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0.03 per cent of student maintenance loan payments might be fraudulent - and that's still too much
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Universities should shop themselves to OfS now over free speech. Maybe

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The failure to fix university and student finances is Donald Trump’s fault

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28/03/25
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Wonk Corner
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So are universities allowed to chill misogyny or not?

So are universities allowed to chill misogyny or not?

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Wonk Corner
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Social mobility is in the mix

Social mobility is in the mix

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What is the franchising boom doing to drop-out?

What is the franchising boom doing to drop-out?

by Jim Dickinson
Wonk Corner
24/03/25
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24/03/25
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Has Scottish public opinion really turned against free education?
Has Scottish public opinion really turned against free education?

Has Scottish public opinion really turned against free education?

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Wonk Corner
24/03/25
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How do you get from skills planning to effective learning provision?

by Elizabeth Shevlin
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by Team Wonkhe
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24/03/25
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by David Kernohan
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Welcome to the walk in degree

Welcome to the walk in degree

by Jim Dickinson
Wonk Corner
23/03/25
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The only chart that counts

by Mack Marshall
SUs
blogs-su
21/03/25
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Here’s what SUs need to know about the Online Safety Act

by Team Wonkhe
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21/03/25
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Finding a sustainable way to fund postgraduate research isn't easy

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by James Coe
Wonk Corner
21/03/25
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What’s driving low levels of full economic cost recovery in research?

by Stephen Roper
Analysis
21/03/25
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Higher education postcard: Purdue University

by Hugh Jones
Comment
21/03/25
1
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Now that’s what I call The Secret Life of Students 2025

by Mack Marshall
SU Blogs
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20/03/25
New HESA student data shows sector in flux
New HESA student data shows sector in flux

New HESA student data shows sector in flux

by David Kernohan
Wonk Corner
20/03/25
3
The graduate premium is falling. Or is it?
The graduate premium is falling. Or is it?

The graduate premium is falling. Or is it?

by Jim Dickinson
Wonk Corner
20/03/25
3
How worried should we be about boys’ educational under-achievement?
How worried should we be about boys’ educational under-achievement?

How worried should we be about boys’ educational under-achievement?

by Jim Dickinson
Wonk Corner
20/03/25
10
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Heat networks could help institutions meet net zero targets

by Nick Helm
Comment
20/03/25
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by Jane Harrison-White
Comment
20/03/25
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by Livia Scott
SU Podcast
blogs-su
19/03/25
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by Jim Dickinson
SUs
blogs-su
19/03/25
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by Jim Dickinson
SUs
blogs-su
19/03/25
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by Jim Dickinson
SU Blogs
blogs-su
19/03/25
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OfS has published some board papers for December 2024

by David Kernohan
Wonk Corner
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UKVI got new rules. Hours they count em

UKVI got new rules. Hours they count em

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Wonk Corner
19/03/25
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Research funding won’t redistribute itself

by James Coe
Comment
19/03/25
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by Emma Maslin
Comment
19/03/25
2
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Podcast: Scotland, Secret Life of Students

by Team Wonkhe
Podcasts
18/03/25
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Breaking out of Bergentown – the case for hope in higher education

by Mark Peace
Comment
18/03/25
1
Regional pathfinders point the way for skills in Scotland
Regional pathfinders point the way for skills in Scotland

Regional pathfinders point the way for skills in Scotland

by David Kernohan
Wonk Corner
18/03/25
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Keep on paying the Immigration Health Surcharge upfront, government tells researchers

Keep on paying the Immigration Health Surcharge upfront, government tells researchers

by Michael Salmon
Wonk Corner
17/03/25
Apply here to fix English higher education
Apply here to fix English higher education

Apply here to fix English higher education

by David Kernohan
Wonk Corner
17/03/25
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Should higher education be thinking in terms of evolution or transformation?

by Debbie McVitty
Comment
17/03/25
1
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by Jim Dickinson
Comment
17/03/25
3
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by David Kernohan
Analysis
17/03/25
8
The National Audit Office takes a look at the Department for Business and Trade with lessons for universities
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The National Audit Office takes a look at the Department for Business and Trade with lessons for universities

by James Coe
Wonk Corner
14/03/25
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Ethical university finances

by Jim Dickinson
SUs
blogs-su
14/03/25
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Games and their cheat codes can show universities how to unlock new purpose

by Rosie Bryce
Comment
14/03/25
7
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Higher education postcard: Oxford Brookes University

by Hugh Jones
Comment
14/03/25
1
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Free speech, graduates, student finance

by Team Wonkhe
Podcasts
14/03/25
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University shouldn’t just postpone cliff edges for care experienced students

by Sunday Blake
Comment
14/03/25
1
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The games students play: How SUs can use research into students’ subject engagement

by Jim Dickinson
SUs
blogs-su
13/03/25
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The Village People from the Agency: What research on SU governance tells us

by Jim Dickinson
SUs
blogs-su
13/03/25
What’s happened with dependants since the PGT ban?
What’s happened with dependants since the PGT ban?

What’s happened with dependants since the PGT ban?

by Michael Salmon
Wonk Corner
13/03/25
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Why the fight for ethical university finance isn’t over

by Jo Campling
SU Blogs
blogs-su
13/03/25
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Here’s what universities need to do to support students with experience of children’s social care

by Mack Marshall
SUs
blogs-su
13/03/25
UKRI gets mission ready
UKRI gets mission ready

UKRI gets mission ready

by James Coe
Wonk Corner
13/03/25
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Diversifying medicine by widening participation

by Brigit McWade
Comment
13/03/25
1
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Student nights, policy agendas, basic needs

by Livia Scott
SU Podcast
blogs-su
12/03/25
A more joined-up and inclusive sector in Wales
A more joined-up and inclusive sector in Wales

A more joined-up and inclusive sector in Wales

by Jim Dickinson
Wonk Corner
12/03/25
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Making space for commuter students

by Susan Preston
Comment
12/03/25

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