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Higher education needs to recognise gambling harm as a student wellbeing issue
Max Gogerty argues that universities need to recognise gambling harm as a student wellbeing issue
Max Gogerty|05/10/26
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Students are workers too – and they need to know their rights
Kim Allen|30/09/26
We keep asking students for feedback – but are we actually listening?
Rida Mir|30/09/26
One officer can move national policy if they pick the right pitch
Sam Kilgour|24/09/26
Structural change is on the university’s agenda – is it on the SU’s?
Steve Coole|23/09/26
Turning back the clock on external trustees shows lay members need induction too
Nick Smith|23/09/26
How to deliver a terrible freshers induction talk
Jim Dickinson|16/09/26
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