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NEW on Wonkhe: With OfS' free speech complaints scheme opening on 1 September, Jim Dickinson finds a regulator retreating from absolutism positions on campus excpression buff.ly/n2lqi83
NEW on Wonkhe: For David Stockbridge, the foundation year offers a chance for non-traditional students to be come confident in navigating higher education buff.ly/2menbQr
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson reads the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment on David Miller's dismissal – and finds one half setting out what a university can't touch, and one what it still can buff.ly/qWgf9yw
NEW on Wonkhe: In contested and cautious times, cross-sector working is needed to push EDI work forward. Rachel Van Krimpen explains what this looks like in the context of research funding buff.ly/VI6HL3c
NEW on Wonkhe: International students are often treated as financial assets rather than pedagogic partners. Sumeya Loonat sets out four lenses for moving beyond the deficit model buff.ly/jnPFPMD
NEW on Wonkhe: Radhika Sharma has followed five students' experiences from the Global South and finds belonging is a design choice that the sector keeps getting wrong buff.ly/kEvRSeo
Last week on Wonkhe: Through analysing what Reform UK politicians have been saying across the country, Alex Waddington and Yakub Qureshi offer advice to universities seeking to engage
Reform’s moves in local government can serve as a guide to the party’s approach to HE
Through analysing what Reform UK politicians have been saying across the country, Alex Waddington and Yakub Qureshi offer advice to universities seeking to engage Through analysing what Reform UK politicians...
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Last week on Wonkhe: However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James Coe thinks through life after DSIT
For innovation, purpose matters more than machinery
However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James Coe thinks through life after DSIT However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James...
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Last week on Wonkhe: In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield
Civic universities need collective approaches to bring students and long-term residents together
In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield In some residential areas, universities’...
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Last week on Wonkhe: With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to absorb it
Curriculum reform is a wedge issue
With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to...
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Last week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
Students have the right to set-off to university
Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
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Last week on Wonkhe: Donna Whitehead makes the case that successful universities in the next decade will be those who were most willing to adapt and transform
Stop measuring tomorrow's universities with yesterday's metrics
Donna Whitehead makes the case that successful universities in the next decade will be those who are most willing to adapt and transform
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Last week on Wonkhe: Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's latest reshuffle means for universities
How to work with the department formerly known as DSIT
Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's latest reshuffle means for universities Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's...
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Last week on Wonkhe: Andy Dainty reflects on a new partnership across providers in Greater Manchester and sets out the importance of taking a whole-system view of skills development
Greater Manchester is creating clearer pathways for young people
Andy Dainty reflects on a new partnership across providers in Greater Manchester and sets out the importance of taking a whole-system view of skills development
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: Through analysing what Reform UK politicians have been saying across the country, Alex Waddington and Yakub Qureshi offer advice to universities seeking to engage
Reform’s moves in local government can serve as a guide to the party’s approach to HE
Through analysing what Reform UK politicians have been saying across the country, Alex Waddington and Yakub Qureshi offer advice to universities seeking to engage Through analysing what Reform UK politicians...
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James Coe thinks through life after DSIT
For innovation, purpose matters more than machinery
However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James Coe thinks through life after DSIT However you juggle the pieces, there will always be silos within government. James...
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to absorb it
Curriculum reform is a wedge issue
With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able to...
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: Donna Whitehead makes the case that successful universities in the next decade will be those who were most willing to adapt and transform
Stop measuring tomorrow's universities with yesterday's metrics
Donna Whitehead makes the case that successful universities in the next decade will be those who are most willing to adapt and transform
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield
Civic universities need collective approaches to bring students and long-term residents together
In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield In some residential areas, universities’...
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: Andy Dainty reflects on a new partnership across providers in Greater Manchester and sets out the importance of taking a whole-system view of skills development
Greater Manchester is creating clearer pathways for young people
Andy Dainty reflects on a new partnership across providers in Greater Manchester and sets out the importance of taking a whole-system view of skills development
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
Students have the right to set-off to university
Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed
buff.ly
This week on Wonkhe: Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's latest reshuffle means for universities
How to work with the department formerly known as DSIT
Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's latest reshuffle means for universities Former DSIT director of communications Abigail Morris explains what Whitehall's...
buff.ly
NEW on Wonkhe: In some residential areas, universities’ civic agendas can ring hollow. Kate Seymour presents a collaborative project which aimed to co-create hope in Fallowfield buff.ly/s50qHPp
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson considers whether university fee rules leave students with any meaningful leverage when course delivery is disputed buff.ly/2lXZKhU
