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SU elections are one big pantomime
Frank Longdon argues that good SU elections are one big pantomime - and explains why he thinks that metaphor is a useful way to approach the season
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The secrets to improving your NSS score finally revealed
On the NSS SUs question, what are students truly thinking - and do they think about their academic reps? Ruth Fernandez explains one union's attempt to find the recipe for the secret sauce
The Friday SUs Briefing Email
Student experience on Wonkhe
Universities UK has new guidance for dealing with cases of student misconduct.
Universities UK has published new guidance that builds on its Changing the Culture report. And it’s important.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
OfS consults on guidance over free speech. Confused? You will be
OfS has guidance out on securing free speech on campus. Jim Dickinson fears that its underpinning of mistrust and lack of understanding of those it regulates renders it meaningless
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
cost of living on wonkhe
PhD stipends on the search for an anchor
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) has quietly announced stipend levels for 2024/25.
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Disabled students need more than support plans and “fixing”
Jim Dickinson gets into the GTI/Cibyl polling underpinning the UPP Foundation's Student Futures 2 report - and finds collective strategic challenges for universities' growing group of Disabled students
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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.
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