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6/03/20

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#SUFutures – Refreshing freshers and celebrating events

by Alun Minifey

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6/03/20

Lessons for SU trustees from the Save the Children harassment investigation

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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6/03/20

Student-staff co-creation in higher education

by Matt Grogan

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6/03/20

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Forging an international higher education strategy for Wales

by Simon Haslett

6/03/20

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Wonkhe Tackle womens sport — Very dangerous indeed

Activities and opportunities

by Jim Dickinson

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6/03/20

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A focus on graduate employability has transformed university careers services

by Gabi Binnie

5/03/20

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Responding to student voice: insights into international practice

by David Kernohan

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4/03/20

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How can uni and SUs bridge the gap between school/college and uni?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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4/03/20

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How to make a city sticky for graduates

by Adele Browne

4/03/20

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What are universities being advised about coronavirus and what are the implications for SUs?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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4/03/20

Will UK higher education still attract international students?

by Sasha Lal

4/03/20

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Who is the new science minister Amanda Solloway?

by David Kernohan

People

2/03/20

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Once in a lifetime: IFS data on earnings and contributions

by David Kernohan

2/03/20

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What should universities do to prepare for COVID-19 coronavirus?

by Doug Clow

2/03/20

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Higher technical is how we level up

by Rama Thirunamachandran

2/03/20

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Is this a turning point in the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

2/03/20

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What value and whose values? HE should celebrate our intangible assets

by Elizabeth Cleaver

2/03/20

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What is the point?

by Jim Dickinson

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28/02/20

#SUFutures – What exactly is the point?

by Andrew McLaughlin

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28/02/20

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Unbiased, reliable, and valid student evaluations can still be unfair

by David Kernohan

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28/02/20

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How can we help students transition into graduate life?

by Rebecca Moynihan

28/02/20

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HESA Spring 2020: non-continuation performance indicators

by David Kernohan

28/02/20

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PODCAST: Admissions, coronavirus, number controls, levelling up

by Team Wonkhe

28/02/20

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HESA spring 2020: What does the HESA data about Black senior academics really mean?

by David Kernohan

28/02/20

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Admit two: OfS reviews university admissions

by David Kernohan

27/02/20

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Do universities matter in post-Brexit Britain?

by Chris Husbands

27/02/20

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How to respond to OfS’ review of admissions (and why SUs should bother)

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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27/02/20

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Why are LGBT+ students dropping out of uni?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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26/02/20

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The financial health of our institutions: are we measuring the right things?

by Martine Garland

26/02/20

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Does lecture capture mean fewer students are turning up (and so what if it does?)

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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26/02/20

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Book Review: 25 Years of Ed Tech, by Martin Weller

by David Kernohan

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25/02/20

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Preparing graduates for jobs that don’t yet exist

by Martin Perfect

25/02/20

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A plan to expand and diversify English higher education through the 2020s

by Graeme Wise

24/02/20

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Are student number controls coming back to English higher education?

by Jim Dickinson

24/02/20

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Changing the culture on sexual misconduct means listening to the vulnerable

by Debbie McVitty

24/02/20

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Fifteen things we learned from January’s OfS board papers

by Jim Dickinson

22/02/20

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Strike a pose

by Jim Dickinson

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22/02/20

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What are universities doing about climate change?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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21/02/20

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#SUFutures – Why are we so obsessed with being “local”?

by Steph Hayle

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21/02/20

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Ten things to note in UCL’s new policy on staff student relationships

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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21/02/20

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OIA: helping to minimise the impact of industrial action on students

by Felicity Mitchell

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21/02/20

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Decolonisation isn’t as simple as plenty of people suggest

by Sunny Dhillon

21/02/20

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PODCAST: A #metoo moment? civic universities, fair admissions, NSS

by Team Wonkhe

21/02/20

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Wellbeing and burnout: is it worse for medical students?

by Matt Grogan

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21/02/20

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OfS: our role during the industrial action

by Nicola Dandridge

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21/02/20

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What can be done about degree algorithm variations?

by David Allen

Long read

20/02/20

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NSS takes on a new character

by David Kernohan

20/02/20

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Industrial action: is the force with students this time?

by Jim Dickinson

20/02/20

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How to tackle student loneliness before term starts

by Jim Dickinson

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19/02/20

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Revealed: The big differences in student satisfaction between types of student

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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19/02/20

Revealed: what different types of students think of SUs

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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19/02/20

We need to talk about access and participation data

by David Kernohan

19/02/20

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Can Welsh universities be trusted to improve their own governance?

by Jim Dickinson

19/02/20

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How universities can help to level up towns

by Richard Brabner

19/02/20

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A charter for change for governance in Wales

by Kieron Rees

19/02/20

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Are students turning to private debt to pay rent?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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18/02/20

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Time to tackle the cheating profiteers

by Paul Greatrix

18/02/20

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Gender inequality is still baked in to the REF

by Emily Yarrow

18/02/20

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UUK has been polling people on what they think about admissions

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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17/02/20

BUCS is intervening on “problem initiations”

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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17/02/20

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Where’s the value debate about to go next?

by Debbie McVitty

17/02/20

Confidentiality is a question of confidence

by Smita Jamdar

17/02/20

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Alterni-TEF: who does best on alternative graduate outcomes measures?

by David Kernohan

17/02/20

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How to manage student complaints without NDAs

by Felicity Mitchell

17/02/20

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Who is new universities minister Michelle Donelan?

by David Kernohan

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17/02/20

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A bit of honesty with the new minister wouldn’t go amiss

by Andrew McRae

17/02/20

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Is space the final frontier in higher education value?

by Jim Dickinson

17/02/20

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The Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Industrial Action

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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16/02/20

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Getting things Donelan

by Jim Dickinson

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14/02/20

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The rise of the campus robots

by Paul Greatrix

14/02/20

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PODCAST: Value indicators, wellbeing, NDAs, student engagement

by Team Wonkhe

14/02/20

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#SUFutures – Course reps were the future once

by Jim Dickinson

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14/02/20

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#SUFutures – Neither a bird nor a plane – the rise of the super rep

by Katie D’Arcy

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14/02/20

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#SUFutures – A single point of failure – that fails students

by James Brooks

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14/02/20

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How can disabled students hold universities to account on access?

by Mette Anwar-Westander

14/02/20

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#SUFutures – Academic representation? Drop the fixation

by Neil Mackenzie

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14/02/20

HESA spring 2020: UKPIs for widening participation

by David Kernohan

13/02/20

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Are parts of HE turning a blind eye to racism?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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13/02/20

How the market is producing higher education spaces

by Rob Smith

13/02/20

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OfS is ramping up its student engagement work

by Martha Longdon

13/02/20

What about postgrads that teach?

by Matt Grogan

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13/02/20

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OfS’ new strategy won’t help students speak truth to power

by Eve Alcock

13/02/20

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Guess what: there’s a link between the academic experience and mental health

by Jim Dickinson

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13/02/20

Reshuffle blues- what might a new minister mean for the sector?

by David Kernohan

12/02/20

New Niche Courses: From an Apprentice Star MBA to Yoga Studies

by Paul Greatrix

11/02/20

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OfS won’t be silent on sustainability

by Michael Barber

11/02/20

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How university estates can serve the communities that house them

by Jeremy Hinds

11/02/20

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Are we losing focus on the sustainability of the English university sector?

by David Kernohan

10/02/20

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How can universities respond strategically to the climate emergency?

by Claudia Zwar

10/02/20

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Will we ever escape the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

10/02/20

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Universities don’t need shared metrics to measure their social value

by David Cope

10/02/20

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We have been warned

by Jim Dickinson

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7/02/20

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How are SUs handling term two of strike action?

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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7/02/20

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#SUFutures – Time to go back to the future

by Jim Dickinson

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7/02/20

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#SUFutures: A stab at a PESTLE analysis

by Jim Dickinson

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7/02/20

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It all stacks up: strange things happen in university libraries

by Paul Greatrix

7/02/20

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There’s funding available for SUs to do some research

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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7/02/20

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#SUFutures – What if we looked ahead to 2040?

by Lizzy O'Shea

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7/02/20

PODCAST: Student marketing and recruitment special

by Team Wonkhe