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Some students arrive to find the door to belonging already shut

Radhika Sharma has followed five students' experiences from the Global South and finds belonging is a design choice that the sector keeps getting wrong

Radhika Sharma

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Comment

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03/08/26

Civic universities need collective approaches to bring students and long-term residents together

Kate Seymour

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Comment

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31/07/26

Students have the right to set-off to university

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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30/07/26

Wonk Corner

Commuter students? It’s all about the money

Jim Dickinson

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02/08/26

Why are all the risks that students face being kept a secret?

Jim Dickinson

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30/07/26

REF survey on final policy developments launched

James Coe

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30/07/26

Jodrell Bank Observatory could cease all observations as STFC funding cuts announced

James Coe

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27/07/26

Superseding a bad mark isn’t the same as deleting it

Jim Dickinson

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27/07/26

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

Greater Manchester is creating clearer pathways for young people

Andy Dainty

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Comment

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30/07/26

Curriculum reform is a wedge issue

Jim Dickinson

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Comment

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29/07/26

Stop measuring tomorrow’s universities with yesterday’s metrics

Donna Whitehead

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Comment

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28/07/26

Reform’s moves in local government can serve as a guide to the party’s approach to HE

Alex Waddington

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Comment

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28/07/26

For innovation, purpose matters more than machinery

James Coe

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Comment

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27/07/26

How to work with the department formerly known as DSIT

Abigail Morris

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Comment

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27/07/26

The Post-18 Project

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 argues that the student loan book – a £300bn accounting fiction – is the single greatest obstacle to reforming how England funds its universities

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

Devolution Archives

Devolution is not the only answer – higher education still needs a national policy agenda

David Kernohan

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Comment

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20/07/26

Higher education would look very different if local areas were in control

Michael Salmon

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Analysis

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20/07/26

Beyond equity of regard to equity in practice for college and university-based higher education

Nic Beech

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Comment

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20/07/26

North East England’s new investment fund is a template for university spinout success

Andy Long

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Comment

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11/06/26

Labour takes steps to bring higher education and local skills closer together

Michael Salmon

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Policy Watch

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19/11/25

Innovation and skills in the English devolution white paper

David Kernohan

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Policy Watch

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17/12/24

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

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

Earning while learning? You’ll be lucky

Jim Dickinson

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Policy Watch

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03/06/26

The new UKVI student sponsor regime goes live

Michael Salmon

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Policy Watch

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01/06/26

Data on Wonkhe

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

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

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

Some students arrive to find the door to belonging already shut

Radhika Sharma has followed five students' experiences from the Global South and finds belonging is a design choice that the sector keeps getting wrong

Civic universities need collective approaches to bring students and long-term residents together

Students have the right to set-off to university

Commuter students? It’s all about the money

Why are all the risks that students face being kept a secret?

REF survey on final policy developments launched

Jodrell Bank Observatory could cease all observations as STFC funding cuts announced

Superseding a bad mark isn’t the same as deleting it

Podcast: The end of the year show

Podcast: Funding, student loans, NSSmass

Podcast: PhD students, Burnham

Podcast: Burnham, IFS on value of HE

Greater Manchester is creating clearer pathways for young people

Curriculum reform is a wedge issue

Stop measuring tomorrow’s universities with yesterday’s metrics

Reform’s moves in local government can serve as a guide to the party’s approach to HE

For innovation, purpose matters more than machinery

How to work with the department formerly known as DSIT

The Post-18 Project: No country for young men

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

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

Devolution is not the only answer – higher education still needs a national policy agenda

Higher education would look very different if local areas were in control

Beyond equity of regard to equity in practice for college and university-based higher education

North East England’s new investment fund is a template for university spinout success

Labour takes steps to bring higher education and local skills closer together

Innovation and skills in the English devolution white paper

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

Earning while learning? You’ll be lucky

The new UKVI student sponsor regime goes live

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

What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?

Graduate Outcomes, 2023–24

The financial state of the sector in England for 2026

Finding 2024–25 delivery partnerships

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