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Jim Dickinson
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Wonkhe (SUs). Trustee Winchester SU. HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. “Wasteful and inefficient for our economy”. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · Nov 24
It happens a lot. There I was, doomscrolling through TikTok this afternoon, when I came across another advert for UK higher education.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 2h
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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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 10h
I know we are a couple of weeks into term, but I went back to @jimdickinson.bsky.social ‘s recent wonkhe.com/blogs/for-st... because I think its message is even more important now our students are here. We have to keep asking what is being normalised, where we need to be calling attention.
That matters because normalisation is the enemy of change. If students "learn to love their limitations," policymakers have little incentive to do better. The lesson has always been that sometimes the most powerful intervention isn't a tidy solution or a polished set of recommendations, but the act of refusing to let the intolerable become invisible.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 14h
Wake up kids, we've got the dreamers' disease
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 23h
And I'll chuckle that not one of the governmental or regulatory bodies designed to ensure that the contract is legal appears to give a monkeys
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 23h
I'll point at the contract and tell them I have myself the right to vary it all as long as the bridge actually gets you to the other side
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 23h
One that will end up being shorter, more congested and with fewer lanes than I promised
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 23h
If anyone thinks for a minute that the scale of job losses in HE has been carried out in a way doesn't breach students' legal right to get what they were promised, I have a bridge to sell them
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Durham plea to cover 'unsustainable' student HMO tax shortfall"
Durham plea to cover 'unsustainable' student HMO tax shortfall
Liberal Democrat councillors say the council is losing money due to the number of student HMOs.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens"
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Keir Starmer hails India trade deal as 'launchpad' after meeting Narendra Modi"
Keir Starmer hails India trade deal as 'launchpad' after meeting Narendra Modi
The two leaders met in India's financial capital Mumbai to discuss ways to strengthen trade and business ties.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
NEW on Wonkhe: Struggling to put your provider's access and participation performance in context? David Kernohan has your back wonkhe.com/blogs/ofs-ac...
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.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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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.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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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Paris buff.ly/u3WyizF
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Staff at Sheffield's two universities vote to strike"
Staff at Sheffield's two universities vote to strike
Strikes will be held at Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield, a union says.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
It's giving www.independent.co.uk/news/daniels...
Daniels threatens disappearing act
The magician Paul Daniels came a step closer to performing his threatened disappearing act yesterday, now that the country has a Labour government.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
This AI slop gets weirder and weirder
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"British universities expand to India — as Starmer stands firm on visas"
British universities expand to India — as Starmer stands firm on visas
The University of Lancaster and University of Surrey will open campuses in Bengaluru and Gujarat. No 10 claims it will generate £50m for the British economy
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Sorry gals, but these 25 UK unis rank among the worst in the world for 2026"
Sorry gals, but these 25 UK unis rank among the worst in the world for 2026
This is not great news
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"UK transnational education enrolments poised to surpass onshore students this decade - ICEF Monitor - Market intelligence for international student recruitment"
UK transnational education enrolments poised to surpass onshore students this decade
The latest available numbers from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) tell us that there were 732,285 international students in UK higher education in 2023/24, representing a modest dip (-4
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Lancaster joins India boom with new Bengaluru campus"
Lancaster joins India boom with new Bengaluru campus
Lancaster University has joined several of its UK peers in unveiling plans for a campus in India, coinciding with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to the South Asian country.
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Universities claim North East could suffer multi-million pound loss from overseas student levy | Chronicle Live"
Universities claim North East could suffer multi-million pound loss from overseas student levy | Chronicle Live
Research has warned that Newcastle could be one of the worst-hit cities in England if Labour's planned levy on overseas student tuition fees is introduced
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
NEW on Wonkhe: The othering of students is getting worse bit.ly/3KAOL1b
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Are the low-value courses in the room with us now?"
Are the low-value courses in the room with us now?
Proposals for a low-value course cull are supposedly in the student interest. Jim Dickinson goes looking for some student input into the debate
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Cranfield University to close forensics department - BBC News"
Cranfield University to close forensics department - BBC News
One student studying forensic investigation says it is no longer the course she signed up for.
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