Wonkhe (SUs). HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. “Wasteful and inefficient for our economy”. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
Jim Dickinson
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NEW on Wonkhe: Thousands of open-text survey comments go unread every cycle. Daniel Robson and Helena Lim argue that AI can help universities hear what students are actually saying, and act before the next survey closes. buff.ly/sMRTMCe
Jim Dickinson
This may seem like a detail, but if you write a ‘brief history of UK higher education’ then you can’t briefly mention the founding of some Scottish and Welsh universities and then truncate the rest of the story at devolution. And you have to include Ireland. #Histed
Mike Ratcliffe
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"Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation"
Jim Dickinson
Backed by a mix of private and public finance, Huddersfield and Manchester are among many in the academic sector helping to create jobs and growth
"The PIE investigates: The real cost of rejection in visa fees"
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"Ministers urged to cut university places as grads struggle for work"
The UK collected more than £9.3m in visa fees over the last 12 months from students who were ultimately refused entry. The PIE investigates how the government is generating more income from visa refusals...
Britain’s universities are facing a growing crisis. About one in five of them is now considered at financial risk. Courses are being cut, staff are losing their jobs, and some university towns could...
I just wanted to note I find it incredibly problematic that the political right offers a dystopian version of 'number controls' as a policy solution aimed to shrink the sector. We urgently need more planning in UK HE, and the folks at Policy Exchange are, in my view, poisoning this well.
Dr Dave Hitchcock
'It goes on to advocate for a “smaller system with higher academic standards”. Specifically, Policy Exchange recommends that student number controls are reintroduced and that places should be reduced by six per cent year-on-year for five years, leading to a 30 per cent total reduction.' 3/3
