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Transformation in higher education cannot run on goodwill alone

Bridgette Bewick and Sarah Hubbard argue that sustainable transformation in higher education depends on creating greater clarity about authority, responsibility, agency and what roles can realistically be expected to hold

Bridgette Bewick

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Comment

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02/09/26

Are students as lucky to be here as they feel?

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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01/09/26

England and Scotland’s funding experiments have both failed

Craig Mahoney

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Comment

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31/08/26

Wonk Corner

Why do people keep picking the university route?

Katie Jackson

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28/08/26

Are OIA decisions on free speech compatible with OfS guidance?

Jim Dickinson

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28/08/26

A bad Q2 for student visas

Michael Salmon

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27/08/26

Another deep unfairness in devolved student loans policy

Jim Dickinson

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26/08/26

The official introduction to Chris McDonald

James Coe

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25/08/26

The Wonkhe Show

Podcast: The end of the year show

Team Wonkhe

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16/07/26

Podcast: Funding, student loans, NSSmass

Team Wonkhe

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10/07/26

Podcast: PhD students, Burnham

Team Wonkhe

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02/07/26

Podcast: Burnham, IFS on value of HE

Team Wonkhe

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26/06/26

There’s a student-shaped hole in Scotland’s funding gap. Here’s how to fill it

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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31/08/26

What brass bands can tell us about REF reform

David Kernohan

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Comment

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30/08/26

Assessing Scotland’s sector finances

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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28/08/26

There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end that

Sharanya Sivarajah

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Comment

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28/08/26

What plagiarism is and what plagiarism isn’t

James Coe

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Comment

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27/08/26

We say we value diverse research, but can we assess it?

Ola Thomson

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Analysis

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27/08/26

The Post-18 Project

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

Gwenno Roberts

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The Post-18 Project

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10/08/26

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

David Kernohan

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The Post-18 Project

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22/07/26

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

John Blake

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The Post-18 Project

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07/07/26

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

John Blake

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The Post-18 Project

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29/06/26

The Post-18 Project: Demographic downturn and the post-18 system

David Kernohan

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The Post-18 Project

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08/06/26

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

John Blake

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The Post-18 Project

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20/04/26

The low-income parents funding the franchised recruitment market

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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17/08/26

Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms

The low-income parents funding the franchised recruitment market

Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms

Jim Dickinson

Comment

17/08/26

Policy Watch

The absolutism is watered down in OfS’ amendments to its free speech guidance

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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05/08/26

UKRI’s new strategy: 60 day grant processing times, priority programmes, and devolved funding

Doing fewer things better and faster. James Coe and Michael Salmon summarise UKRI's new strategy

James Coe

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Policy Watch

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14/07/26

First round of consultation on future TEF sees movement on the implications of a Bronze award

Debbie McVitty

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Policy Watch

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11/06/26

The new UKVI student sponsor regime goes live

Michael Salmon

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Policy Watch

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01/06/26

What’s in Alan Milburn’s NEET report for the higher education sector?

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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29/05/26

Data on Wonkhe

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

It is the sector's most underused, and most misunderstood, data collection. David Kernohan wants to get it back on TRAC

David Kernohan

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Data

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18/08/26

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

David Kernohan

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Data

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13/08/26

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

David Kernohan

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Data

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09/07/26

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

David Kernohan

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Data

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25/06/26

Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24

David Kernohan

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Data

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05/06/26

Transformation in higher education cannot run on goodwill alone

Bridgette Bewick and Sarah Hubbard argue that sustainable transformation in higher education depends on creating greater clarity about authority, responsibility, agency and what roles can realistically be expected to hold

Are students as lucky to be here as they feel?

England and Scotland’s funding experiments have both failed

Why do people keep picking the university route?

Are OIA decisions on free speech compatible with OfS guidance?

A bad Q2 for student visas

Another deep unfairness in devolved student loans policy

The official introduction to Chris McDonald

Podcast: The end of the year show

Podcast: Funding, student loans, NSSmass

Podcast: PhD students, Burnham

Podcast: Burnham, IFS on value of HE

There’s a student-shaped hole in Scotland’s funding gap. Here’s how to fill it

What brass bands can tell us about REF reform

Assessing Scotland’s sector finances

There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end that

What plagiarism is and what plagiarism isn’t

We say we value diverse research, but can we assess it?

The Post-18 Project: Making Wales the best place in the UK to be a student

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

The Post-18 Project: Demographic downturn and the post-18 system

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

The low-income parents funding the franchised recruitment market

Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms

The low-income parents funding the franchised recruitment market

Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms

The absolutism is watered down in OfS’ amendments to its free speech guidance

UKRI’s new strategy: 60 day grant processing times, priority programmes, and devolved funding

Doing fewer things better and faster. James Coe and Michael Salmon summarise UKRI's new strategy

First round of consultation on future TEF sees movement on the implications of a Bronze award

The new UKVI student sponsor regime goes live

What’s in Alan Milburn’s NEET report for the higher education sector?

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

It is the sector's most underused, and most misunderstood, data collection. David Kernohan wants to get it back on TRAC

A bumper crop of higher education entrants, but is university becoming less popular among the better off?

The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24

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