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Twenty ways to deliver on Labour’s opportunity mission by making student housing better
The UK has no strategy for student housing - unlike many of its European counterparts. Jim Dickinson identifies what could be in it - along with protections that could be built into England's Renter's Rights Bill and Scotland's Housing Bill.
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The SU theory of change is broken. Nudniks might fix it
Students have problems, they raise them with reps, those reps raise them with decision makers and the problems get fixed. But what if the theory change is faulty? Jim Dickinson identifies an alternative
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How to actually learn from student appeals
Students tend to overcome the barriers to complaint-making when they fail - but what happens when they do? Every day's a school day for Jim Dickinson
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Would the free speech act have ushered in antisemitism?
At the weekend the Telegraph reported that the government is facing a “High Court showdown” with its free speech tsar.
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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
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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
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Some student midwives are putting in 70 hours a week
Financial pressures are forcing student midwives out of their chosen career, with increasing numbers leaving their courses before completion because they can’t afford to continue.
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Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Students need to feel more connected – to both the campus and each other
Jim Dickinson digs deep into the GTI/Cybil polling underpinning the UPP Foundation's Student Futures work - and finds ways and reasons to cause students to feel more connected
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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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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.
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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.
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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
