Jim Dickinson
@jimdickinson.bsky.social
Wonkhe (SUs). 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
· Oct 24
A generation of students has been failed and forgotten again
As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a…
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NEW: As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a system that left students to bear the costs of the pandemic.
NEW on Wonkhe: Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial future. buff.ly/LbRThDy
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial future. buff.ly/LbRThDy
Reposted by Jim Dickinson
Here we go: wonkhe.com/blogs/budget...
Budget 2025 for universities and students
Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial ...
wonkhe.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here we go: wonkhe.com/blogs/budget...
This is your annual reminder that when the Treasury calculates the distributional impact of the budget on households, it counts tuition fee loans as income - so a house of 5 students looks just under 50k better off than they really are
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is your annual reminder that when the Treasury calculates the distributional impact of the budget on households, it counts tuition fee loans as income - so a house of 5 students looks just under 50k better off than they really are
So in the sector battle over the international levy, the Russell Group wins. £925 flat fee per student from Aug 2028
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So in the sector battle over the international levy, the Russell Group wins. £925 flat fee per student from Aug 2028
NEW on Wonkhe: The totem of the perfect grant is the enemy of the loan good wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The totem of the perfect grant is the enemy of the loan good wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
"'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’"
'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’
BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they want to see in the Budget.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’"
"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
"End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine"
End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine
A weak economy has returned graduate job prospects to pre-Covid levels, according to a new report by Prospects at Jisc.
www.relocatemagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine"
"'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live"
'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live
Overseas projects in focus as UK redundancy debate continues
www.lancs.live
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live"
"Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told"
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told"
"Fifty universities at risk of going bust"
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"Fifty universities at risk of going bust"
NEW on Wonkhe: The time when most students progressed straight from school to university is long gone. For Peter Gray student financial support needs to adapt to meet real needs buff.ly/wICcYcx
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The time when most students progressed straight from school to university is long gone. For Peter Gray student financial support needs to adapt to meet real needs buff.ly/wICcYcx
NEW on Wonkhe: Ahead of an evidence paper and call for submissions, Minister for Further and Higher Education Vikki Howells sets out her understanding of the key challenges faced by higher education in Wales buff.ly/gbquzUM
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Ahead of an evidence paper and call for submissions, Minister for Further and Higher Education Vikki Howells sets out her understanding of the key challenges faced by higher education in Wales buff.ly/gbquzUM
So which is it?
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So which is it?
OfS' CEO today: "The closer you get to a crisis point as an institution, the less concerned you might be about future regulatory action for not cooperating with the regulator. So that makes our tools and our ability to drive student protection planning limited in some scenarios.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
OfS' CEO today: "The closer you get to a crisis point as an institution, the less concerned you might be about future regulatory action for not cooperating with the regulator. So that makes our tools and our ability to drive student protection planning limited in some scenarios.”
NEW on Wonkhe: Are level 6 apprenticeships next? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Are level 6 apprenticeships next? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: Government would protect interests of “students, taxpayers, and research” in provider insolvency wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Government would protect interests of “students, taxpayers, and research” in provider insolvency wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI buff.ly/NUc7eqn
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI buff.ly/NUc7eqn
NEW on Wonkhe: Hybrid and portfolio careers are an increasingly common route through graduate employment. For Miri Firth, the data still needs to catch up buff.ly/eWC25CS
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Hybrid and portfolio careers are an increasingly common route through graduate employment. For Miri Firth, the data still needs to catch up buff.ly/eWC25CS
NEW on Wonkhe: International students with caring responsibilities face additional challenges. Scott Rawlinson sets out ways in which universities can provide practical support buff.ly/U0fSBgi
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: International students with caring responsibilities face additional challenges. Scott Rawlinson sets out ways in which universities can provide practical support buff.ly/U0fSBgi
Reposted by Jim Dickinson
We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…
"College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor"
College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor
Students at the University of Staffordshire have spent the past two years learning to code from AI-generated course material.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor"
"University of Derby apologises for redundancy email blunder - BBC News"
University of Derby apologises for redundancy email blunder - BBC News
Several staff members received confirmation of redundancy applications when they had not applied.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"University of Derby apologises for redundancy email blunder - BBC News"
"Student makes history as first openly gay Miss England"
Student makes history as first openly gay Miss England
The 20-year-old was crowned Miss England 2025 at the Grand Station in Wolverhampton after overcoming school bullying
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Student makes history as first openly gay Miss England"