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What’s in the Post-16 skills white paper for students?
21/10/25
What’s going on with students and guaranteed hours in the Employment Rights Bill?
13/10/25
Students should be more involved in their towns and cities, here’s what SUs need to know about the new Pride in Place Strategy
02/10/25
Here’s what universities’ civic and economic impact is and why SUs should be interested
05/09/25
How (and why) to respond to the government’s unpaid internships consultation
20/08/25
Coping with crisis means SUs have to adapt again
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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15/08/25
OfS has got their funding guidance but what does it mean
23/05/25
Wonkhe SUs training and induction Summer 2025
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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23/04/25
On site, in-house training for SUs: Summer 2025
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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23/04/25
It’s OK to be unreasonable
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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31/03/25
Here’s ten different ways to lobby on everything in Parliament right now
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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31/03/25
Students are citizens of their cities too
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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25/03/25
The government is amending the Employment Rights Bill – here’s what SUs need to know
04/03/25
We’re losing the international student argument
Thomas Tran
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SU blog
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13/02/25
Rethinking lobbying at the Hull Northern Voice Conference
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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23/01/25
Here’s where the Department for Education’s mental health taskforce is up to
17/01/25
It’s all coming up: Seven things for SUs to prep for in the year ahead
09/01/25
How (and why) to respond to the Employment Rights Bill call for evidence
26/11/24
Here’s what the Secretary of State for Education actually said when they increased fees (in England)
14/11/24
How to respond to the NHS change consultation in the student interest
30/10/24
There’s a new employment rights Bill out. Here’s what SUs need to know
10/10/24
Here’s what SUs need to know about UUK’s new “blueprint”
02/10/24
How to respond to Medr’s consultation on its strategic plan
01/10/24
Twenty ways to deliver on Labour’s opportunity mission by making student housing better
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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13/09/24
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