Karen Clegg sets out a team based approach for PhD supervision and highlights the positive consequences for research culture The post A team approach to PhD supervision appeared first on Wonkh...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/a-team-approach-to-phd-supervision/
Caron Gentry issues a plea for more widespread valuing of arts, humanities and social science education even - or especially - in times of financial pressure The post False economies – why cu...
Some policy stability would allow for a more nuanced conversation about apprenticeships. Michael Salmon reviews the latest research and data The post Apprenticeships are not one thing appeared...
Dmytro Chumachenko shares his insights into research under fire in Ukraine, and the role the UK can play in supporting the sector The post The silent casualty – how the Russian war is eroding...
It is time for universities to stop the nonsense of participating in flawed university rankings exercises, argue Paul Ashwin and Derek Heim The post Rank hypocrisy – how universities betray t...
OfS has guidance out on securing free speech on campus. Jim Dickinson fears that its underpinning of mistrust and lack of understanding of those it regulates renders it meaningless The post OfS...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/ofs-consults-on-guidance-over-free-speech-confused-you-will-be/
There's a history of attempts to drive efficiency by sharing services - and precious little evidence of success. Helen Scott asks whether one more try will make a difference The post Are “bac...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/are-back-office-services-really-better-together/
Dani Payne argues that however much funding has fallen in real terms, universities need to better account for public investment for lobbying on sector finances to be successful The post To win ...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/universities-are-losing-the-argument-on-university-fees-and-funding/
Is UK higher education really the world's third most expensive way of getting a degree - and if it is, what might the alternatives look like? Jim Dickinson explores the hypotheses The post Ther...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/there-may-be-ways-to-make-uk-higher-education-cheaper-to-run/
What if higher education was funded as if it were infrastructure? David Kernohan has been listening to the Shadow Chancellor The post The university after securonomics appeared first on Wonkhe...
Tonari Arikekpar worries that issues in the international student experience offer are being lost in the lobbying over immigration - and sets out a positive agenda for changing that The post If...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/if-you-dont-only-see-us-as-cash-cows-its-time-to-prove-it/
Rebecca Hodgson argues that building belonging amongst students requires empathetic, understanding, and supportive academic staff - and students spending time with eachother The post Time to go...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/time-to-go-back-to-basics-on-belonging/
This week on the podcast the Home Office has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the Graduate route visa - what could be on the cards come its conclusions in May? The post P...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/podcast-graduate-route-pensions-graduate-mobility/
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag looks at an early students’ union The post Higher education postcard: student representation appeared first on Wonkhe .
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/higher-education-postcard-student-representation/
Birmingham City University vice chancellor David Mba highlights the net benefit to the UK of international art and design students The post Follow the science – it is international art and de...
As the debate on private schools fees and VAT continues, Jim Dickinson considers the bargain that the richest are increasingly getting out of higher education The post Is it time to slap VAT on...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/is-it-time-to-slap-vat-on-tuition-fees/
Gary F Fisher and Dean Fido explain what the experience of medical imaging professionals can teach academics about the future impacts and opportunities of generative AI The post Learning lesson...
The teacher training outlook in England is showing no signs of improvement. Jackie Dunne and Alex Bols make the case for universities’ role in putting things right The post A manifesto for te...
Paperwork from England's higher education regulator board meetings has emerged again. David Kernohan reads too much into what isn't redacted so you don't have to The post 32 nuggets to note in ...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/32-nuggets-to-note-in-ofs-september-and-december-board-papers/
Existing area-based measures of deprivation have never really worked for higher education. HESA's Tej Nathwani introduces the new socio-economic index for small areas The post SEISA by HESA –...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/seisa-by-hesa-a-new-area-based-measure-of-deprivation/
Open access publishing has been bolstered by centrally negotiated transitional agreements between funders, publishers, and the sector. Libby Homer wonders how far this can take us in pursuit of r...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/transitional-agreements-may-not-be-the-whole-route-to-open-access/
Some in Australian universities are saying the sector “lost” the Accord. Ant Bagshaw is focusing on what happens now The post In the end, it’s how the Accord is used that will matter app...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/in-the-end-its-how-the-accord-is-used-that-will-matter/
For David Hughes, the Australian Universities Accord holds up a mirror to the challenges facing England’s tertiary education sector The post Going tertiary down under appeared first on Wonkh...
Some of the educational development recommendations in Australia’s higher education review will look familiar to UK readers. Letizia Gramaglia looks for lessons learned The post When borrowin...
A new First Minister in Wales knows his way around the higher education sector. Universities Wales' Kieron Rees asks what Vaughan Gething might do next The post A former Aberystwyth SU presiden...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/a-former-aberystwyth-su-president-is-wales-new-first-minister/
There's been a major review of higher education in Australia – with much to digest for the UK sector. Team Wonkhe walks you through the proposals The post A bluffer’s guide to the Australia...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/a-bluffers-guide-to-the-australian-universities-accord/
Questions of value for money and the purpose of higher education are back in the news. Leo McCann assesses whether the media portrayal matches the reality The post Asking students whether unive...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/asking-students-whether-university-is-really-worth-it/
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag shows us that progress is not always linear The post Higher education postcard: University of Chichester appeared first on Wonkhe .
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/higher-education-postcard-university-of-chichester/
Mark Peace convenes some fresh thinking on the diversity of learning opportunities that can constitute meaningful work-related experiences The post There are plenty of options for student work-...
There's a new definition of "extremism", but does it help or hinder universities in making judgements about it? Jim Dickinson isn't so sure The post The contradictory cakeism over free speech a...
https://wonkhe.com/blogs/the-contradictory-cakeism-over-free-speech-and-extremism-continues/