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Home of the higher education debate www.wonkhe.com Editor in Chief
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NEW on Wonkhe: Established ideas of leadership are mismatched with the crisis in UK higher education. Lisa Colledge, Candy Rowe, Sarah Shenow and others reflect on the UKRI future leaders fellows development network summit
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about 9 hours ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: The old international recruitment paradigm thought about China in terms of how many students it would send abroad. Leina Shi explains its increasing focus on attracting international talent ā and why the UK needs to pay attention
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about 9 hours ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: Three draft statutory instruments herald the end game of the biggest change in the student finance system since 2011. DK breaks down what is going on, and asks why these plans have seen so little meaningful scrutiny
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about 10 hours ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: The OIA is consulting on a shorter, more flexible complaints scheme ā but Jim Dickinson finds that most of the flexibility created depends on the adjudicator's benevolence
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about 10 hours ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: Employers make full and final offer in 2026-27 pay negotiations
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1 day ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: What does Strategic Priority Grant spending cover, and what would cuts threaten? David Kernohan unpacks the Office for Students' primary contribution to sector funding
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1 day ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: To believe Reform is wrong is fine. To believe that voters are wrong is foolish. James Coe unpacks the new politics of Reform in local government
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1 day ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: The consensus that more research funding will lead to more growth is breaking down. Richard Jones urges the sector to act before it's too late
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1 day ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: On the final day of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson celebrates Bulgaria's historic win with a look at its higher education map
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1 day ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: On Day Five of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson has a mooch around Austrian HE to work out what it's built on - and what staff and students do on top
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1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty and Fiona Lennoxsmith reflect on the structural challenge of higher education change and invite emerging leaders to join a new Wonkhe x Advance HE project on developing leadership change capability for the future
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How can emerging leaders of higher education develop skills in institutional change?
Debbie McVitty and Fiona Lennoxsmith reflect on the structural challenge of higher education change and invite emerging leaders to join a new Wonkhe x Advance HE project on developing leadership change...
https://buff.ly/u7H85c5
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: David Kernohan digests this year's OfS summary of annual financial returns, and the parallel release of HESA finance data
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The financial state of the sector in England for 2026
David Kernohan digests this year's OfS summary of annual financial returns, and the parallel release of HESA finance data
https://buff.ly/gPSAU0C
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: For a few months in 2023 a university department had some problems. Anne-Marie Kilday asks what the benefit is of imposing a condition of registration three years on
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OfS investigation has been one big guessing game
For a few months in 2023 a university department had some problems. Anne-Marie Kilday asks what the benefit is of imposing a condition of registration three years on
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1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture
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Higher education postcard: the Radcliffe Camera
This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture
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1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast the government turns up the heat on universities over antisemitism ā but with enforcement details still to come, what does Starmer's zero-tolerance pledge mean in practice?
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Podcast: Starmergeddon, insolvency, Europe
This week on the podcast we talk a turbulent week in Westminster, as Labourās poor performance in the national and regional elections intensifies pressure on Keir Starmer, and the Kingās Speech leaves...
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1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on Kingās College London and Cranfield University.
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Specialised, consolidated and mission-focused: a new model for mergers emerges
Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on Kingās College London and Cranfield University
https://buff.ly/D3iFdxh
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Most students want more exposure to diverse viewpoints but fewer than one in three get it. Julie M. Norman and Thomas Gift make the case for a classroom-based approach to disagreeing well
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Why we taught a class on how to disagree
Most students want more exposure to diverse viewpoints but fewer than one in three get it. Julie M. Norman and Thomas Gift make the case for a classroom-based approach to disagreeing well
https://buff.ly/HAtD2Z8
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson goes from Bucharest to ChiČinÄu to get across the HE reform agenda for Europeās least visited country
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Euro visions: Saluti a tutti, Moldova is on duty
For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson goes from Bucharest to ChiČinÄu to get across the HE reform agenda for Europeās least visited country
https://buff.ly/qVK7uqq
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details
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Subject cold spots are growing. We need to address the root causes
New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details
https://buff.ly/oHLZ4xW
1 day ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: With the UK back in Erasmus+ and a Eurovision entry doing double duty as policy argument, Maia Chankseliani asks whether the return will finally reach apprentices and vocational learners
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Erasmus+ is back. But will it bring apprentices with it?
With the UK back in Erasmus+ and a Eurovision entry doing double duty as policy argument, Maia Chankseliani asks whether the return will finally reach apprentices and vocational learners
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2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, Nandor Revesz and Harrison Swinhoe found that if you ask students why they rely on AI, their answers often point to anxieties about engaging with their tutors
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Student AI use is being driven by deteriorating student-staff relationships
Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, Nandor Revesz and Harrison Swinhoe found that if you ask students why they rely on AI, their answers often point to anxieties about engaging with their tutors If you ask students...
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2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Who was delivering higher education for who last academic year. Thanks to the OfS, DK has the receipts
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Finding 2024ā25 delivery partnerships
Who was delivering higher education for who last academic year? Thanks to the OfS, DK has the receipts
https://buff.ly/gG5Swf2
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests
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HESA's graduate mobility marker makes a local move
Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests
https://buff.ly/W8yB8EH
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: With populism closing in on Europe's universities, Jim Dickinson reads finds a new King's volume that grasps only half of a post-war bargain breaking on both sides
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Euro visions: Key changes and wind machines won't save the sector
With populism closing in on Europe's universities, Jim Dickinson reads finds a new King's volume that grasps only half of a post-war bargain breaking on both sides
https://buff.ly/9QuEIvg
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Andrew Crosbie argues that to build learning cultures fit for a wicked world, higher education must first unlearn what it takes for granted about learning itself
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We need to transform learning for a wicked world
Andrew Crosbie argues that to build learning cultures fit for a wicked world, higher education must first unlearn what it takes for granted about learning itself
https://buff.ly/MJ36rlm
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: The government has promised to do a lot of things with primary legislation in higher education. DK has been keeping score, and hereās what is in the "missing" bill
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For the want of a suitable legislative vehicle
The government has promised to do a lot of things with primary legislation in higher education. DK has been keeping score, and hereās what is in the "missing" bill
https://buff.ly/FsxUPbI
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson tours Europe's student meal subsidies ā and finds the UK alleviating student food insecurity via declining food banks and the odd free apple
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Euro visions: LibertƩ, ƩgalitƩ, dƩjeuner
For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson tours Europe's student meal subsidies ā and finds the UK alleviating student food insecurity via declining food banks and the odd free apple
https://buff.ly/OxBrt3a
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: Really, it is all about delivery. David Kernohan tries to work out how Reform could put some of its wilder HE ideas into action
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But would Reform be able to deliver?
Really, it is all about delivery. David Kernohan tries to work out how Reform could put some of its wilder HE ideas into action
https://buff.ly/HSNLr2G
2 days ago
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Last week on Wonkhe: On Day Two of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson reports from Vienna on a higher education strategy that names democracy as a core mission ā and asks what happens if the populists it opposes form the next government
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Euro visions: Knowledge creates the future, the future needs democracy
On Day Two of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson reports from Vienna on a higher education strategy that names democracy as a core mission ā and asks what happens if the populists it opposes form the next...
https://buff.ly/NMH42rk
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: With the UK back in Erasmus+ and a Eurovision entry doing double duty as policy argument, Maia Chankseliani asks whether the return will finally reach apprentices and vocational learners
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Erasmus+ is back. But will it bring apprentices with it?
With the UK back in Erasmus+ and a Eurovision entry doing double duty as policy argument, Maia Chankseliani asks whether the return will finally reach apprentices and vocational learners
https://buff.ly/IBSpefd
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Who was delivering higher education for who last academic year. Thanks to the OfS, DK has the receipts
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Finding 2024ā25 delivery partnerships
Who was delivering higher education for who last academic year? Thanks to the OfS, DK has the receipts
https://buff.ly/gG5Swf2
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: For a few months in 2023 a university department had some problems. Anne-Marie Kilday asks what the benefit is of imposing a condition of registration three years on
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OfS investigation has been one big guessing game
For a few months in 2023 a university department had some problems. Anne-Marie Kilday asks what the benefit is of imposing a condition of registration three years on
https://buff.ly/lndslgs
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture
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Higher education postcard: the Radcliffe Camera
This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture This weekās card from Hugh Jonesā postbag takes us to an Oxford fixture
https://buff.ly/hiNmbKF
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests
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HESA's graduate mobility marker makes a local move
Data users in the higher education sector and beyond are increasingly demanding statistics at a more granular level of geography. Tej Nathwani talks us through how HESA is responding to these requests
https://buff.ly/W8yB8EH
2 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty and Fiona Lennoxsmith reflect on the structural challenge of higher education change and invite emerging leaders to join a new Wonkhe x Advance HE project on developing leadership change capability for the future
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How can emerging leaders of higher education develop skills in institutional change?
Debbie McVitty and Fiona Lennoxsmith reflect on the structural challenge of higher education change and invite emerging leaders to join a new Wonkhe x Advance HE project on developing leadership change...
https://buff.ly/u7H85c5
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Andrew Crosbie argues that to build learning cultures fit for a wicked world, higher education must first unlearn what it takes for granted about learning itself
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We need to transform learning for a wicked world
Andrew Crosbie argues that to build learning cultures fit for a wicked world, higher education must first unlearn what it takes for granted about learning itself
https://buff.ly/MJ36rlm
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson tours Europe's student meal subsidies ā and finds the UK alleviating student food insecurity via declining food banks and the odd free apple
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Euro visions: LibertƩ, ƩgalitƩ, dƩjeuner
For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson tours Europe's student meal subsidies ā and finds the UK alleviating student food insecurity via declining food banks and the odd free apple
https://buff.ly/OxBrt3a
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, Nandor Revesz and Harrison Swinhoe found that if you ask students why they rely on AI, their answers often point to anxieties about engaging with their tutors
loading . . .
Student AI use is being driven by deteriorating student-staff relationships
Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, Nandor Revesz and Harrison Swinhoe found that if you ask students why they rely on AI, their answers often point to anxieties about engaging with their tutors If you ask students...
https://buff.ly/fnv5v5K
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson goes from Bucharest to ChiČinÄu to get across the HE reform agenda for Europeās least visited country
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Euro visions: Saluti a tutti, Moldova is on duty
For Day Three of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson goes from Bucharest to ChiČinÄu to get across the HE reform agenda for Europeās least visited country
https://buff.ly/qVK7uqq
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: On Day Two of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson reports from Vienna on a higher education strategy that names democracy as a core mission ā and asks what happens if the populists it opposes form the next government
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Euro visions: Knowledge creates the future, the future needs democracy
On Day Two of Eurovision week, Jim Dickinson reports from Vienna on a higher education strategy that names democracy as a core mission ā and asks what happens if the populists it opposes form the next...
https://buff.ly/NMH42rk
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Most students want more exposure to diverse viewpoints but fewer than one in three get it. Julie M. Norman and Thomas Gift make the case for a classroom-based approach to disagreeing well
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Why we taught a class on how to disagree
Most students want more exposure to diverse viewpoints but fewer than one in three get it. Julie M. Norman and Thomas Gift make the case for a classroom-based approach to disagreeing well
https://buff.ly/HAtD2Z8
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Really, it is all about delivery. David Kernohan tries to work out how Reform could put some of its wilder HE ideas into action
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But would Reform be able to deliver?
Really, it is all about delivery. David Kernohan tries to work out how Reform could put some of its wilder HE ideas into action
https://buff.ly/HSNLr2G
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: The government has promised to do a lot of things with primary legislation in higher education. DK has been keeping score, and hereās what is in the "missing" bill
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For the want of a suitable legislative vehicle
The government has promised to do a lot of things with primary legislation in higher education. DK has been keeping score, and hereās what is in the "missing" bill
https://buff.ly/FsxUPbI
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on Kingās College London and Cranfield University.
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Specialised, consolidated and mission-focused: a new model for mergers emerges
Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on Kingās College London and Cranfield University
https://buff.ly/D3iFdxh
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: David Kernohan digests this year's OfS summary of annual financial returns, and the parallel release of HESA finance data
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The financial state of the sector in England for 2026
David Kernohan digests this year's OfS summary of annual financial returns, and the parallel release of HESA finance data
https://buff.ly/gPSAU0C
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: With populism closing in on Europe's universities, Jim Dickinson reads finds a new King's volume that grasps only half of a post-war bargain breaking on both sides
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Euro visions: Key changes and wind machines won't save the sector
With populism closing in on Europe's universities, Jim Dickinson reads finds a new King's volume that grasps only half of a post-war bargain breaking on both sides
https://buff.ly/9QuEIvg
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details
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Subject cold spots are growing. We need to address the root causes
New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details
https://buff.ly/oHLZ4xW
3 days ago
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This week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast the government turns up the heat on universities over antisemitism ā but with enforcement details still to come, what does Starmer's zero-tolerance pledge mean in practice?
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Podcast: Starmergeddon, insolvency, Europe
This week on the podcast we talk a turbulent week in Westminster, as Labourās poor performance in the national and regional elections intensifies pressure on Keir Starmer, and the Kingās Speech leaves...
https://buff.ly/pyYB8SB
3 days ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: With the UK back in Erasmus+ and a Eurovision entry doing double duty as policy argument, Maia Chankseliani asks whether the return will finally reach apprentices and vocational learners
buff.ly/IBSpefd
3 days ago
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NEW on Wonkhe: Are financial sustainability and student protection compatible?
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4 days ago
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