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Making (all) student members meetings work
Nick Smith makes the case for reviving student members meetings as a vital democratic tool in students’ unions - arguing that when they're done right, they can create accountability, understanding and genuine engagement
Summer 2025
Improving the experience for international students
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It’s time to make sport more accessible for neurodiverse students
Emily Woods reflects on welcome week and how making sport more accessible for neurodiverse students means that everyone wins.
The Friday SUs Briefing Email
Student experience on Wonkhe
The more you work, the more you regret your HE
The headline in this year’s HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey was that over two-thirds of students now undertake paid work during term time, an increase of more than 12 per cent from 2024.
Students' unions on Wonkhe
OfS’ understanding of the student interest requires improvement
Jim Dickinson argues that the Office for Students’ new quality proposals sideline the very student voices they claim to champion – and risk undermining trust in higher education regulation
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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
Study tour to Portugal
To be FAIRe, there was plenty to learn in Portugal
On the way home from this year study tour to Portugal, Jim, Mack and team reflect on what UK SUs might learn from the country's impressive systems and culture of student organising
Students unions on Wonkhe
DfE sets out the detail on the free speech act
The government will partially implement the controversial Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act while stripping away its most contentious elements. Jim Dickinson and Michael Salmon find the devils in the detail
cost of living on wonkhe
Inflation for Chevening scholars is much higher than it is for home students
When the Westminster government annually uprates the maximum amounts of maintenance support that students from England can borrow, it uses a measure of inflation.
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Latest from Belong – students are earning, but what are we learning?
Jim Dickinson assesses the findings of new polling from Belong on students' experiences of and impacts from being at work
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.
Free speech
We’re still no closer to clarity over antisemitism on campus
A couple of fairly notable things emerged last week over antisemitism in higher education.
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
