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Cash help for students is falling fastest where it’s needed most

With universities cutting bursaries and hardship funds as budgets tighten, Jim Dickinson finds support shrinking fastest, in real terms, exactly where students need it most

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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26/05/26

Making sense of higher education means looking at the whole picture, not just your corner of it

Debbie McVitty

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Comment

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26/05/26

To repair our social contract, universities must lead the conversation about how help to shape the country’s future

Sally Mapstone

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Comment

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26/05/26

Wonk Corner

While Bridget Phillipson is in a letter writing mood…

Jim Dickinson

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26/05/26

The sector had issues with the OfS even before the Sussex judgement

David Kernohan

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21/05/26

Employers make full and final offer in 2026–27 pay negotiations

David Kernohan

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18/05/26

Are financial sustainability and student protection compatible?

Jim Dickinson

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15/05/26

Who gets to offer LLE modules?

David Kernohan

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15/05/26

The Wonkhe Show

Podcast: LLE, Milburn review

Team Wonkhe

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22/05/26

Podcast: Starmergeddon, insolvency, Europe

Team Wonkhe

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15/05/26

Podcast: Antisemitism, AI and graduate jobs, universities and working class voters

Team Wonkhe

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08/05/26

Podcast: Holyrood and Senedd elections, OfS v Sussex

Team Wonkhe

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30/04/26

We don’t need more reviews; we need to reuse the ones we have

Stuart King

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Comment

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22/05/26

Higher education postcard: Homerton College, Cambridge

Hugh Jones

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Comment

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22/05/26

Reclaiming peer observation as a compassionate community practice

Yaz Osho

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Comment

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22/05/26

The international student boom is over – and the bust is being delivered by stealth

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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21/05/26

The world is facing an environmental polycrisis – HE must play its part

Scott Davidson

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Comment

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21/05/26

Universities need a conversation about social class

Jamie Tully

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Comment

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21/05/26

The Post-18 Project

The Post-18 Project: Blood, debt, toil, and arrears

Director of The Post-18 Project John Blake sets out why thirty years of policy struggle has left England without the higher education system it deserves

John Blake

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The Post-18 Project

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20/04/26

The Post-18 Project: A review of higher education funding is inevitable

John Blake

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The Post-18 Project

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04/02/26

The Post-18 Project: How to reform university governance

Mark Leach

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The Post-18 Project

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10/11/25

The Post-18 Project: Realising the ambitions of the post-16 white paper

Debbie McVitty

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The Post-18 Project

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27/10/25

Mergers

Specialised, consolidated and mission-focused: a new model for mergers emerges

Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on King’s College London and Cranfield University

James Coe

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Comment

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15/05/26

The higher education sector needs an honest broker to support structural change

Matthew Howling

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Comment

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14/10/25

Higher education mergers are a marathon not a sprint

Debbie McVitty

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Comment

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15/09/25

How to do the perfect merger

David Kernohan

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Analysis

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15/09/25

The first multi-university group arrives

Mark Leach

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Comment

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10/09/25

Policy Watch

Students lose procedural rights in the OIA’s drive for simplicity

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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18/05/26

NMC splits the difference on nursing and midwifery hours

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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08/05/26

The Defence Universities Alliance opens for business

Michael Salmon

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Policy Watch

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21/04/26

Treating students fairly, on an ongoing basis

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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16/04/26

Better Connected needs to be better connected to higher education

Mack Marshall

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Policy Watch

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08/04/26

DfE proposes to strip most assistive software out of Disabled Students’ Allowance

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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26/03/26

Data on Wonkhe

The financial state of the sector in England for 2026

David Kernohan

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Data

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15/05/26

Finding 2024–25 delivery partnerships

David Kernohan

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Data

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12/05/26

HESA’s graduate mobility marker makes a local move

Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests

Tej Nathwani

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Data

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12/05/26

HESA Spring 2026: Staff

David Kernohan

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Data

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20/02/26

The sector has changed size and shape over the last decade

David Kernohan

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Data

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15/02/26

Cash help for students is falling fastest where it’s needed most

With universities cutting bursaries and hardship funds as budgets tighten, Jim Dickinson finds support shrinking fastest, in real terms, exactly where students need it most

Making sense of higher education means looking at the whole picture, not just your corner of it

To repair our social contract, universities must lead the conversation about how help to shape the country’s future

While Bridget Phillipson is in a letter writing mood…

The sector had issues with the OfS even before the Sussex judgement

Employers make full and final offer in 2026–27 pay negotiations

Are financial sustainability and student protection compatible?

Who gets to offer LLE modules?

Podcast: LLE, Milburn review

Podcast: Starmergeddon, insolvency, Europe

Podcast: Antisemitism, AI and graduate jobs, universities and working class voters

Podcast: Holyrood and Senedd elections, OfS v Sussex

We don’t need more reviews; we need to reuse the ones we have

Higher education postcard: Homerton College, Cambridge

Reclaiming peer observation as a compassionate community practice

The international student boom is over – and the bust is being delivered by stealth

The world is facing an environmental polycrisis – HE must play its part

Universities need a conversation about social class

The Post-18 Project: Blood, debt, toil, and arrears

Director of The Post-18 Project John Blake sets out why thirty years of policy struggle has left England without the higher education system it deserves

The Post-18 Project: A review of higher education funding is inevitable

The Post-18 Project: How to reform university governance

The Post-18 Project: Realising the ambitions of the post-16 white paper

Specialised, consolidated and mission-focused: a new model for mergers emerges

Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on King’s College London and Cranfield University

The higher education sector needs an honest broker to support structural change

Higher education mergers are a marathon not a sprint

How to do the perfect merger

The first multi-university group arrives

Students lose procedural rights in the OIA’s drive for simplicity

NMC splits the difference on nursing and midwifery hours

The Defence Universities Alliance opens for business

Treating students fairly, on an ongoing basis

Better Connected needs to be better connected to higher education

DfE proposes to strip most assistive software out of Disabled Students’ Allowance

The financial state of the sector in England for 2026

Finding 2024–25 delivery partnerships

HESA’s graduate mobility marker makes a local move

Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests

HESA Spring 2026: Staff

The sector has changed size and shape over the last decade

Partners