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Three things freshers want to know this autumn term
Fiona Walsh McDonnell thinks ahead for the new term and answers some of the key questions freshers will have on their minds and what SUs can do to support.
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Improving the experience for international students
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Get involved in our national student experience research
Team Wonkhe explores how a revamped national survey and an innovative real-time feedback pilot are reshaping how students’ unions understand and act on the student experience.
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Awaab’s law is coming. But not for students in halls
As I’ve noted on here before, student renters in England are about to end up with five different sets of rights depending on the type of property they live in.
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OfS rebalances the free speech/harassment see-saw on antisemitism
A probing exchange with OfS director Arif Ahmed exposes the legal and practical tensions at the heart of campus free speech guidance. Jim Dickinson looks at when happens when promises to Jewish students meet regulatory ambiguity
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For SUs, free speech regulation is a terrible mess
Jim Dickinson reflects on a new legal case that highlights the importance of democratic debate and the right of citizens and members to discriminate on the basis of others' beliefs
Study tour to Portugal

To be FAIRe, there was plenty to learn in Portugal
On the way home from this year study tour to Portugal, Jim, Mack and team reflect on what UK SUs might learn from the country's impressive systems and culture of student organising
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Wales can lead the way on student engagement – if it chooses to
From student rights to democratic participation, Jim Dickinson makes the case for a bold, enforceable Learner Engagement Code in Wales to ensure higher education delivers on its civic promise
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Inflation for Chevening scholars is much higher than it is for home students
When the Westminster government annually uprates the maximum amounts of maintenance support that students from England can borrow, it uses a measure of inflation.
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl

Latest from Belong – students are earning, but what are we learning?
Jim Dickinson assesses the findings of new polling from Belong on students' experiences of and impacts from being at work
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Here’s what SUs need to know about OfS’ new regulation of access and participation
The Office for Students (OfS) has published new arrangements for the regulation of equality of opportunity in higher education in England and there are big opportunities for SUs.
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We’re still no closer to clarity over antisemitism on campus
A couple of fairly notable things emerged last week over antisemitism in higher education.
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We need to talk about sabbatical burnout
One of the conversations we have a lot at this time of year with SUs is about burnout and sabbatical officer workload.
Policy forums and round tables

Round table report: Harassment and sexual misconduct
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Study Tour 2023: The low countries

As the sector expands, why are we letting more mean less?
Are we making compromises to the student experience just to make the numbers add up? Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott reflect on a week in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with student leaders.
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Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
