A safe bet

by Mark Leach

Comment

9/02/11

Tuition fees: Minister warns universities

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

21/02/11

0

The winning move is not to play: Game Theory and the Willetts funding model

by David Kernohan

Analysis

25/02/11

3

The latest attempt to communicate the fees system by BIS falls short

by Mark Leach

Comment

21/03/11

1

A new threat from the right?

by Mark Leach

Analysis

6/04/11

How do you solve a problem like Vince Cable?

by Mark Leach

Analysis

4/05/11

Off-quota places – another unforced HE policy error?

by Mark Leach

Comment

10/05/11

4

What did we learn from the BIS Business Plan?

by Mark Leach

Analysis

17/05/11

Freeing-up student numbers: the implications

by Richard Brabner

Analysis

20/05/11

3

Globalisation: Where on earth does HE start?

by Martin Hughes

Analysis

27/06/11

3

Between Public and Private

by Newell Hapson-Jones

Analysis

7/09/11

4

Fashion victims?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

21/09/11

5

Students as consumers? Or not?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

23/09/11

1

Business as usual – a look at the Innovation & Research Strategy

by Mark Leach

Analysis

8/12/11

1

HEGlobal – helping UK higher education internationalise?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

20/02/12

4

Risk of managers swamping universities?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

5/03/12

0

The Imperfect University: Do we need a level playing field?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

20/04/12

1

David Willetts on internationalisation via sharing university statutes

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

23/04/12

1

How small can a university be?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

18/06/12

2

Offshoring opportunities – a real alternative?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

27/06/12

0

Blots on the information landscape

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

29/06/12

0

Go compare – Which advice to take?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

17/09/12

1

The Imperfect University: How not to defend higher education

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

7/12/12

4

Where are the statues of great academics?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

9/01/13

1

Yet more support to help UK HE internationalise?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

25/01/13

Regulation without legislation

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

15/07/13

Change at the top

by Alistair Jarvis

Analysis

29/07/13

1

Go West. Or East. Plans for more student mobility

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

7/08/13

Unbelievable excitement as website updated

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

25/09/13

1

Developing the UK’s international education strategy

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

27/11/13

Making the cut

by Alistair Jarvis

Analysis

27/01/14

1

The narcissism of minor differences

by Andy Westwood

Comment

11/02/14

The future of Higher National Diplomas

by Julian Gravatt

Analysis

3/07/14

4

The legacy of David Willetts

by Andy Westwood

Analysis, Comment

17/07/14

3

£5.4m claimed in ineligible student support

by Emily Lupton

Policy Watch

2/12/14

Enjoy your REF, while you can

by Martin McQuillan

Analysis

15/12/14

0

£6bn package for science and innovation

by Emily Lupton

Policy Watch

17/12/14

Grant letter: HEFCE’s regulatory powers beefed up

by Mark Leach

Policy Watch

30/01/15

As you were. It’s the 2015 Grant Letter

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

30/01/15

1

BIS failed to heed warnings about HE privatisation

by Emily Lupton

Policy Watch

24/02/15

Postgraduate loans could be capped or restricted by subject

by Emily Lupton

Policy Watch

25/03/15

The new BIS team – agents of HMT?

by Mark Leach

Analysis

12/05/15

Sajid Javid’s NUS wars

by Mark Leach

Analysis

12/05/15

Profile: Jo Johnson and Sajid Javid

by Emily Lupton

Policy Watch

12/05/15

A critical moment for the quality debate

by Mark Leach

Analysis

8/06/15

11

Government reopens the higher education system

by Zaki Dogliani

Policy Watch

17/09/15

Party at The Athenaeum?

by Mark Leach

Stacks

18/09/15

Beyond the Green Paper architecture: we still need QAA

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

7/01/16

2

Who said the art of letter writing was dead? The 2016 Grant Letter

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

4/03/16

Sketch: Could the BIS Sheffield office still be saved?

by Mark Leach

Comment

11/05/16

UKRI if you want to: how to read the new research landscape

by James Wilsdon

Analysis

18/05/16

4

The industrial strategy white paper digested

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

27/11/17

2

Sam Gyimah’s first tour date

by Louis Coiffait

Policy Watch

19/01/18

‘Dear Michael Barber’ – the letter of the law

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

6/03/18

What’s a Spring Statement anyway?

by Louis Coiffait

Comment

12/03/18

Will Tuesday’s Spring Statement be a non-event for HE?

by Greg Walker

Comment

12/03/18

How greater capacity, coherence, and capability would improve HE’s public affairs

by Louis Coiffait

Comment

16/04/18

Votes for all – getting students back on the electoral register

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

26/06/18

5

Is there a meaningful threat to free speech on campus?

by Smita Jamdar

Comment

24/07/18

3

Universities should play a stronger role in attracting foreign direct investment

by Joe Marshall

Comment

1/11/18

How to have REF-able policy impact

by Sarah Foxen

Comment

7/02/19

2

We’ve got an international education strategy – what next?

by Vivienne Stern

Comment

18/03/19

2

What happens to your consultation responses?

by Iain Mansfield

Comment

15/04/19

2

Do the write thing – the surprising written questions MPs ask about the sector

by Arthi Nachiappan

Analysis

15/04/19

Welcome to the age of policy entrepreneurship

by Charles Heymann

Comment

18/04/19

How the Open Innovation Partnership is helping academics shape policy

by Giles Carden

Comment

19/06/19

Research on research is needed now more than ever

by James Wilsdon

Comment

29/09/19

Do we really need another research funding body?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

15/10/19

Do you have a voice in the election campaign?

by David Kernohan

Explainer

7/11/19

2

The government’s Covid-19 support package for universities

by Debbie McVitty

Analysis

4/05/20

17

We haven’t had enough of experts

by Josie Cluer

Comment

11/05/20

Transforming access and participation demands a national strategy

by Cat Turhan

Comment

27/05/20

1

Government must recognise the human cost to the crisis facing universities

by Jo Grady

Comment

1/06/20

4

What are the Wonkhe community’s hopes for the HE sector post Covid-19?

by Debbie McVitty

Analysis

7/09/20

1

Does the tone of ministerial speeches to vice chancellors signal a wider shift?

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

11/09/20

Policymakers claiming the NSS is driving down standards should get their own house in order

by Paul Ashwin

Comment

17/09/20

6

Higher education is transformative – it should be open to all

by Paul Ashwin

Comment

23/09/20

Funding the full cost of research would allow universities to renew their public mission

by Jonathan Grant

Comment

28/09/20

5

Reallocate skills funding to regions to rescue ailing apprenticeship system

by Caroline Cowburn

Comment

29/09/20

The Prime Minister’s big speech on skills signals some major policy shifts

by Josie Cluer

Comment

5/10/20

Modern universities – beware of the higher technical trap

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

5/10/20

1

Bringing academic insight into Parliament

by Rowena Bermingham

Comment

15/10/20

A Christmas miracle? DfE guidance on student travel

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

11/11/20

5

UKRI is the wrong target for anger at lack of funding support for PGRs

by Stephanie Smith

Comment

23/11/20

Why SAGE needs to hear from the humanities

by Barry Smith

Comment

11/12/20

Time to make the most of Turing in Global Britain

by Louise Nicol

Comment

20/01/21

10

What do the interim Augar response and Skills for Jobs white paper mean for HE?

by Debbie McVitty

Policy Watch

21/01/21

TEF latest assessment – the Pearce review and the government’s response

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

21/01/21

4

The Skills for Jobs white paper is what happens when policy is made in a vacuum

by Andy Westwood

Comment

25/01/21

1

The government’s response to the Pearce review of TEF doesn’t do justice to it

by Paul Ashwin

Comment

8/02/21

4

The value of a national TEF is in enhancing university learning and teaching

by Shirley Pearce

Comment

8/02/21

3

Review of ITT must recognise the unique contribution of universities to teacher training

by Peter Neil

Comment

25/02/21

Does Neil O’Brien have the answer to the levelling up question?

by Jim Dickinson

Analysis

6/05/21

2

Still waiting for skills reform

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

19/05/21

2

Is the HE sector looking in the wrong place for the government’s Augar response?

by Edward Peck

Comment

24/05/21

1

What will it take to convince policymakers that university leaders support the skills agenda?

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

5/07/21

A fairer, greener Scotland for higher education?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

7/09/21

Vice chancellors get a lecture on Zoom from Gavin Williamson

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

9/09/21

Is a bleak winter ahead for the creative industries?

by Anne Carlisle

Comment

25/10/21

1

This spending review is the government’s chance to make good on its R&D promises

by Ben Moore

Comment

25/10/21