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This week on Wonkhe: Vincenzo Raimo argues that the UK government's new international education strategy is really an export strategy – and that the gap between the two concepts matters more than ever
Export success is not international education success
Vincenzo Raimo argues that the UK government's new international education strategy is really an export strategy – and that the gap between the two concepts matters more than ever
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January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: Vincenzo Raimo argues that the UK government's new international education strategy is really an export strategy – and that the gap between the two concepts matters more than ever
This week on Wonkhe: What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release
UCAS End of Cycle, 2025: provider recruitment strategies
What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release
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January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: What happened in the 2025 UCAS cycle? David Kernohan has a look at institutional strategies using the latest provider-level data release
This week 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
Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room
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 Jim Dickinson...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This week 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
This week on Wonkhe: With new global standards reshaping expectations, Ayala Gordon argues that accessibility must move from compliance afterthought to strategic priority across every part of the university.
Sleepwalking into criminal liability? Accessibility and the future of universities
With new global standards reshaping expectations, Ayala Gordon and Sarah Lewthwaite argue that accessibility must move from compliance afterthought to strategic priority across every part of the university.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: With new global standards reshaping expectations, Ayala Gordon argues that accessibility must move from compliance afterthought to strategic priority across every part of the university.
This week 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
All about Scotland’s newly passed Tertiary Education and Training Act
Now that it’s on the statute books, Michael Salmon looks at what made the final cut in Scotland’s new tertiary legislation Now that it’s on the statute books, Michael Salmon looks at what made the...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This week 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
This week 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
Why universities struggle to act on early warning data
Even if you have a great learner analytics system, is your university set up to act on early and probabilistic information? Carmen Miles explains
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January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This week 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
This week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast the government has finally unveiled its new International Education Strategy – with no headline target for international student numbers
Podcast: International, UCAS data, student finance
This week on the podcast from Nijmegen on the SUs study tour the team discuss the return of the UK to Erasmus+.This week on the podcast the government has finally unveiled its new International Education...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast the government has finally unveiled its new International Education Strategy – with no headline target for international student numbers
This week on Wonkhe: Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour
Regulation builds walls between different levels of education, but universities can build bridges
Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour Across...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This week on Wonkhe: Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour
This week on Wonkhe: David Kernohan runs through everything we've spotted in the government's new international education strategy
A new international education strategy
David Kernohan runs through everything we've spotted in the government's new international education strategy
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January 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: David Kernohan runs through everything we've spotted in the government's new international education strategy
This week 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.
UCAS End of Cycle, 2025: access and participation
How did providers do with access and participation, entry qualifications, and unconditional offermaking? David Kernohan plots the data from the End of Cycle release.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This week 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.
This week 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.
What Covid restrictions meant for participation and belonging
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...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This week 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.
This week 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
Graduates are paying more and getting less
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 Jim Dickinson...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This week 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
This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses
Higher education postcard: University of Sunderland
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses
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January 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses
This week 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
Effective finance governance is about balancing high quality data with managing existential uncertainty
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
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January 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This week 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
NEW on Wonkhe: Vincenzo Raimo argues that the UK government's new international education strategy is really an export strategy – and that the gap between the two concepts matters more than ever buff.ly/OgHiNdX
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Vincenzo Raimo argues that the UK government's new international education strategy is really an export strategy – and that the gap between the two concepts matters more than ever buff.ly/OgHiNdX
NEW on Wonkhe: What does the End of Cycle data say about franchising? buff.ly/3yZc0Di
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: What does the End of Cycle data say about franchising? buff.ly/3yZc0Di
NEW on Wonkhe: How to fix student loans buff.ly/rffSicg
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: How to fix student loans buff.ly/rffSicg
NEW on Wonkhe: With new global standards reshaping expectations, Ayala Gordon argues that accessibility must move from compliance afterthought to strategic priority across every part of the university. buff.ly/TKUGtBk
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: With new global standards reshaping expectations, Ayala Gordon argues that accessibility must move from compliance afterthought to strategic priority across every part of the university. buff.ly/TKUGtBk
NEW on Wonkhe: Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour buff.ly/ptQAYhL
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Across early years, FE, HE and the workplace, teaching is a continuous professional act – but the English system treats each phase as distinct. Jo Irving-Walton calls for cross-sector endeavour buff.ly/ptQAYhL
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses buff.ly/jUzbHdq
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an early exponent of sandwich courses buff.ly/jUzbHdq
NEW on Wonkhe: Northern Ireland reviews its approach to widening participation buff.ly/VvnUdDk
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Northern Ireland reviews its approach to widening participation buff.ly/VvnUdDk
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