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NEW on Wonkhe: The CMA publishes guidance on higher education collaborations buff.ly/RMZFMll
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: The CMA publishes guidance on higher education collaborations buff.ly/RMZFMll
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain buff.ly/0xdkxht
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain buff.ly/0xdkxht
NEW on Wonkhe: The government’s legislative plans for higher education have a few problems buff.ly/BFc9tT2
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The government’s legislative plans for higher education have a few problems buff.ly/BFc9tT2
NEW on Wonkhe: How did providers do with access and participation, entry qualifications, and unconditional offermaking? David Kernohan plots the data from the End of Cycle release. buff.ly/jgUz40N
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: How did providers do with access and participation, entry qualifications, and unconditional offermaking? David Kernohan plots the data from the End of Cycle release. buff.ly/jgUz40N
NEW on Wonkhe: What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release buff.ly/v0vXpDK
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release buff.ly/v0vXpDK
NEW on Wonkhe: Now that it’s on the statute books, Michael Salmon looks at what made the final cut in Scotland’s new tertiary legislation buff.ly/hywLloC
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Now that it’s on the statute books, Michael Salmon looks at what made the final cut in Scotland’s new tertiary legislation buff.ly/hywLloC
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson traces how a student loans system once sold as cost-sharing has become one where graduates fund everything – and where Labour has quietly reversed promises to make things fairer buff.ly/z5MzFPW
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson traces how a student loans system once sold as cost-sharing has become one where graduates fund everything – and where Labour has quietly reversed promises to make things fairer buff.ly/z5MzFPW
NEW on Wonkhe: The sector is suffering from "academic long covid": falling attendance, disengagement, and a rise in the number of students with health conditions. New research from Emily Nordmann and Wilhelmiina Tovio asks what we can learn from lockdown experiences. buff.ly/d8ANQZx
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The sector is suffering from "academic long covid": falling attendance, disengagement, and a rise in the number of students with health conditions. New research from Emily Nordmann and Wilhelmiina Tovio asks what we can learn from lockdown experiences. buff.ly/d8ANQZx
NEW on Wonkhe: The Turing scheme returns for at least one more year bit.ly/4jMaVuB
January 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The Turing scheme returns for at least one more year bit.ly/4jMaVuB
NEW on Wonkhe: Even if you have a great learner analytics system, is your university set up to act on early and probabilistic information? Carmen Miles explains buff.ly/UZIPKkV
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Even if you have a great learner analytics system, is your university set up to act on early and probabilistic information? Carmen Miles explains buff.ly/UZIPKkV
NEW on Wonkhe: David Kernohan runs through everything we've spotted in the government's new international education strategy buff.ly/L8cxhsi
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: David Kernohan runs through everything we've spotted in the government's new international education strategy buff.ly/L8cxhsi
NEW on Wonkhe: Three years on, TPS pensions are still very expensive for higher education bit.ly/4pLA5uU
January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Three years on, TPS pensions are still very expensive for higher education bit.ly/4pLA5uU
NEW on Wonkhe: NUS turns into attention to parents bit.ly/4pKyWUc
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: NUS turns into attention to parents bit.ly/4pKyWUc
NEW on Wonkhe: To govern higher education finances, you need to understand the story behind the data and be prepared to cope with an unknowable future. James Coe talks to the finance leaders with the nerves of steel buff.ly/pPUldbt
January 19, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: To govern higher education finances, you need to understand the story behind the data and be prepared to cope with an unknowable future. James Coe talks to the finance leaders with the nerves of steel buff.ly/pPUldbt
Last week on Wonkhe: In the wake of renewed calls for clearer student protections, Jim Dickinson whether voluntary guidance is working and the lessons England could learn from Australia and Sweden wonkhe.com/blogs/parlia...
Parliament has debated a statutory duty of care again
In the wake of renewed calls for clearer student protections, Jim Dickinson whether voluntary guidance is working and the lessons England could learn from Australia and Sweden
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January 19, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Last week on Wonkhe: In the wake of renewed calls for clearer student protections, Jim Dickinson whether voluntary guidance is working and the lessons England could learn from Australia and Sweden wonkhe.com/blogs/parlia...
Last week on Wonkhe: The shift from fixed-term to rolling tenancies sounds like good news for students – until you consider those with nowhere to go in the summer. Niall Hignett examines who gets left behind
The Renters’ Rights Act is a disaster for independent students
The shift from fixed-term to rolling tenancies sounds like good news for students – until you consider those with nowhere to go in the summer. Niall Hignett examines who gets left behind The shift from...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: The shift from fixed-term to rolling tenancies sounds like good news for students – until you consider those with nowhere to go in the summer. Niall Hignett examines who gets left behind
Last week on Wonkhe: A new strategy about growth, the North, and research assets has landed- James Coe reports on all his Christmases coming at once.
Connecting, devolving and prioritising innovation – it's the Northern Growth Strategy
A new strategy about growth, the North, and research assets has landed – James Coe reports on all his Christmases coming at once
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January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: A new strategy about growth, the North, and research assets has landed- James Coe reports on all his Christmases coming at once.
Last week on Wonkhe: Are current research security frameworks genuinely reducing risk, or merely redistributing it across borders? Sapna Marwaha thinks it through
Are we reducing research security risk, or just shifting it around?
Are current research security frameworks genuinely reducing risk, or merely redistributing it across borders? Sapna Marwaha thinks it through Are current research security frameworks genuinely reducing...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Are current research security frameworks genuinely reducing risk, or merely redistributing it across borders? Sapna Marwaha thinks it through
Last week on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty thinks through the various options for responding to lines of questioning that question the legitimacy of particular HE courses
So you’ve been accused of harbouring “Mickey Mouse” courses at your institution… now what?
Debbie McVitty thinks through the various options for responding to lines of questioning that question the legitimacy of particular HE courses
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January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty thinks through the various options for responding to lines of questioning that question the legitimacy of particular HE courses
Last week on Wonkhe: The Employment Rights Bill is officially on the statute books, with significant changes to employee rights. Siân Jackson guides us through what institutions need to know
What the Employment Rights Act 2025 means for higher education
The Employment Rights Bill is officially on the statute books, with significant changes to employee rights. Siân Jackson guides us through what institutions need to know
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January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: The Employment Rights Bill is officially on the statute books, with significant changes to employee rights. Siân Jackson guides us through what institutions need to know
Last week on Wonkhe: Unis Wales chair and vice chancellor Elwen Evans calls on political parties to make HE success central to their offer to the Welsh electorate ahead of Senedd elections this spring
For a stronger, fairer Wales HE belongs in every manifesto
Unis Wales chair and vice chancellor Elwen Evans calls on political parties to make HE success central to their offer to the Welsh electorate ahead of Senedd elections this spring
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January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Unis Wales chair and vice chancellor Elwen Evans calls on political parties to make HE success central to their offer to the Welsh electorate ahead of Senedd elections this spring
Last week on Wonkhe: From frozen bus toilets to peer-led pedagogy, Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall explore what the UK might learn from student-centred innovation and cross-border collaboration on the continent
We want to make that heart beat more strongly
From frozen bus toilets to peer-led pedagogy, Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall explore what the UK might learn from student-centred innovation and cross-border collaboration on the continent
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January 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: From frozen bus toilets to peer-led pedagogy, Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall explore what the UK might learn from student-centred innovation and cross-border collaboration on the continent
Last week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast new polling suggests over a third of students think Reform UK should be banned from speaking on campus
Podcast: Free speech, Scottish budget, Mickey Mouse
This week on the podcast from Nijmegen on the SUs study tour the team discuss the return of the UK to Erasmus+.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast new polling suggests over a third of students think Reform UK should be banned from speaking on campus
Last week on Wonkhe: Grade inflation is falling, but OfS still thinks too many are getting good degrees. David Kernohan asks what it would take to know what is really going on
The grade inflation mutant algorithm, 2026
Grade inflation is falling, but OfS still thinks too many are getting good degrees. David Kernohan asks what it would take to know what is really going on
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January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Grade inflation is falling, but OfS still thinks too many are getting good degrees. David Kernohan asks what it would take to know what is really going on
Last week on Wonkhe: As AI prompts the adaptation of educational processes and curricula, Sam Grogan calls for a larger reconsideration of educational purpose
AI is challenging us to relocate our sense of educational purpose in the outward-future rather than the inward-past
As AI prompts the adaptation of educational processes and curricula, Sam Grogan calls for a larger reconsideration of educational purpose
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January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: As AI prompts the adaptation of educational processes and curricula, Sam Grogan calls for a larger reconsideration of educational purpose