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Student Loans Company data on fees and maintenance, 2023-24

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Higher education postcard: Charlotte Mason College

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Here’s where universities are going wrong (and right) on student mental health

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Podcast: Skills, PTES, transformation

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The international recruitment pain isn’t evenly distributed
The international recruitment pain isn’t evenly distributed

The international recruitment pain isn’t evenly distributed

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Here’s what you need to know about Scottish universities tackling inequalities

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Reforms to Disabled Students Allowance are turning into a costly crisis
Reforms to Disabled Students Allowance are turning into a costly crisis

Reforms to Disabled Students Allowance are turning into a costly crisis

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What went up then came down

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Students are vulnerable to scams, here’s what universities and SUs can do to help

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A higher education transformation fund would catalyse university reform

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University sexual violence academics and practitioners can and should work together

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Should applicants know the prevalence of sexual misconduct at the providers on their UCAS form?
Should applicants know the prevalence of sexual misconduct at the providers on their UCAS form?

Should applicants know the prevalence of sexual misconduct at the providers on their UCAS form?

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We looked at 26 university “fit to sit” policies. Here’s what we found

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It turns out that students can run the place

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How to embrace harm reduction on campus

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Creative arts graduates succeed because of their background, not in spite of it

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How (and why) to respond to the Employment Rights Bill call for evidence

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How skills, careers, and industrial policy fit together
How skills, careers, and industrial policy fit together

How skills, careers, and industrial policy fit together

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Cardiff council says the quiet part out loud
Cardiff council says the quiet part out loud

Cardiff council says the quiet part out loud

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Getting Britain Working (except for students, as usual)
Getting Britain Working (except for students, as usual)

Getting Britain Working (except for students, as usual)

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Does the Oxford Chancellor election matter?

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Another year, another PTES
Another year, another PTES

Another year, another PTES

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Impartial expertise is vital to student conduct disputes

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It’s time for universities to take the lead on economic growth

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How to set up an academic think tank

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Our job is self-actualisation. Or is it?

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Professional services staff should have a voice in policy engagement

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Get on up, when you're down

Get on up, when you’re down

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When nativism and deglobalisation meet the sagging bottom line

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The problems on the bus go round and round

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Welfare, wellbeing, sexual misconduct and racism in Wales

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Podcast: Financial sustainability, cold spots, student housing

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Who has the time to care – or feel cared for?

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Higher education postcard: Cranfield University

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We need better awarding gap metrics to genuinely address inequity

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Can the gown tame the town?

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Here’s what students spend their financial support funds on

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Do we need a league table of scholars produced by Silicon Valley?

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AI isn’t a tool, it’s an environment

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Supporting outstanding transitions from school and college to university

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What are tariff groups and why do they not matter?
What are tariff groups and why do they not matter?

What are tariff groups and why do they not matter?

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What do students spend hardship funds on, and how can providers help?

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There are cold spots in arts, humanities, and social sciences provision

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SU Trustees Workshops Nov 2024

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In conversation with David Behan

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Wonkhe Live! November 2024

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Round and around

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The fee increases problem is about adverts as well as contracts
The fee increases problem is about adverts as well as contracts

The fee increases problem is about adverts as well as contracts

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VAT is not always the barrier to shared services that it is thought to be

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Credit for pre-university programmes in the US and New Zealand

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Are students clustering out locals in the battle for housing?
Are students clustering out locals in the battle for housing?

Are students clustering out locals in the battle for housing?

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What’s happening to period product funding in universities in Scotland?

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Governing bodies need to prepare and plan now for a different future

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Is it reasonable to expect higher education institutions to be more business-like?

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Universities need a plan to manage future HE provision. So does the government

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The lessons for research funding from Covid-19
The lessons for research funding from Covid-19

The lessons for research funding from Covid-19

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The regulator does not have a handle on the financial state of English higher education

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Here’s what SUs need to know about international postgraduate research students

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What’s it really like being a staff governor?

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Higher education postcard: Senate House, University of London

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Here’s what the Secretary of State for Education actually said when they increased fees (in England)

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DfE is making a fat profit on Master's loans
DfE is making a fat profit on Master's loans

DfE is making a fat profit on Master’s loans

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Relations between academic and professional staff may be at an all-time high

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Podcast: Labour’s agenda, OfS, regional APPs

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OfS pays $100 to join an international quality assurance network
OfS pays $100 to join an international quality assurance network

OfS pays $100 to join an international quality assurance network

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The doctoral journey should be difficult. But only intellectually

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A handful of things from the October 2024 OfS board papers
A handful of things from the October 2024 OfS board papers

A handful of things from the October 2024 OfS board papers

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The sector needs a more credible position on credit transfer

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How to better understand students’ sense of belonging

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Is VC pay really spiraling out of control?
Is VC pay really spiraling out of control?

Is VC pay really spiraling out of control?

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Universities may be a priority for reform but they are not a priority for investment

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Foundation year cuts need a rethink

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How to get off the hamster wheel of university level student representation

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Trashing universities is now a populist position

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Menstrual and mental health

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Higher education postcard: Humboldt University of Berlin

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Some providers are cutting financial support for students – with OfS’ blessing

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Podcast: Fees increase, efficiency, Trump

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Why we need students to act more like consumers

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Policy forum: Wellbeing and liberation officers and staff

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Policy forum: Academic representation and voice

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Policy forum: Advice managers

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Access and participation planning gains a regional dimension

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How the law works over tuition fee increases

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Could “Freshman Learning Communities” help students transition to university?

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Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform

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Building community is as important as counselling wait times for student mental health

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Students’ union strategies

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Student mental health is declining, here’s what SUs need to know from a new study

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Will better student housing rights reduce housing? It doesn't look like like it
Will better student housing rights reduce housing? It doesn't look like like it

Will better student housing rights reduce housing? It doesn’t look like like it

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Universities need to do more on menstrual health

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Local skills demand data may be more noise than signal

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Planning a market exit

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Collaboration is already baked in to the sector, and we need to see more of it

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Fees are going up to £9,535. Or are they?
Fees are going up to £9,535. Or are they?

Fees are going up to £9,535. Or are they?

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Labor will take 20 per cent off student debt
Labor will take 20 per cent off student debt

Labor will take 20 per cent off student debt

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An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag
An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag

An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag

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Bridget Phillipson increases fees by 3.1 per cent

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How fees will rise by inflation

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Seizing the current policy moment – from cost-savings to radical efficiency

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