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One year of leading UKRI

One year of leading UKRI

Chief executive Ian Chapman reflects on his first year at the wheel – and what comes next

Ian Chapman|Comment|03/10/26

Navigating the storms of student success

Navigating the storms of student success

Kate Newby|Comment|02/10/26

Higher education postcard: The Queen’s Tower, Imperial College

Higher education postcard: The Queen’s Tower, Imperial College

Hugh Jones|Comment|02/10/26

Wonk Corner

What is going on with student protests in France?

Jim Dickinson|02/10/26

Academic redundancy and the University Commissioners

David Kernohan|01/10/26

Finances still are tight in Scotland too

David Kernohan|01/10/26

Espionage alert sees MI5 take an interest in Chinese research collaboration

David Kernohan|30/09/26

Burnham’s quiet pledge

David Kernohan|29/09/26

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Latest Articles

A supplier shouldn’t be able to rewrite who owns students’ essays

A supplier shouldn’t be able to rewrite who owns students’ essays

Sam Dickinson|Comment|02/10/26

Emeritus, honorary, and visiting professors are an untapped resource

Emeritus, honorary, and visiting professors are an untapped resource

Roger Watson|Comment|01/10/26

HE data doesn’t need another taskforce, it needs good governance

HE data doesn’t need another taskforce, it needs good governance

Andy Youell|Comment|01/10/26

Higher education can become more collaborative in course provision – but the onus is on institutions to work out how

Higher education can become more collaborative in course provision – but the onus is on institutions to work out how

Poppy Short|Comment|30/09/26

Digital wellbeing is a university responsibility

Digital wellbeing is a university responsibility

Helen Chilton|Comment|30/09/26

We need to stop romanticising the old-school technician

We need to stop romanticising the old-school technician

Aaqib Ayub|Comment|29/09/26

The Higher Education Show

Podcast: Hope (again), Mi5

Team Wonkhe|02/10/26

Podcast: International recruitment, graduate social mobility

Team Wonkhe|25/09/26

Podcast: Loans, Free speech

Team Wonkhe|18/09/26

Podcast: Future jobs, uni closures

Team Wonkhe|11/09/26

The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

The Post-18 Project: Happily HEVA after

Antony Moss|The Post-18 Project|25/09/26

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

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

Gwenno Roberts|The Post-18 Project|10/08/26

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

David Kernohan|The Post-18 Project|22/07/26

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

The Post-18 Project: The silence of the loans

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|07/07/26

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

The Post-18 Project: A ministry for Manchesterism

John Blake|The Post-18 Project|29/06/26

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

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

David Kernohan|The Post-18 Project|08/06/26

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The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

The real collaboration question isn’t what, but why – and how?

On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here

Debbie McVitty|Comment|24/08/26

Policy Watch

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

The tone has changed on free speech, but the architecture hasn’t

Seating plans, institutional neutrality, and complaints that feed straight into regulation. Jim Dickinson picks through OfS's consultation on the free speech conditions of registration

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|17/09/26

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

Counting the cost of teaching higher education in England

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|18/09/26

Student loans are still broken and unfair

Student loans are still broken and unfair

Jim Dickinson|Policy Watch|13/09/26

We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|04/09/26

Assessing Scotland’s sector finances

Assessing Scotland’s sector finances

David Kernohan|Policy Watch|28/08/26

Data on Wonkhe

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

Can a dashboard solve higher education planning?

OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all - DK has thoughts

David Kernohan|Data|16/09/26

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

Everything you ever wanted to know about TRAC

David Kernohan|Data|18/08/26

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

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

David Kernohan|Data|13/08/26

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

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

David Kernohan|Data|09/07/26

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

David Kernohan|Data|25/06/26

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