David Kernohan
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Commons Education Committee seems to think that there is a provider at risk of collapse before the end of 2025. DfE and OfS disagree.
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Government would protect interests of "students, taxpayers, and research" in provider insolvency
And the committee seems to think there is one on the way before 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Commons Education Committee seems to think that there is a provider at risk of collapse before the end of 2025. DfE and OfS disagree.
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I did a thing for Wonkhe in which I kind of make an argument not to scrap the graduate labour market survey. wonkhe.com/blogs/can-th...
There is a live consultation on this that ends on 1 December. If you are convinced by my argument that we need hourly earnings data please do drop DfE a note.
There is a live consultation on this that ends on 1 December. If you are convinced by my argument that we need hourly earnings data please do drop DfE a note.
Can there ever be a definitive graduate premium?
With the pressures of the current loan repayment system, it feels like the graduate premium has never been more central to higher education policymaking - or more difficult to accurately estimate. Dav...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I did a thing for Wonkhe in which I kind of make an argument not to scrap the graduate labour market survey. wonkhe.com/blogs/can-th...
There is a live consultation on this that ends on 1 December. If you are convinced by my argument that we need hourly earnings data please do drop DfE a note.
There is a live consultation on this that ends on 1 December. If you are convinced by my argument that we need hourly earnings data please do drop DfE a note.
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NEW on Wonkhe: New Skills England guidance provides the detail for the white paper’s vision of a coherent skills system. Michael Salmon assesses whether it could work buff.ly/Dtpbg0t
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: New Skills England guidance provides the detail for the white paper’s vision of a coherent skills system. Michael Salmon assesses whether it could work buff.ly/Dtpbg0t
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Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
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NEW on Wonkhe: It's taken eleven months, but the draft OfS strategy is now finalised. David Kernohan takes a look at what has changed buff.ly/K1ccOB7
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: It's taken eleven months, but the draft OfS strategy is now finalised. David Kernohan takes a look at what has changed buff.ly/K1ccOB7
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Great piece - understands policy context and asks the right questions about what that means for the university and the city.
NEW on Wonkhe: Plymouth is once again entering an era of defence-driven growth. Richard Davies asks how the university fits in buff.ly/dDLRkUZ
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Great piece - understands policy context and asks the right questions about what that means for the university and the city.
Happy The Festival of Higher Education day for those who celebrate!
If you are joining us in London, may I modestly suggest sessions on a single data model, and on green skills, will be the sessions all the cool kids will be at.
If you are joining us in London, may I modestly suggest sessions on a single data model, and on green skills, will be the sessions all the cool kids will be at.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy The Festival of Higher Education day for those who celebrate!
If you are joining us in London, may I modestly suggest sessions on a single data model, and on green skills, will be the sessions all the cool kids will be at.
If you are joining us in London, may I modestly suggest sessions on a single data model, and on green skills, will be the sessions all the cool kids will be at.
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NEW on Wonkhe: Plymouth is once again entering an era of defence-driven growth. Richard Davies asks how the university fits in buff.ly/dDLRkUZ
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Plymouth is once again entering an era of defence-driven growth. Richard Davies asks how the university fits in buff.ly/dDLRkUZ
Though governments and the education industry seem to be stuck in the AI boosterism stage, the financial markets are very much moving on.
www.cityam.com/ai-bubble-fe...
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AI bubble fears deepen as Altman denies state support demands
Fears global markets are in an AI bubble accelerated after Sam Altman was forced to deny that OpenAI wanted the government to back its debt.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Though governments and the education industry seem to be stuck in the AI boosterism stage, the financial markets are very much moving on.
www.cityam.com/ai-bubble-fe...
www.cityam.com/ai-bubble-fe...
OfS reported for non-compliance
Can OfS even statutory instrument?
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November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Never really certain if anyone sees these things on here, but for those who do and are interested, I am shortly stepping down from my role at the Office for Students -- full statement here:
www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-an...
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Director for Fair Access and Participation steps down from regulator - Office for Students
John Blake's four-year term as the Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS) ends this year. The Secretary of State will be appointing an interim Director for Fair Ac...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Never really certain if anyone sees these things on here, but for those who do and are interested, I am shortly stepping down from my role at the Office for Students -- full statement here:
www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-an...
www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-an...
At last! www.hoopsfix.com/2025/11/fiba... - this is a great SLB season,now we can finally focus 100% on the court!
FIBA recognises SLB directly as GB ban lifted - Hoopsfix.com
FIBA has lifted the British Basketball Federation's (BBF) suspension and formally recognised Super League Basketball (SLB) as a professional league in Great Britain.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
At last! www.hoopsfix.com/2025/11/fiba... - this is a great SLB season,now we can finally focus 100% on the court!
It feels like there is a risk that OfS has overstepped the mark here.
NEW on Wonkhe: The Office for Students' intervention on degree algorithms poses some interesting questions about the role of regulation in maintaining academic standards. David Kernohan asks them. buff.ly/t4N6k80
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It feels like there is a risk that OfS has overstepped the mark here.
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'It turns out that if you design a landscape that looks like alphabet soup, you shouldn’t be surprised when applicants misread the signposts.' 1/3
Universities in England can't ignore the curriculum (and students) that are coming
As Bridget Phillipson unveils “landmark reforms” to the schools curriculum in England, Jim Dickinson explores how curriculum and qualification redesigns are reshaping the pipeline to higher education
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November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'It turns out that if you design a landscape that looks like alphabet soup, you shouldn’t be surprised when applicants misread the signposts.' 1/3
How wise of software developers to intuit that what really want is for everything to take four times as long to open, and to dispay a garish button imploring me to mangle whatever is in the file through a cheap knock off LLM.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
How wise of software developers to intuit that what really want is for everything to take four times as long to open, and to dispay a garish button imploring me to mangle whatever is in the file through a cheap knock off LLM.
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NEW on Wonkhe: HESA researcher Tej Nathwani unpacks what would happen to our understanding of graduate outcomes if survey response rates continue to fall buff.ly/KxUL0ZC
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: HESA researcher Tej Nathwani unpacks what would happen to our understanding of graduate outcomes if survey response rates continue to fall buff.ly/KxUL0ZC
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NEW on Wonkhe: Diamond’s a distant memory as Wales plays inflation games with fees and maintenance bit.ly/4hJt0bZ
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Diamond’s a distant memory as Wales plays inflation games with fees and maintenance bit.ly/4hJt0bZ
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NEW on Wonkhe: Learning and work is for the well off bit.ly/47SAHch
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Learning and work is for the well off bit.ly/47SAHch
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NEW on Wonkhe: James Coe unpacks the incentives underpinning the government’s specialisation agenda wonkhe.com/blogs/change...
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: James Coe unpacks the incentives underpinning the government’s specialisation agenda wonkhe.com/blogs/change...
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NEW on Wonkhe: For Richard Puttock the restrictions on national student survey results publications designed in 2005 need a rethink twenty years on buff.ly/4H0sVJC
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: For Richard Puttock the restrictions on national student survey results publications designed in 2005 need a rethink twenty years on buff.ly/4H0sVJC
Felt cute, thought I'd send the Daily 15mins early, no cap.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Felt cute, thought I'd send the Daily 15mins early, no cap.
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The white paper is wrong - changing research funding won't change teaching | Wonkhe
The white paper is wrong - changing research funding won't change teaching
Changing research funding isn't enough to bring about sector specialisation. James Coe has the politics and DK has the stats in a correlational look at the white paper.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The white paper is wrong - changing research funding won't change teaching | Wonkhe
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NEW on Wonkhe: New policy proposals mean new rules - both in law and in the regulatory framework. David Kernohan breaks it down into three steps buff.ly/ZQnKNXU
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: New policy proposals mean new rules - both in law and in the regulatory framework. David Kernohan breaks it down into three steps buff.ly/ZQnKNXU