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The absolutism is watered down in OfS’ amendments to its free speech guidance
With OfS' free speech complaints scheme opening on 1 September, Jim Dickinson finds a regulator retreating from absolutist positions on campus expression
Wonk Corner
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The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans
John Blake argues that the student loan book – a £300bn accounting fiction – is the single greatest obstacle to reforming how England funds its universities
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 absorb it
Policy Watch
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
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The NSS shows us that students still seem to like higher education
The 2026 NSS results bring evidence that most students are happy with their academic experience, and particularly appreciate the skills of their academic staff
