Latest SUs blogs
There is no contradiction between being radical and being responsible
On Day One of their trip to Stockholm the team write a new chapter, get a FREE education and see a vision for community and society being built in real time
Latest SUs Explainers
How to run a students' union
Latest Blogs
An autonomous agitator within the corporate ambition of the university
Jim Dickinson considers what “autonomy” really means - and thinks through models which combine efficiencies over infrastructure with a strong and independent student voice
Study Tour January 2025
The Friday SUs Briefing Email
Student experience on Wonkhe
Students making changes on transport
Molly Pemberton reflects on how to create active student citizens to lobby for improved transport for commuter students.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
A sea change in student partnership
An eye-catching headline about institutional governance gets Simon Varwell thinking about the roles that students play
the wonkhe show
SUs Video Briefings
Freedom of speech in SUs
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
Featured SUs explainers
Students unions on Wonkhe
OfS’ quality reports are music to students’ ears
The higher education regulator's quality reports into business provision are proving to be a hit with students that have read them. Jim Dickinson tunes in
cost of living on wonkhe
Curtain call on traditional time-intensive drama training
Randall Whittaker and Stephen Farrier argue for a better model for dramatic arts education – one that acknowledges the competing cost and time pressures on students
accommodation on wonkhe
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Get involved in our national student experience research
We're inviting our subscriber SUs to take part in our new student research platform, Belong. Here's how it will work
Featured SUs Explainers
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.
Students on wonk corner
Free speech
Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?
Who are the students assumed to be losing out over free speech controversies, and how should we support them? Jim Dickinson interrogates the data.
Featured SUs Explainers
Featured SUs blogs
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.
Country Briefings
Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
