Image: Midjourney Whatever happened to students at the heart of the system? by Jim Dickinson Comment 15/04/24 4
2024 is looking pretty bleak from here 2024 is looking pretty bleak from here by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 3/12/23 5
Image: Midjourney If the HE plane goes down, there’s little in place to protect students by Jim Dickinson Comment 30/11/23
This year's NSS results are a misleading mess This year’s NSS results are a misleading mess by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 13/08/23 5
TEF medals are almost here. Will they help or hinder students making choices? TEF medals are almost here. Will they help or hinder students making choices? by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 9/08/23 2
The student pizza parties are back over the Severn Bridge The student pizza parties are back over the Severn Bridge by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 4/08/23
Are universities allowed to limit liability over strikes or not? Are universities allowed to limit liability over strikes or not? by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 14/07/23 7
Image: Ikon The debate over student number controls is only one piece of the future policy puzzle by Mark Leach Comment 8/11/22 3
Image: Shutterstock Student housing policy presents choices that the sector should grasp by Jim Dickinson Comment 28/10/22 1
Image: IKON Can rapid collegiality help address permanent volatility? by Jim Dickinson Comment 1/09/22 1
Image: Shutterstock What’s really happening with English lit at Sheffield Hallam University? by Jim Dickinson Comment 4/07/22 2
Image: Shutterstock MPs are struggling to pin universities’ problems on the right body by Jim Dickinson Analysis 15/06/22
Image: IKON Conditional unconditionals are dead – but is the damage already done? by Jim Dickinson Comment 8/03/22
Image: IKON Contact hours return as a concern for ministers keen to respond to students by Jim Dickinson Comment 1/02/22 1
Image: Shutterstock A One Nation ethos could navigate universities through the current political turmoil by Richard Brabner Comment 13/12/21 1
Image: Shutterstock Which levers might ministers dare to pull in the post-Augar settlement? by Jim Dickinson Comment 26/10/21
Students can't leave. And that protects providers. Students can’t leave. And that protects providers. by Jim Dickinson Wonk Corner 10/05/21
Image: Shutterstock If a provider is in trouble, who will take the force of the blow? by Jim Dickinson Policy Watch 1/04/21
Image: Shutterstock Competition between HE and FE is doing more harm than good by Aveek Bhattacharya Comment 18/03/21 1
Image: Shutterstock Evolve or die – the challenge for HE leadership in the post-pandemic world by Nick Isles Comment 15/03/21 1
Image: Shutterstock Is a market the best way of supporting disabled students? by Stephen Campbell Comment 2/02/21 7
Image: Shutterstock Do Spanish students see themselves as customers? by Sazana Jayadeva Analysis 26/01/21 1
Image: Shutterstock We need a collective insurance scheme to protect students by Jim Dickinson Analysis 19/11/20 2
Who got the government’s 10,000 extra student numbers? Who got the government’s 10,000 extra student numbers? by Debbie McVitty Wonk Corner 30/07/20 4
Image: Ikon Admitting mistakes: should the government take control of university admissions? by Debbie McVitty Analysis 18/06/20 8
Image: IKON Student number controls are back – with deadly penalties for over-recruitment by David Kernohan Policy Watch 1/06/20 8
Image: Ikon The clock is ticking on a decision about September entry by Alex Usher Analysis 24/03/20 6
Image: Shutterstock Cut-throat competition over students is the opposite of what we need in a crisis by Jim Dickinson Comment 19/03/20 1
shutterstock_1543634033 On the level playing field, alternative providers have been backed into a corner by Adam Campbell Comment 11/03/20 2
Image: Ikon A plan to expand and diversify English higher education through the 2020s by Graeme Wise Comment 24/02/20 6
Image: Shutterstock Are student number controls coming back to English higher education? by Jim Dickinson Analysis 24/02/20 1
Image: Shutterstock How the market is producing higher education spaces by Rob Smith Analysis 13/02/20 2
Image: Shutterstock The evidence against conditional unconditionals doesn’t stack up by Mike Ratcliffe Comment 14/01/20 13
Image: Ikon Wicked problems: are we fighting a losing battle to protect the diversity of HE provision? by Sue Rigby Comment 6/01/20 1
Image: IKON Universities need to play catchup to their business reality by Mark Leach Comment 11/11/19 5
Image: Shutterstock MK:U is the right university for Milton Keynes and the country by Nathan Bostock Comment 1/07/19 5
Image: Shutterstock Teaching-only universities are impossible creatures by Gavin Moodie Australia 2/04/19
Image: Shutterstock Pruning the hedge – differential fees, institutional collapse by Amatey Doku Comment 5/12/18
Image: Shutterstock Let’s stop using unconditional offers as an incentive. by Dan Beynon Comment 29/11/18 3
Image: Shutterstock Will power be matched with responsibility in the market? by David Palfreyman Analysis 3/09/18 1
Image: Shutterstock The meteoric rise of the unconditional offer by Michelle Morgan Analysis 22/08/18 7
Image: Shutterstock Are students really satisfied with poor value for money? by Fraser Burt Comment 2/07/18 1
Image: Shutterstock Our disciplines are disappearing, we need to act now by Sally Shuttleworth Comment 14/05/18 2
Image: Shutterstock Group litigation orders – separating fact from fiction by Catherine Savage Comment 30/04/18 3
Image: Shutterstock Ambulance chasers chase students chasing refunds after strikes by Gill Evans Comment 30/04/18
Image: Shutterstock Supporting student choices with subject-level data by David Kernohan Data 16/04/18 4
Image: VanderWolf Images / Shutterstock Lessons from regulatory change: what education wonks can learn from health wonks by Tim Aldrich Analysis 20/03/18
Image: Shutterstock Two-year degrees: another week in the media trenches by Andrew McRae Comment 20/12/17 2
Image: Shutterstock Infernal Audit: the value, and values, in the HE market by Ant Bagshaw Policy Watch 8/12/17
Image: Shutterstock Straw men or straws in the wind – what future for ‘alternative’ HE routes? by Bill Esmond Analysis 18/10/17
Image: IKON Can one size fit all? OfS and the future of regulation by Arthi Nachiappan Policy Watch 14/09/17
Image: SSC Making a co-operative university by Members of the Social Science Centre, Lincoln People 8/08/17 1
Image: IKON Good news for the student rights let out of a (mixed) bag by Jim Dickinson Comment 21/07/17 2
Image: IKON Students don’t need more markets, but collective choice and voice by Jim Dickinson Comment 10/07/17 14
wonkhe-reality-check Expectation mis-management – applicants’ views on HE by David Morris Policy Watch 5/07/17 14
michael-barber-wonkhe-ofs How to read: Michael Barber’s UUK speech by David Kernohan Analysis 23/06/17 3
Image: IKON The benefits of university spread far beyond financial gain by Sana Iqbal Comment 10/05/17
Image: Shutterstock Widening access now has a business and social imperative by Mary Curnock Cook Comment 27/03/17 3
Photo: Shutterstock If Oxbridge is the only solution, we’re asking the wrong questions by Mark Leach Comment 27/03/17 3
Image: IKON Fall in EU, nursing and mature applicants squeezes the market by David Morris Policy Watch 2/02/17 3
Image: Shutterstock What determines university choice, and what is its monetary value? by Maike Halterbeck Analysis 17/01/17 2
Image: IKON Flatlines, Brexit, and other lessons from this year’s admissions cycle by David Morris Policy Watch 15/12/16 1
Image: Shutterstock Getting worse: HEFCE’s bleak prognosis for university finances by Ant Bagshaw Policy Watch 10/11/16 3
Image: Shutterstock From burgers to bouncers: new providers, another new analogy by Mike Ratcliffe Comment 4/11/16 2
Image: Shutterstock Critics of the graduate tax are shouting at straw men by Jim Dickinson Comment 5/09/16 2
fishsing-ucas-wonkhe-small The HE market for hopes and dreams: UCAS on results day by David Morris Long read 23/08/16
Image: Shutterstock Admissions and Clearing: time for a major Adjustment? by Paul Greatrix Registrarism 19/08/16 5
HEPI-HEA-student-experience-survey-wonkhe-higher-education Five key lessons from the HEA-HEPI student experience survey by David Morris Analysis 12/06/16 2
lemons-row-wonkhe The White Paper proposals will bring order to the independent sector by Joy Elliott-Bowman Analysis 22/05/16 3
ten-list-wonkhe Ten things you might have missed about the White Paper by Andrew McGettigan Analysis 18/05/16 8
Image: IKON The challengers (and challenges) in higher education market reform by Andrew McGettigan Analysis 17/05/16 1
Image: Shutterstock Lifting (or doffing) the cap: patterns of student acceptance across the sector by Colin McCaig Analysis 22/02/16 4
Image: ThoseGuys119 How the legal nature of the student-university relationship has changed by Smita Jamdar Comment 25/11/15
sncreportsmall Report: Are we ready for the end of student number controls? by Mark Leach Analysis 13/07/15 1
Budgetdocumentwonkhe The Budget: what it means for the longer-term by Julian Gravatt Analysis 13/07/15
