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NEW on Wonkhe: Amendments are in on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill buff.ly/AtwIBSz
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Amendments are in on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill buff.ly/AtwIBSz
NEW on Wonkhe: Ben Tatler, Paul Manners, Sean Sapcariu, and Ben Bleasdale, argue that public support for research is dependent on making it more relatable, trustworthy, and visible in everyday life buff.ly/tUYysh4
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Ben Tatler, Paul Manners, Sean Sapcariu, and Ben Bleasdale, argue that public support for research is dependent on making it more relatable, trustworthy, and visible in everyday life buff.ly/tUYysh4
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to jellied eel territory buff.ly/UWryNN0
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to jellied eel territory buff.ly/UWryNN0
NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty digests the autumn update from OfS on the financial outlook for English HE providers buff.ly/bLLtRnv
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty digests the autumn update from OfS on the financial outlook for English HE providers buff.ly/bLLtRnv
NEW on Wonkhe: A new partnership between Advance HE, evasys and Student Voice AI is giving rapid access to a goldmine of insight about the PGT experience. Helena Lim explains buff.ly/bnSjmUh
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: A new partnership between Advance HE, evasys and Student Voice AI is giving rapid access to a goldmine of insight about the PGT experience. Helena Lim explains buff.ly/bnSjmUh
NEW on Wonkhe: It’s PTES time buff.ly/AsXGSd9
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: It’s PTES time buff.ly/AsXGSd9
NEW on Wonkhe: Richard Traini rallies the sector to use REF 2029 as the opportunity to promote and reward the expertise of technical staff buff.ly/IHkRwWA
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Richard Traini rallies the sector to use REF 2029 as the opportunity to promote and reward the expertise of technical staff buff.ly/IHkRwWA
NEW on Wonkhe: Long hours and poor working conditions hit students’ outcomes hard buff.ly/3EAaz4x
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Long hours and poor working conditions hit students’ outcomes hard buff.ly/3EAaz4x
NEW on Wonkhe: Size and shape dashboards, 2025 bit.ly/3XBq0Vx
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Size and shape dashboards, 2025 bit.ly/3XBq0Vx
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite robust regulations on paper, students feel powerless to act when universities fall short. Jim Dickinson unpacks research that lays bare a culture of learned helplessness across higher education buff.ly/FMxUw4a
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite robust regulations on paper, students feel powerless to act when universities fall short. Jim Dickinson unpacks research that lays bare a culture of learned helplessness across higher education buff.ly/FMxUw4a
NEW on Wonkhe: Telling people off is not a quality enhancement tool bit.ly/3X4o9bK
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Telling people off is not a quality enhancement tool bit.ly/3X4o9bK
NEW on Wonkhe: New Skills England guidance provides the detail for the white paper’s vision of a coherent skills system. Michael Salmon assesses whether it could work buff.ly/Dtpbg0t
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: New Skills England guidance provides the detail for the white paper’s vision of a coherent skills system. Michael Salmon assesses whether it could work buff.ly/Dtpbg0t
NEW on Wonkhe: A decade after a brutal attack reshaped US campus law, Bob Abrahart examines what the debate over duties still gets wrong about universities’ legal responsibilities buff.ly/YcVyHkS
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: A decade after a brutal attack reshaped US campus law, Bob Abrahart examines what the debate over duties still gets wrong about universities’ legal responsibilities buff.ly/YcVyHkS
NEW on Wonkhe: OfS capital allocations, 2025-26 bit.ly/4o49hoW
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: OfS capital allocations, 2025-26 bit.ly/4o49hoW
NEW on Wonkhe: The policy environment is supportive, but financial pressures are constraining universities’ civic work. Adam Leach examines the risks and the opportunities ahead buff.ly/u3P4stL
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The policy environment is supportive, but financial pressures are constraining universities’ civic work. Adam Leach examines the risks and the opportunities ahead buff.ly/u3P4stL
NEW on Wonkhe: Rhiannon McQuone introduces research from Public First indicating that international fees are HE’s last line of defence buff.ly/9Cx3xRL
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Rhiannon McQuone introduces research from Public First indicating that international fees are HE’s last line of defence buff.ly/9Cx3xRL
NEW on Wonkhe: Graduates and non-graduates are polarised in their views of university study. Steve O’Neil thinks through how the sector can demonstrate its value across the electorate buff.ly/eAa6x1Y
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Graduates and non-graduates are polarised in their views of university study. Steve O’Neil thinks through how the sector can demonstrate its value across the electorate buff.ly/eAa6x1Y
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite sector-wide consensus on how to tackle belonging gaps, Jim Dickinson explores how the latest APPs risk entrenching disadvantage by misreading the social psychology behind inclusion buff.ly/PDsei4E
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite sector-wide consensus on how to tackle belonging gaps, Jim Dickinson explores how the latest APPs risk entrenching disadvantage by misreading the social psychology behind inclusion buff.ly/PDsei4E
NEW on Wonkhe: Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structural one buff.ly/pFlsxrw
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Amid rising reports of student loneliness, Mack Marshall explores how UK universities are failing to design for connection - and why social isolation is no longer just a pastoral issue but a structural one buff.ly/pFlsxrw
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias buff.ly/NvhAOH0
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias buff.ly/NvhAOH0
NEW on Wonkhe: It's taken eleven months, but the draft OfS strategy is now finalised. David Kernohan takes a look at what has changed buff.ly/K1ccOB7
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: It's taken eleven months, but the draft OfS strategy is now finalised. David Kernohan takes a look at what has changed buff.ly/K1ccOB7
NEW on Wonkhe: For Charlotte Corrish, the government’s new ambitions for higher-level participation must be accompanied by all students having access to the same safeguards buff.ly/vNfNxI1
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: For Charlotte Corrish, the government’s new ambitions for higher-level participation must be accompanied by all students having access to the same safeguards buff.ly/vNfNxI1
NEW on Wonkhe: If we wanted to do skills planning, could we? bit.ly/4qRIpLv
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: If we wanted to do skills planning, could we? bit.ly/4qRIpLv
NEW on Wonkhe: What if the real problem with higher education choice isn’t too little data, but too much of the wrong kind? Jim Dickinson argues it’s time to rethink programme architecture, not metadata buff.ly/sqy7zu5
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: What if the real problem with higher education choice isn’t too little data, but too much of the wrong kind? Jim Dickinson argues it’s time to rethink programme architecture, not metadata buff.ly/sqy7zu5
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite promises of informed choice and fair treatment, Jim Dickinson argues that England’s student-as-consumer model has failed to deliver – and urgently needs re-examination by regulators buff.ly/uaISyzl
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite promises of informed choice and fair treatment, Jim Dickinson argues that England’s student-as-consumer model has failed to deliver – and urgently needs re-examination by regulators buff.ly/uaISyzl