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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

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Comment

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10/02/22

Universities need to start to focusing on intrapreneurship

Robert Phillips

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Comment

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10/02/22

How can degree apprenticeships level-up?

Darryll Bravenboer

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Comment

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10/02/22

Wonk Corner

The crisis in the youth sector is a big problem for universities

Fiona Walsh McDonnell

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02/07/25

For some, the heat is an access issue

Laura Duncan

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01/07/25

Defunding level 7 apprenticeships in health and care may backfire on lower levels

Denise Baker

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01/07/25

Should students’ unions reach for the stars?

Jim Dickinson

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30/06/25

It’s up to universities to make the industrial strategy a success

James Coe

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30/06/25

Today’s students are scrimpers, not spendthrifts

Will Yates

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30/06/25

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis

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SU Blogs

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12/03/22

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis

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SU Blogs

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10/03/22

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis

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SU Blogs

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09/03/22

Students need universities to act over Ukraine

Rhiannon Ellis

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SU Blogs

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01/03/22

The Wonkhe Show

Podcast: Industrial strategy, cashpoint colleges, social mobility

Team Wonkhe

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27/06/25

Podcast: Free speech guidance, R&D

Team Wonkhe

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20/06/25

Podcast: Spending review, Tooling Up, REF, students at work

Team Wonkhe

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13/06/25

Podcast: Efficiency, EDI, speed

Team Wonkhe

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06/06/25

On the trail of the new OfS proposals

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

Debbie McVitty

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Long read

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24/01/22

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

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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20/01/22

The Office for Students has designed a new TEF

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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20/01/22

How OfS will construct indicators for regulation

David Kernohan

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Long read

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20/01/22

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

Shirley Pearce

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Comment

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24/01/22

PODCAST: Outcomes, TEF, NDAs

Team Wonkhe

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Podcasts

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21/01/22

Policy Watch

DfE sets out the detail on the free speech act

The government will partially implement the controversial Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act while stripping away its most contentious elements. Jim Dickinson and Michael Salmon find the devils in the detail

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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27/06/25

Higher education and the industrial strategy priority areas

Michael Salmon

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Policy Watch

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24/06/25

Research and innovation in the industrial strategy

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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24/06/25

Will guidance on freedom of speech help the staff who fear physical attack for expressing their views?

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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19/06/25

Data on Wonkhe

LEO has a role to play in picking winners

David Kernohan

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Data

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27/06/25

University spending and cost recovery, 2023–24

David Kernohan

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Data

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11/06/25

The UK’s register of university spin-outs

David Kernohan

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Data

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05/06/25

Plotting the impact of an international fee levy

David Kernohan

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Data

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19/05/25

What the latest HESA data tells us about university finances

David Kernohan

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Data

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09/05/25

HESA has published full student data for 2023–24

David Kernohan

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Data

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04/04/25

Research on Wonkhe

Capability for change – preparing for digital learning futures

James Gray

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Research

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31/03/25

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

Debbie McVitty

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Research

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16/12/24

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

Jim Dickinson

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Research

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09/12/24

Trust is paramount when leading strategic change in challenging times

Alison Johns

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Research

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29/07/24

What academics want from academic support

Debbie McVitty

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Research

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08/07/24