

by Carli Rowell

6/04/21

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PODCAST: The New Power University

by Team Wonkhe

Podcasts

2/04/21

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Having a student rep in the room isn’t enough

by Callum Perry

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2/04/21

Isn’t it time we believed in students?

by Jim Dickinson

2/04/21

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Student opportunities

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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2/04/21

Why is lateral flow testing in universities shrouded in secrecy?

by Jim Dickinson

1/04/21

Most students don’t expect any (more) face-to-face teaching this year

by Jim Dickinson

1/04/21

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If a provider is in trouble, who will take the force of the blow?

by Jim Dickinson

1/04/21

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Avoiding analysis of racial disparity in higher education is one way to avoid fixing it

by David Kernohan

1/04/21

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Why are we excluding thousands of students from access to hardship funding?

by Kris Sheard

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1/04/21

Three in five US students experienced basic needs insecurity due to Covid-19

by David Kernohan

31/03/21

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Protecting students if a provider is at risk of closure

by Susan Lapworth

31/03/21

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Should universities make students get the Covid-19 vaccine?

by Jim Dickinson

31/03/21

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Introducing the Knowledge Exchange Framework

by Hamish McAlpine

31/03/21

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120 ways to rebuild student opportunities after the pandemic

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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31/03/21

How to build back student community and opportunity

by Rosie Hunnam

31/03/21

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What happened to campus sport during Covid-19?

by Maria Moxey

31/03/21

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Is it time to tighten up the regulation of international agents?

by Jim Dickinson

30/03/21

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Book launch: The New Power University

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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30/03/21

The NSS review: the survey gets a reprieve

by David Kernohan

30/03/21

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Book review: The New Power University by Jonathan Grant

by Debbie McVitty

30/03/21

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The post-Covid future for graduation

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

30/03/21

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Twenty things that SUs need to know about Phase One of the NSS review

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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30/03/21

Universities should be beacons of post-Covid local recovery

by Zahir Irani

30/03/21

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How to support international students in financial hardship

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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29/03/21

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Textbooks are changing – the way we buy them needs to change too

by James Gray

29/03/21

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There’s big problems with the market for academic ebooks

by Rachel Bickley

29/03/21

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Is Oxford banning music theory?

by David Kernohan

28/03/21

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What are Britain’s course reps saying about the year they’ve had?

by Jim Dickinson

26/03/21

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OfS consults on capital and recurrent funding for 2021-22

by David Kernohan

26/03/21

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PESTLE and mortarboard

by Jim Dickinson

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26/03/21

Are we returning to campus after Easter?

by Jim Dickinson

26/03/21

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Who benefits from higher education study?

by David Kernohan

26/03/21

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Academic developers should be critical in the culture wars

by Lee-Ann Sequeira

26/03/21

The UPP Foundation Student Futures Commission: what do students need to enable their success?

by Mary Curnock Cook

26/03/21

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PODCAST: Student choice, Student Futures, happiness

by Team Wonkhe

Podcasts

26/03/21

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#SUFutures – What should students’ union strategy look like next?

by Jim Dickinson

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26/03/21

How to make student sport happen under “Step One”

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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25/03/21

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Research placements can help health professionals ground their practice in evidence

by Dorothea Baltruks

25/03/21

Where next for understanding applicant choices?

by David Kernohan

25/03/21

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Unblocking the placements logjam through e-placements in healthcare

by Gilly Salmon

25/03/21

Student choice should be an opportunity, not a challenge

by Clare Marchant

25/03/21

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How a year of emergency digitally-enabled learning could get even better

by David Kernohan

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24/03/21

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Is keeping lectures online in September such a great idea after all?

by Jim Dickinson

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24/03/21

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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

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We are our students

by Andy Grayson

24/03/21

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Education, widening participation and the digital divide

by Alex Blower

24/03/21

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Module evaluation in a pandemic and beyond

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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24/03/21

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The academic experience of digitally enabled learning during Covid-19

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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23/03/21

The younger they are the more unhappy they are

by Jim Dickinson