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The network effects of a university collapse

Higher education institutions are linked together in all kinds of ways. Jamie Warner sets out to calculate how the effects of one insolvency could ripple across the sector

Jamie Warner

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Analysis

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31/10/25

Higher education postcard: Totley Hall Training College

Hugh Jones

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Comment

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31/10/25

Advance HE must deepen our expertise in supporting transformation and change

Alistair Jarvis

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Comment

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30/10/25

Wonk Corner

The Renters’ Rights Act is out of the oven, but the student housing market is still cooked

Jim Dickinson

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29/10/25

Systems not silos in Ottoline Leyser’s valedictory select committee appearance

James Coe

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29/10/25

OfS board papers join the web 2.0 revolution

David Kernohan

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28/10/25

Students’ realities don’t fit into the white paper

Mack Marshall

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27/10/25

Who gets to be an artist?

Jim Dickinson

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24/10/25

The Wonkhe Show

Podcast: Public attitudes, housing, employability

Team Wonkhe

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30/10/25

Podcast: Skills white paper special

Team Wonkhe

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21/10/25

Podcast: Wales, Franchising, Graduate Jobs

Team Wonkhe

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16/10/25

Podcast: Student protest, TNE, Tory conference

Team Wonkhe

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10/10/25

Dialogic assessments are the missing piece in contemporary assessment debates

Blessing Maregere

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Comment

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30/10/25

Student accommodation – a tale of two cities, and 2point4 students

Jim Dickinson

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Long read

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30/10/25

Purpose, strategy, and operations in that order – how to make a federation work

James Coe

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Comment

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29/10/25

Is it time to change the rules on NSS publication?

Richard Puttock

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Comment

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29/10/25

Only radical thinking will deliver the integrated tertiary system the country needs

Ian Dunn

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Comment

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28/10/25

Everyone cares until someone asks for a statute

Robert Abrahart

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Comment

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28/10/25

How higher education became a get rich quick scheme

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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20/10/25

Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes

How higher education became a get rich quick scheme

Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes

Jim Dickinson

Comment

20/10/25

Financial sustainability

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 talks to the heads of institution of the universities of Greenwich and Kent to explore the possibilities and next steps for the proposed new multi university group

Debbie McVitty

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Comment

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15/09/25

What works for supporting student access and success when there’s no money?

Rebecca Hodgson

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Comment

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14/08/25

The possibilities for radical collaboration in HE go far beyond mergers

Debbie McVitty

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Comment

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21/07/25

Civic engagement offers a firm foundation for universities contributing to regional economic growth agendas

Iona Clark

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Comment

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03/07/25

Data on Wonkhe

Subcontractual higher education beyond the headlines

David Kernohan

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Data

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20/10/25

Outcomes data for subcontracted provision

David Kernohan

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Data

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16/10/25

OfS Access and Participation data dashboards, 2025 release

David Kernohan

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Data

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10/10/25

OfS characteristics dashboards, 2025 release

David Kernohan

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Data

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10/10/25

High tariff providers may be making medium tariff offers

David Kernohan

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Data

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12/09/25

A levels and acceptances, 2025

David Kernohan

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Data

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14/08/25

Policy Watch

Can regulation cope with a unified tertiary system in Wales?

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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22/10/25

What is in the post-16 education and skills white paper for higher education?

Debbie McVitty

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Policy Watch

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20/10/25

Grants return, the levy stays

An announcement at the Labour Party conference promises the return of targeted student grants, but the cost will be covered by a levy on international student fee income. Team Wonkhe explains

Team Wonkhe

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Policy Watch

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29/09/25

TEF6: the incredible machine takes over quality assurance regulation

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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18/09/25

The network effects of a university collapse

Higher education institutions are linked together in all kinds of ways. Jamie Warner sets out to calculate how the effects of one insolvency could ripple across the sector

Higher education postcard: Totley Hall Training College

Advance HE must deepen our expertise in supporting transformation and change

The Renters’ Rights Act is out of the oven, but the student housing market is still cooked

Systems not silos in Ottoline Leyser’s valedictory select committee appearance

OfS board papers join the web 2.0 revolution

Students’ realities don’t fit into the white paper

Who gets to be an artist?

Podcast: Public attitudes, housing, employability

Podcast: Skills white paper special

Podcast: Wales, Franchising, Graduate Jobs

Podcast: Student protest, TNE, Tory conference

Dialogic assessments are the missing piece in contemporary assessment debates

Student accommodation – a tale of two cities, and 2point4 students

Purpose, strategy, and operations in that order – how to make a federation work

Is it time to change the rules on NSS publication?

Only radical thinking will deliver the integrated tertiary system the country needs

Everyone cares until someone asks for a statute

How higher education became a get rich quick scheme

Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes

How higher education became a get rich quick scheme

Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes

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

Higher education mergers are a marathon not a sprint

Debbie McVitty talks to the heads of institution of the universities of Greenwich and Kent to explore the possibilities and next steps for the proposed new multi university group

What works for supporting student access and success when there’s no money?

The possibilities for radical collaboration in HE go far beyond mergers

Civic engagement offers a firm foundation for universities contributing to regional economic growth agendas

Subcontractual higher education beyond the headlines

Outcomes data for subcontracted provision

OfS Access and Participation data dashboards, 2025 release

OfS characteristics dashboards, 2025 release

High tariff providers may be making medium tariff offers

A levels and acceptances, 2025

Can regulation cope with a unified tertiary system in Wales?

What is in the post-16 education and skills white paper for higher education?

Grants return, the levy stays

An announcement at the Labour Party conference promises the return of targeted student grants, but the cost will be covered by a levy on international student fee income. Team Wonkhe explains

TEF6: the incredible machine takes over quality assurance regulation

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