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What happened to student activities and opportunities during the pandemic?
25/02/21
How student activities and opportunities help skills development
25/02/21
What should SU trustees learn from the collapse of Kids Company?
19/02/21
Do students want to “return” after Easter?
17/02/21
What is the National Student Accommodation Survey 2021 telling us?
17/02/21
Should we make students “participate” or just survey them for student voice?
12/02/21
How does QAA accreditation reflect student experience?
12/02/21
What could be done to help/compensate the Class of Covid?
07/02/21
Do students need to develop “civic skills” now?
04/02/21
Mental health and the next generation of students
27/01/21
Is there any evidence of cancel culture?
21/01/21
How to tackle islamophobia on campus
19/01/21
QAA has published advice on practical components and placements
19/01/21
QAA has published advice on “safety net” and “no detriment” policies
19/01/21
Roll up roll up for the National Contentment Survey
08/01/21
A huge set of elections is coming up and SUs need to act fast
06/01/21
What should (or could) be in a new no detriment or safety net policy for this year?
01/01/21
Which universities are offering rent rebates for Christmas?
20/12/20
Mitigating or extenuating circumstances gets a major overhaul
14/12/20
Majority of university students want refund on first term
11/12/20
How to ensure that students disclose sexual misconduct
10/12/20
The Charity Commission and free speech in SUs
10/12/20
Students’ views on the impact of Coronavirus
03/12/20
What do students really think about how they are assessed?
27/11/20
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