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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4h

This week on Wonkhe: Struggling to put your provider's access and participation performance in context? David Kernohan has your back

OfS Access and Participation data dashboards, 2025 release

Struggling to put your provider's access and participation performance in context? David Kernohan has your back

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 5h

This week on Wonkhe: What does the sector look like in 2025, in terms of the chances that groups of students can get in or get on? David Kernohan paints a picture using the latest OfS data

OfS characteristics dashboards, 2025 release

What does the sector look like in 2025, in terms of the chances that groups of students can get in or get on? David Kernohan paints a picture using the latest OfS data

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 6h

This week on Wonkhe: After the big policy announcement comes the detail on implementation. David Kernohan runs through the options for targeted grants and an international fee levy

Making grants and the levy work

After the big policy announcement comes the detail on implementation. David Kernohan runs through the options for targeted grants and an international fee levy

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 7h

This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Paris

Higher education postcard: the Sorbonne

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Paris This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Paris

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 8h

This week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast as pro-Palestinian student protests mark the anniversary of October 7, an intervention from Keir Starmer sparks a national debate on campus safety, antisemitism, and free speech.

Podcast: Student protest, TNE, Tory conference

This week on the podcast as pro-Palestinian student protests mark the anniversary of October 7, an intervention from Keir Starmer sparks a national debate on campus safety, antisemitism, and free speech.

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 9h

This week on Wonkhe: The arguments against an international student fee levy have floundered. Michael Salmon is more worried about what it looks like in a decade’s time

The risk of opening a legislative backdoor into the sector’s pocket

The arguments against an international student fee levy have floundered. Michael Salmon is more worried about what it looks like in a decade’s time The arguments against an international student fee...

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 10h

This week on Wonkhe: Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

The battle for people, culture and environment

Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 11h

This week on Wonkhe: The government sees “huge opportunity” for universities to get stuck into transnational education. Michael Salmon unpicks the policy context

A TNE policy primer for anyone seeking new funding streams

The government sees “huge opportunity” for universities to get stuck into transnational education. Michael Salmon unpicks the policy context The government sees “huge opportunity” for universities...

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 12h

This week on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality

For students, the costs of failure are far too high

What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 13h

This week on Wonkhe: Elsewhere in the world HE institutions jointly buy technology platforms – could the same happen here? Debbie McVitty explores the case for join-up on digital assessment

The case for collaborative purchasing of digital assessment technology

Elsewhere in the world HE institutions jointly buy technology platforms – could the same happen here? Debbie McVitty explores the case for join-up on digital assessment

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 14h

This week on Wonkhe: For Leanne Timpson, asking questions of students – even if it is uncomfortable – is a catalyst for student inquiry and deeper learning

Not knowing is the start of learning

For Leanne Timpson, asking questions of students – even if it is uncomfortable – is a catalyst for student inquiry and deeper learning

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 15h

NEW on Wonkhe: FE-HE collaboration needs to be more than pointing both sectors at the same diminishing funding pot bit.ly/3W0lak8

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d

NEW on Wonkhe: Struggling to put your provider's access and participation performance in context? David Kernohan has your back buff.ly/Lsy3r73

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d

NEW on Wonkhe: What does the sector look like in 2025, in terms of the chances that groups of students can get in or get on? David Kernohan paints a picture using the latest OfS data buff.ly/qqb8LRC

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d

NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 1d

NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Paris buff.ly/u3WyizF

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 2d

NEW on Wonkhe: The othering of students is getting worse bit.ly/3KAOL1b

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 2d

NEW on Wonkhe: The government sees “huge opportunity” for universities to get stuck into transnational education. Michael Salmon unpicks the policy context buff.ly/0hSkM7h

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 2d

NEW on Wonkhe: Awaab’s law is coming. But not for students in halls bit.ly/4nIrWav

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NEW on Wonkhe: For Leanne Timpson, asking questions of students – even if it is uncomfortable – is a catalyst for student inquiry and deeper learning buff.ly/ZQUYQUh

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 3d

NEW on Wonkhe: Conservatives have a poor quality higher education policy bit.ly/42vwqIZ

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4d

NEW on Wonkhe: So this is what devolved research funding looks like bit.ly/3WrLjs5

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4d

NEW on Wonkhe: What’s the progress of the immigration white paper proposals? bit.ly/48et0On

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4d

NEW on Wonkhe: Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake buff.ly/jRgokH1

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 4d

NEW on Wonkhe: The Secretary of State de-designated courses delivered by Oxford Business College through franchise agreements, but a court found that her decision contravened essential requirements of procedural fairness. David Kernohan asks what we can learn from this buff.ly/xq7xAl0

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