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When the essay mill pretends to be your friend
Essay mills have moved beyond simple threats. Daniel Sokol explains how one company posed as an ally to extract more money from a panicked student – and why the real scandal is how many of his course mates are doing the same
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Webinar: Now that’s what I call great officer comms
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It is crucial that students know what their rights are and where to find them
In the final leg of the Wonkhe SUs Rhineland tour, the team explore the Netherlands' distinct approach to student representation – where collaboration beats rivalry, and student-led reform is written into the structure
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Student experience on Wonkhe
Supporting students and free speech on campus requires reform
Mack Marshall takes another look at polling on students and free speech and argues there’s a need for more nuance to encourage a plurality of ideas on campus.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
Fix the governance or fix the governors?
There’s a couple of meetings of the Board of Governors I remember from when I was a student officer at UWE in the late 1990s.
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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
Study tour to Portugal
To be FAIRe, there was plenty to learn in Portugal
On the way home from this year study tour to Portugal, Jim, Mack and team reflect on what UK SUs might learn from the country's impressive systems and culture of student organising
Students unions on Wonkhe
OfS rebalances the free speech/harassment see-saw on antisemitism
A probing exchange with OfS director Arif Ahmed exposes the legal and practical tensions at the heart of campus free speech guidance. Jim Dickinson looks at when happens when promises to Jewish students meet regulatory ambiguity
cost of living on wonkhe
How expensive is it to study in London? Still depends who you ask
Last year I wrote about the huge mess that was London universities' guidance for students on the cost of living in London.
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Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Latest from Belong – students’ health is not OK, and that’s not OK
Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success
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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.
Free speech
We need to talk about Kalven
Arif Ahmed – OfS’ director for freedom of speech and academic freedom – has been out and about preaching to choirs again.
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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.
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
