Though governments and the education industry seem to be stuck in the AI boosterism stage, the financial markets are very much moving on. www.cityam.com/ai-bubble-fe...

Well. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Never really certain if anyone sees these things on here, but for those who do and are interested, I am shortly stepping down from my role at the Office for Students -- full statement here: www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-an...

At last! www.hoopsfix.com/2025/11/fiba... - this is a great SLB season,now we can finally focus 100% on the court!

It feels like there is a risk that OfS has overstepped the mark here.

'It turns out that if you design a landscape that looks like alphabet soup, you shouldn’t be surprised when applicants misread the signposts.' 1/3

How wise of software developers to intuit that what really want is for everything to take four times as long to open, and to dispay a garish button imploring me to mangle whatever is in the file through a cheap knock off LLM.

NEW on Wonkhe: HESA researcher Tej Nathwani unpacks what would happen to our understanding of graduate outcomes if survey response rates continue to fall buff.ly/KxUL0ZC

NEW on Wonkhe: Diamond’s a distant memory as Wales plays inflation games with fees and maintenance bit.ly/4hJt0bZ

NEW on Wonkhe: Learning and work is for the well off bit.ly/47SAHch

NEW on Wonkhe: James Coe unpacks the incentives underpinning the government’s specialisation agenda wonkhe.com/blogs/change...

NEW on Wonkhe: For Richard Puttock the restrictions on national student survey results publications designed in 2005 need a rethink twenty years on buff.ly/4H0sVJC

Felt cute, thought I'd send the Daily 15mins early, no cap.

The white paper is wrong - changing research funding won't change teaching | Wonkhe

NEW on Wonkhe: New policy proposals mean new rules - both in law and in the regulatory framework. David Kernohan breaks it down into three steps buff.ly/ZQnKNXU

NEW on Wonkhe: We need to talk about Kalven buff.ly/Uf4hP5h

NEW on Wonkhe: A not so happy birthday to the Robbins Review wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

NEW on Wonkhe: As Wales moves toward a single regulatory framework for its entire tertiary sector, Jim Dickinson explores whether Medr's revisions signal true simplification or simply better-organised bureaucracy buff.ly/xknA26w

NEW on Wonkhe: For Elliot Newstead, the implications of changes to high-tariff recruitment behaviour go far beyond student numbers buff.ly/LAE5cwy

Everything that is in the White Paper for HE, handily digested. Or if you prefer audio: wonkhe.com/blogs/podcas... Or, if you prefer in person: www.thefestivalofhe.com

NEW on Wonkhe: Higher education reform is here – along with a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education and skills. Debbie McVitty and David Kernohan work through the details of the government's agenda for HE wonkhe.com/blogs/what-i...

Laura Trott appears to have decided that V-levels will (a) be low quality and (b) aimed at white working class pupils.

Our unwritten constitution directs the wishes of parliament overrule the wishes of departments. Yes, two questions before the White Paper and ministerial statement is annoying, but it is for parliament to decide what is debated, and when.

NEW on Wonkhe: Outside of the problematic headlines, what is subcontractual provision of higher education? David Kernohan explores buff.ly/hfFBSwW

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor student outcomes buff.ly/aaRX1Fq

NEW on Wonkhe: As a sector, and a nation, we don't do personal identifiers well. And, as David Kernohan points out, it causes us problems buff.ly/HRjosNb

I'd like a list of UK universities that are on a ring road - by which I mean just off a main road that does not go directly to the centre of a city or town. It is for a thing. UWE and Cardiff Met are two examples. Any more? attn. @hbsj.bsky.social @mike-rat.bsky.social @registrarism.bsky.social

2 years ago Jo Grady was on every platform claiming Universities had plenty of money to settle that year's pay claim. If people wonder why HE is not getting a hearing, this is one of the reasons it has little credibility.

NEW on Wonkhe: There's been enough hints about the content of the white paper - for David Kernohan what is still missing is a narrative buff.ly/dWSQLIR

NEW on Wonkhe: One of the problems the forthcoming white paper will try to solve is fragmentation in post-16 provision. Debbie McVitty reflects on what makes systems work buff.ly/hJ5wrse

In my latest podcast, @dkernohan.bsky.social from @wonkhe.bsky.social explained why the new 'super university', created by the proposed merger between the universities of Kent and Greenwich, has raised numerous policy and regulatory questions. Listen to the full episode here: insideyoured.com

NEW on Wonkhe: The government sees “huge opportunity” for universities to get stuck into transnational education. Michael Salmon unpicks the policy context buff.ly/0hSkM7h

Genuinely impressive how quickly the wheels have come off that Badenoch higher education policy.

NEW on Wonkhe: Conservatives have a poor quality higher education policy bit.ly/42vwqIZ

Quite the wild ride, this one: wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/... Badenoch's conservatives have another crack at the "low quality courses" thing.

Adding my voice to the chorus battling to retain an increased focus on people, culture, and environment in the next REF... wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ba...

The ‘de-designation’ process was unfair, said the High Court. Hopefully the new regulatory framework for franchises is fairer - particularly to students. If genuine, 4700 people had their higher education disrupted this year. Look at the allegations - it’s a big ‘if’ wonkhe.com/blogs/what-t...

NEW on Wonkhe: After the big policy announcement comes the detail on implementation. David Kernohan runs through the options for targeted grants and an international fee levy buff.ly/jTrKr30

Love this!

A new Archbishop of Canterbury is a Reportable Event (wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...)

Wahey, I'm on More or Less talking about league tables!

A really enjoyable conversation, and plenty of merger-related fun for all the family.

NEW on Wonkhe: The Office for Students is planning to begin using longitudinal educational outcomes (LEO) data in regulation. For Richard Puttock the principal problem is one of lag. buff.ly/LPGW81K

NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty argues that the new target of two thirds participation in higher level learning finally gives the sector an agenda to rally around buff.ly/JEDHcAd

I take it all back, maybe the Labour conference is interesting: wonkhe.com/blogs/grants...

Tuned in early to hear Bridget Phillipson's speech. Stayed for the lo-fi microtonal hiphop.

www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t... Yes.