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Happy 100th birthday to the National Union of Students

Happy 100th birthday to the National Union of Students

As national student representation enters its centenary year, Jim Dickinson tells a tale of tensions in NUS' formation

Jim Dickinson|Comment|10/02/22
Universities need to start to focusing on intrapreneurship

Universities need to start to focusing on intrapreneurship

Robert Phillips|Comment|10/02/22
Latest Articles
Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis and James Avison set out the actions they want to see universities take over the crisis in Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis|SU Blogs|12/03/22
Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis|SU Blogs|10/03/22
On the trail of the new OfS proposals
Previously on… value, quality, and teaching excellence policy and politics

Previously on… value, quality, and teaching excellence policy and politics

Debbie McVitty|Long read|24/01/22
The B3 bear returns to hunt down Mickey Mouse (courses)

The B3 bear returns to hunt down Mickey Mouse (courses)

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|20/01/22
The Office for Students has designed a new TEF

The Office for Students has designed a new TEF

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|20/01/22
How OfS will construct indicators for regulation

How OfS will construct indicators for regulation

David Kernohan|Long read|20/01/22
TEF will succeed if it leads to enhanced learning for ALL students

TEF will succeed if it leads to enhanced learning for ALL students

Shirley Pearce|Comment|24/01/22
PODCAST: Outcomes, TEF, NDAs
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Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Last seen around the time of the Augar review, KPMG has updated work on the costs of teaching. DK finds evidence of cost cutting everywhere

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|18/09/26
The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|
Data on Wonkhe
Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

David Kernohan|Data|16/09/26
Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

David Kernohan|Data|18/08/26
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Capability for change – preparing for digital learning futures

Capability for change – preparing for digital learning futures

Wonkhe and Kortext have been chatting with sector leaders and experts about what institutions need to be able to do to achieve their digital learning and teaching ambitions. James Gray and Debbie McVi…

James Gray|Research|31/03/25
Trained to stop learning: How students are experiencing assessment and learning in an age of AI

Trained to stop learning: How students are experiencing assessment and learning in an age of AI

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PODCAST: Outcomes, TEF, NDAs

Team Wonkhe|Podcasts|21/01/22
17/09/26
Student loans are still broken and unfair

Student loans are still broken and unfair

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|13/09/26
We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|04/09/26
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A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

David Kernohan|Data|13/08/26
The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

David Kernohan|Data|09/07/26
What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

David Kernohan|Data|25/06/26
Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24

Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24

David Kernohan|Data|05/06/26
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23/03/26
Securing educational excellence may demand a new leadership compact

Securing educational excellence may demand a new leadership compact

Charles Knight|Research|03/11/25
Connect more: creating the conditions for a more resilient and sustainable HE sector in England

Connect more: creating the conditions for a more resilient and sustainable HE sector in England

Debbie McVitty|Research|16/12/24
Latest from Belong – students are earning, but what are we learning?

Latest from Belong – students are earning, but what are we learning?

Jim Dickinson|Research|09/12/24
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How can degree apprenticeships level-up?

How can degree apprenticeships level-up?

Darryll Bravenboer|Comment|10/02/22
Wonk Corner

A field guide to mergers in higher education

Richard Mills|24/09/26

If Scotland’s university funding problem is systemic, the response must be too

Vicki Stott|24/09/26

There’s nine more pieces for the Quality Code

Nic Beech|23/09/26

Conversations about academic authorship need to be transparent

Madeleine Pownall|23/09/26

Before we ask students to belong, we should ask where

Billy Wong|22/09/26

Why has the OfS downgraded graduate outcomes?

Stephen Isherwood|22/09/26
Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis|SU Blogs|09/03/22
Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis|SU Blogs|01/03/22
The Wonkhe Show

Podcast: Loans, Free speech

Team Wonkhe|18/09/26

Podcast: Future jobs, uni closures

Team Wonkhe|11/09/26

Podcast: Burnham, SUs, Year ahead

Team Wonkhe|04/09/26

Podcast: The end of the year show

Team Wonkhe|16/07/26