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Understanding governance is the key to unlocking better student outcomes
Fiona Walsh McDonnell has the latest from a summer of events and finds better governance in SUs leads to better outcomes
Fiona Walsh McDonnell|28/10/26
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Climate, Coffee, Crisis – where do SUs fit in?
Krzysztof Mikulski|14/10/26
Universities can’t keep demanding diagnoses the NHS is slowing down
Sharanya Sivarajah|12/10/26
Higher education needs to recognise gambling harm as a student wellbeing issue
Max Gogerty|05/10/26
From Oslo to Hamburg – our January 2027 study tour
Jim Dickinson|01/10/26
A decade on the bus – some of our fave moments from Wonkhe SUs study tours
Jim Dickinson|01/10/26
Students are workers too – and they need to know their rights
Kim Allen|30/09/26
Explainers
All explainers →- Wales has asked its review to fix university funding without touching the rules that broke it
- Four in five international students are shopping around, and graduate jobs are what will win them
- Students as partners, but no students’ unions. Inside QAA’s thematic report
- Medr wants a Support Map in every Welsh university – SUs should help draw it
- Energy bills are about to rocket up. Will landlords or students pay the price?
- What the Housing (Scotland) Act’s rent control assessments mean for students in flats, shared houses, and halls
What has changed, what it means for your union and what to do about it – written for officers and staff, not policy wonks.
The SUs podcast
Working for Students
The SUs podcast – unions on what they’re doing for students, and how.
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Membership services special
This week on Working for Students – live from this year’s Membership Services Conference – we’re looking at what shifting recruitment patterns mean for students’ unions as higher-tariff universities expand, lower-tariff institutions face increasingly difficult…
The SUs Briefing
Every edition →Latest · Friday 30 October 2026
No breathing space
- Friday 23 October 2026Carat and stick
- Friday 16 October 2026Letter of the law
- Friday 9 October 2026The house always wins
- Friday 2 October 2026What goes on tour
- Friday 25 September 2026A field day
Every Friday, for Wonkhe SUs members: what changed this week, what it means for your union, what to do about it.
A round up of student influence, voice and representation policies from our eurotours (2026 update)
Jim Dickinson updates Wonkhe's compilation of student representation and voice practice gathered from SU study tours across Europe, with a shift away from course-level reps toward school and faculty s…
Energy bills are about to rocket up. Will landlords or students pay the price?
The energy price shock predicted in the spring has arrived, and the outlook for winter has got worse. Updated 28 October 2026 – this explainer now reflects today’s Budget, which extends the VAT cut on…
What SUs in England need to know about graduate retention as mayors gain new powers
Students as partners, but no students’ unions. Inside QAA’s thematic report
QAA has pooled 35 reviews on engaging students as partners – we set out what it found, whose practice it describes, and what SUs should ask for
What Budget 2026 means for students, graduates, universities and SUs
One in six students use AI for comfort, but it won’t cure loneliness
How (and why) to respond to OfS’ stage two TEF consultation
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