Latest SUs blogs
How to get off the hamster wheel of university level student representation
It's the time of year when the diary looks full - but the solution of taking things out feels wrong. Jim Dickinson urges taking a step back
How to run a students' union
Latest Blogs
A year on with generation AI
Time has flown since the release of ChatGPT almost two years ago. At the University of Northampton (UON), Kelly Lea looks at the impact of Generative Artificial intelligence (GenAI) on education and how they have actively responded to it.
Study Tour 2024
The Friday SUs Briefing Email
Student experience on Wonkhe
The fee increases problem is about adverts as well as contracts
Having read pretty much every HE provider’s terms and conditions, tuition fees policy or associated online material, I’m struggling to find any provider who looks to me to be legally able to levy the domestic fees increase on continuing students.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
That thing where I had to sit in front of all the staff
How do students experience student engagement in quality, and what can we do about it? Simon Varwell decodes feedback from reps
the wonkhe show
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
Featured SUs explainers
Students unions on Wonkhe
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
An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag
The Westminster government has announced a headline 3.1 per cent increase to maximum undergraduate maintenance loans in England.
accommodation on wonkhe
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Some students have. Some students have not
As even some students' basic needs go unmet, Jim Dickinson interrogates the impact that student poverty is having on concentration, mental health and satisfaction
Featured SUs Explainers
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.
Students on wonk corner
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.
Featured SUs Explainers
Featured SUs blogs
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
