Wonkhe

Dispatches from a wonk’s nightmare

by Debbie McVitty

2/05/12

Bursting bubbles in higher education

by Mark Leach

11/09/12

2

Survey motivation

by Debbie McVitty

10/10/12

4

Powder and the mirror: policy, fiction and storytelling

by David Kernohan

12/12/12

What is a wonk?

by Mark Leach

12/05/14

2

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Welcome to Wonkhe 2.0

by Mark Leach

19/11/14

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Speaking a common language

by Stevie Upton

11/12/14

Policy advisers research – your help needed

by Richard Brabner

14/12/14

Women wonks: make blogging your New Year’s Resolution

by Debbie McVitty

31/12/14

3

Reinventing universities in the media

by David Kernohan

13/01/15

8

Exciting Holiday Higher Ed Quiz

by Paul Greatrix

2/04/15

3

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Summer Diversion – The West Wing Characters: Ranked

by Paul Greatrix

5/08/15

2

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Live: Universities UK/CASE Political Affairs in Higher Education Forum

by Zaki Dogliani

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19/11/15

19th Nov 2015

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Why should universities do political engagement?

by Bill Rammell

19/11/15

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Women and wonkery: marking International Women’s Day

by Louisa Darian

7/03/16

2

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Peacock or perish? Prestige and gender in academia

by Camille Kandiko Howson

8/03/16

5

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Women wonks: why it’s time to get writing

by Debbie McVitty

10/03/16

2

Complicated

The four challenges of Brexit: why we need wonks

by David Morris

25/06/16

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Brexit: seven stages of grief on the way to acceptance

by Colette Fletcher

30/06/16

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Your definitive guide to HE sector pronunciations

by Paul Greatrix

3/03/17

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Wakey wakey – adulting (and wonk-ing) for beginners

by Paul Greatrix

1/09/17

3

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Why we wonk – a case study

by Andy Westwood

2/11/17

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Recruiting tomorrow’s higher education leaders

by Paul Greatrix

28/11/17

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A wonk’s guide to engaging with new education ministers

by Charles Heymann

15/01/18

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#Wonklife – Joy Elliot-Bowman

by Catherine Boyd

8/03/18

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What value for whose money?

by Rhiannon Birch

8/03/18

1

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The Wonk Panel Survey 2018

by Mark Leach

9/04/18

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The University Show – Season 1 Episode 6 – The Wonk Panel

by Team Wonkhe

9/04/18

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The University Show – Season 1 Episode 11 – Ask the wonks

by Team Wonkhe

7/07/18

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The University Show – Season 1 Episode 12 – Review of the year

by Team Wonkhe

21/08/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – The Higher Education Podcast: Preview

by Team Wonkhe

16/09/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.1 Comparative claims, UCAS figures, Power List, Free Speech

by Team Wonkhe

21/09/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.2 Sexual misconduct, learning gain, Labour party conference, students and alcohol

by Team Wonkhe

28/09/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.3 Conservatives, degree apprenticeships, human capital and clapping

by Team Wonkhe

5/10/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.4 FOI win, mental health, DfE data row

by Team Wonkhe

12/10/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.5 Social mobility, colleges week, “non academics”, and cowboys

by Team Wonkhe

19/10/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.6 TEF, Sexual harassment, governance, graduate earnings

by Team Wonkhe

26/10/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.7 Fees, bailouts and apps

by Team Wonkhe

6/11/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.8 University finances, Brexit, sector reputation and Dubai

by Team Wonkhe

16/11/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.9 Loans sell off, fees transparency, two-year degrees, UAE, coddling

by Team Wonkhe

23/11/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E10. Unconditional offers, women, graduate levy, graduate earnings

by Team Wonkhe

30/11/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E11. New minister, student rent, racial harassment

by Team Wonkhe

7/12/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.12 Access, UCAS data, commuters, social mobility

by Team Wonkhe

14/12/18

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Wonkhe Weekly – E.13 The Christmas clip show student snowflake special

by Team Wonkhe

21/12/18

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Wonkhe Weekly: Grammar schools, silly season, 2019

by Team Wonkhe

11/01/19

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Wonkhe Weekly: Augar, PQA, student debt

by Team Wonkhe

18/01/19

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Wonkhe Weekly: Spending, Greening, extremism

by Team Wonkhe

25/01/19

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Wonkhe Weekly: UCAS, apprenticeships, youthquake

by Team Wonkhe

1/02/19

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Wonkhe Weekly: Minister, research access, Warwick, donations

by Team Wonkhe

8/02/19

VC pay, civic, staff on TEF

by Team Wonkhe

15/02/19

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The Civic University Commission signals a new way of setting policy agendas

by Debbie McVitty

18/02/19

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Labour, decolonisation, housing

by Team Wonkhe

22/02/19

Strike complaints, access, harassment

by Team Wonkhe

1/03/19

Uni bailouts, subsidies, teaching excellence

by Team Wonkhe

8/03/19

Data, housing, funding and cheating

by Team Wonkhe

15/03/19

International, cheating, skills, demography

by Team Wonkhe

22/03/19

Grade inflation, loneliness, mergers, Peterson

by Team Wonkhe

29/03/19

Financial forecasts, cybersecurity, apps

by Team Wonkhe

5/04/19

Tories, NUS, stalking, rent guarantors

by Team Wonkhe

12/04/19

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Outside the box: shaping higher education policy beyond DfE

by Minto Felix

15/04/19

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Wonkhe speaks to Kirsty Williams

by Team Wonkhe

18/04/19

Non disclosures, access, pro-life, a levels

by Team Wonkhe

18/04/19

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The Hidden History of HE

by Team Wonkhe

25/04/19

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EU students, over-education, BME attainment, Cambridge and slavery

by Team Wonkhe

3/05/19

NDAs, ministers and offers, wellbeing

by Team Wonkhe

10/05/19

Research, antisemitism, social mobility, car parking

by Team Wonkhe

17/05/19

Wonkhe 360: what’s it like to be a woman in higher education policy?

by Arthi Nachiappan

20/05/19

Staff wellbeing, degree classification, student health

by Team Wonkhe

24/05/19

Augar’s cost, tertiary and legal action

by Team Wonkhe

7/06/19

Student experience, safeguarding, mobility, Tories

by Team Wonkhe

14/06/19

VC pay, mental health, TEF4, graduation

by Team Wonkhe

21/06/19

Private schools, LEO, REF, free speech

by Team Wonkhe

28/06/19

NSS, DMU, new SU officers

by Team Wonkhe

5/07/19

Higher technical, Warwick, clearing

by Team Wonkhe

12/07/19

Chris Skidmore at UUK, post-study work, Discover Uni

by Team Wonkhe

13/09/19

Mental health, PhD access, Freshers

by Team Wonkhe

20/09/19

TUNDRA, fees, initiations, midwives

by Team Wonkhe

27/09/19

Private schools, RORI, care leavers, VC pay

by Team Wonkhe

4/10/19

Student housing, research funding, sexual misconduct, Augar

by Team Wonkhe

11/10/19

Science, TNE, disabled students, demand

by Team Wonkhe

18/10/19

Podcast: Racism, grad premium, criminals, VFM

by Team Wonkhe

25/10/19

Podcast: OfS reviews applications to get on its register

by Team Wonkhe

30/10/19

Podcast: Live from Wonkfest 2019

by Team Wonkhe

5/11/19

PODCAST: Labour, residential HE, PTES, academic freedom

by Team Wonkhe

15/11/19

PODCAST: Bolton fire, Oxford Union, election

by Team Wonkhe

22/11/19

PODCAST: Applications, nurses, 21st century uni, voter registration

by Team Wonkhe

29/11/19

PODCAST: Free speech, UCAS data, HE SMEs, student data

by Team Wonkhe

6/12/19

PODCAST: The morning after the general election 2019

by Team Wonkhe

13/12/19

PODCAST: The Hidden History of HE

by Team Wonkhe

20/12/19

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PODCAST: More Hidden History of HE

by Team Wonkhe

26/12/19

PODCAST: Harassment regulation, languages, Baltics

by Team Wonkhe

10/01/20

PODCAST: Unconditionals, KEF, research culture, racism

by Team Wonkhe

16/01/20

PODCAST: Unconditionals, KEF, research culture, racism

by Team Wonkhe

17/01/20

PODCAST: Augar delay, access, casualisation, grammar schools

by Team Wonkhe

24/01/20

PODCAST: Access and participation, end of cycle, research bureaucracy

by Team Wonkhe

31/01/20

PODCAST: Student marketing and recruitment special

by Team Wonkhe

7/02/20

PODCAST: Value indicators, wellbeing, NDAs, student engagement

by Team Wonkhe

14/02/20

PODCAST: A #metoo moment? civic universities, fair admissions, NSS

by Team Wonkhe

21/02/20

PODCAST: Admissions, coronavirus, number controls, levelling up

by Team Wonkhe

28/02/20

PODCAST: Graduate premium, careers, levelling up, culture wars

by Team Wonkhe

6/03/20