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16/11/22

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Wonkhe Live! November 2022

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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15/11/22

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On the buses – how to make a difference on public transport

by Wonkhe SUs Big Calls

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15/11/22

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Policy forum report: Presidents and UDOs

by Jim Dickinson

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15/11/22

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Policy forum report: Welfare and Community Officers

by Jim Dickinson

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15/11/22

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Everything we know about course reps is wrong

by Wonkhe SUs Big Calls

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15/11/22

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Students say the weight of textbooks is getting them down

by Eleanor Parker

15/11/22

Government growth ambitions need interdisciplinary teaching

by Geraint Thomas

15/11/22

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Reading the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for maths

by David Kernohan

14/11/22

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Are universities back to doing more with less?

by Lily Bull

14/11/22

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Here’s how we’ll make Plan B work for Britain

by Christopher Smith

14/11/22

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Trust, Alberta, and lessons for UK research

by Jonathan Grant

14/11/22

Finding higher education in the national accounts

by David Kernohan

14/11/22

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Who will take responsibility for student housing?

by Jim Dickinson

13/11/22

What does class pay gap day tell us about universities and students from disadvantaged backgrounds?

by David Kernohan

13/11/22

OfS B3 Quality Toolkit

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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13/11/22

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Out of thin Airbnb

by Jim Dickinson

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11/11/22

What has gone wrong with international students and family accommodation?

by Jim Dickinson

11/11/22

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Fifty ways in which universities have been getting the costs of study down

by Jim Dickinson

11/11/22

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Higher education postcard: University of Leicester

by Hugh Jones

11/11/22

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Supporting student resilience is about moving from surviving to thriving

by Amy Irwin

11/11/22

Podcast: Regulatory burden, Dearing, governor diversity, harassment

by Team Wonkhe

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11/11/22

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GuildHE weighs in on the cost of regulation

by David Kernohan

11/11/22

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Providers need to do more to tackle harassment and sexual misconduct, according to a new OfS evaluation

by Livia Scott

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10/11/22

We’re starting to see responses to the OfS equality of opportunity consultation

by Michael Salmon

10/11/22

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Students and pregnancy

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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10/11/22

Why is progress on keeping students safe so slow?

by Jim Dickinson

10/11/22

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Will the regulator’s proposals on what works work?

by Julian Crockford

10/11/22

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Why isn’t good practice on harassment and sexual misconduct a basic standard?

by Rose Stephenson

10/11/22

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Gender based violence, SUs and jurisdiction in complaints procedures

by Jim Dickinson

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9/11/22

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Should your university adopt “digital” mental health support?

by Michael Salmon

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9/11/22

How do students see student success differently by subject?

by Michael Salmon

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9/11/22

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A practical guide to handling sabbatical officer burnout

by Livia Scott

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9/11/22

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We took away due dates for university assignments. Here’s what we found

by Benjamin T. Jones

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9/11/22

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COP27 should be a moment for universities to reflect

by James Coe

9/11/22

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Regulation doesn’t work for students at independent providers

by Sophie McCarthy

9/11/22

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Here’s what SUs need to know about UCU’s industrial action

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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9/11/22

Students on all-inclusive bills will get £400. As long as they’re not actually all-inclusive

by Jim Dickinson

8/11/22

Who’s going to fix Northern Ireland’s skills problem?

by Michael Salmon

8/11/22

The debate over student number controls is only one piece of the future policy puzzle

by Mark Leach

8/11/22

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Confronting the challenges of working as a contractor in higher education

by Katherine Mansfield

8/11/22

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A new small-area measure of deprivation

by David Kernohan

8/11/22

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Why is it so hard to use data to address student wellbeing?

by Jim Keane

8/11/22

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It’s time SUs talked mental health and money on campus

by Matt Wall

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7/11/22

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Forget them not

by Jim Dickinson

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7/11/22

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Life after the designated quality body

by Vicki Stott

7/11/22

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How do we manage and support an expanding sector?

by David Kernohan

7/11/22

To resolve conflicts in the campus culture wars, we need to listen as well as speak

by David Ruebain

7/11/22

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Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?

by Jim Dickinson

7/11/22

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How could income contingent loans work better?

by Simon Marginson

7/11/22

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Why are there more graduate bar staff than ever?

by David Kernohan

Data

4/11/22

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Disabled and chronically ill students feeling forgotten

by Lauren Gilbert

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4/11/22

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If we can’t fix student housing we’ll fail estranged students

by Becca Bland

4/11/22

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Higher education postcard: Worcester College, Oxford

by Hugh Jones

4/11/22

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Pregnancy, parenthood and childcare rights for students

by Jim Dickinson

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4/11/22

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Clowning can improve teaching

by Gustavo Espinoza Ramos

4/11/22

Podcast: Free speech, NUS, estranged students, NSS

by Team Wonkhe

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4/11/22

Data further into the future

by David Kernohan

3/11/22

The free speech bill will create chaos over student disciplinary processes

by Jim Dickinson

3/11/22

The Lords have been discussing students’ unions. It didn’t go well

by Jim Dickinson

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3/11/22

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Why employment quality is important in graduate data

by Tej Nathwani

3/11/22

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Where you find students depends on how you look for them

by David Kernohan

Data

3/11/22

The independence imperative: 25 years of QAA

by Simon Gaskell

3/11/22

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No point pretending on Scottish university funding

by Michael Salmon

2/11/22

Can the Tory sensibles learn to love universities?

by David Kernohan

2/11/22

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Some students should be getting money from their landlord

by Jim Dickinson

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2/11/22

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Why do we tax the identities of equality champions?

by Emily Yarrow

2/11/22

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The real free speech problem in universities

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

2/11/22

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At the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

by Michael Salmon

2/11/22

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NUS has sacked its president – but are there wider implications?

by Jim Dickinson

1/11/22

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Developing early career researchers

by Mark Whelan

1/11/22

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Covid-19 safety on campus, in 2022

by Sol Gamsu

1/11/22

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Why doesn’t OfS care about community?

by Jim Dickinson

31/10/22

There are no easy answers for university finances this year

by David Kernohan

31/10/22

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Will the government be tort a lesson over free speech?

by Jim Dickinson

31/10/22

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Consultations are not just a token opportunity for the sector to air views

by Charlotte Snelling

31/10/22

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We must not let our disabled students down

by Geoff Layer

31/10/22

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Plan B for business

by James Coe

28/10/22

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Student opinions and understanding of sustainability

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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28/10/22

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Student housing policy presents choices that the sector should grasp

by Jim Dickinson

28/10/22

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Higher education postcard: advertising

by Hugh Jones

28/10/22

NSS consultation yields no changes to OfS plans

by David Kernohan

28/10/22

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Isn’t OfS supposed to support students to make good choices?

by Paul Wiltshire

28/10/22

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Podcast: Reshuffle, industrial action, applications decline

by Team Wonkhe

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28/10/22

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How to make best use of forthcoming national student cost of living research

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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27/10/22

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There needs to be better support for students with chronic illnesses

by Livia Scott

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27/10/22

Policy Exchange weighs in with proposed cuts for higher education

by David Kernohan

27/10/22

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Does active learning improve wellbeing?

by Michael Salmon

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27/10/22

Some good news – and some astonishingly bad news – for students

by Jim Dickinson

27/10/22

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October deadline applications are down for 2023

by Clare Marchant

27/10/22

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Ten ways to get through storming fortnight

by Anon

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27/10/22

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How to deliver on working-class boys and progression to HE

by Alex Blower

27/10/22

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The ultimate guide to student rights when there’s industrial action

by Jim Dickinson

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27/10/22

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Seven in ten students have thought about dropping out due to money

by Wonkhe SUs explainer

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26/10/22

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Who is Grant Shapps?

by James Coe

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26/10/22

Braverman returns – so what happens now to international recruitment?

by Jim Dickinson

26/10/22

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Who is Gillian Keegan?

by David Kernohan

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26/10/22

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Creating an authentic academic experience for apprentices

by Chris Harty

26/10/22

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Is attainment raising about moral obligation or regulatory requirement?

by Anna Anthony

26/10/22

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For growth, we need to be sure that training really pays

by Patrick Thomson