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With Adam Matthews, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Education at the University of Birmingham, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe, David Kernohan, Deputy Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe.

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This week on our final proper show before the break, we’ve published polling on students experience of earning while learning - is a return to “full time” study possible? Plus OfS has a new strategy, the OIA has some learning from complaints, and we look ahead to the 2025 spending review.

With Shahid Omer, Director of Policy at Universities UK, Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer at London Higher, David Kernohan, Deputy Editor at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe. And keep an ear out over the break for a special edition of the show.

Latest from Belong – students are earning, but what are we learning?

Every student on every placement should be paid for their labour

The realities of student transfer

The OIA rides to the rescue on university restructures

Complex and insufficient – Scottish student income doesn’t match the expenditure

The Office for Students’ proposed new strategy for 2025–30

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This week on the podcast there’s budget news from both Wales and Scotland - why are governments finding it so hard to stick to commitments on student financial support? Plus OfS has temporarily “closed” its register as the financial crisis intensifies, and Radio 4’s File on Four has been looking at international recruitment.

With Beccy Freeman, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) at University of Warwick, Jonathan Grant, Director at Different Angles, Livia Scott, Partnerships Coordinator at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.

File on 4: The International Student Scandal

We need to look at representation ratios as well as awarding gaps

Hate to say we told you so

It’s time for a legislative response to student suicide

Another brutal budget in Scotland – for universities and students

Wales ditches Diamond and robs students to pay universities

OfS temporarily closes entry to the register

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This week on the podcast the government is to “get Britain working” - but what role will higher education play in the plans? Plus there are big divides between international and home students in this year’s PTES, and proposals for a transformation fund to help universities change what they do and how they work.

With Shane Chowen, Editor at FE Week, Roscoe Hastings, Director of Teaching Excellence and Enhancement at University of Exeter, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe, MIke Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Getting Britain Working (except for students, as usual)

How skills, careers, and industrial policy fit together

A higher education transformation fund would catalyse university reform

Another year, another PTES

World Skills

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This week on the podcast the sector’s financial woes continue - just how bad is it and are regulators on top of the problem? Plus there’s a new report out on subject cold spots, and student housing is back in the news.

With Gavan Conlon, leader of the Education and Labour Market teams at London Economics, Sally Burtonshaw, Director of the Education Practice at Public First, James Coe, Associate Editor at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.

Do we need a league table of scholars produced by Silicon Valley?

There are cold spots in arts, humanities, and social sciences provision

Is it reasonable to expect higher education institutions to be more business-like?

Governing bodies need to prepare and plan now for a different future

VAT is not always the barrier to shared services that it is thought to be

Universities need a plan to manage future HE provision. So does the government

The regulator does not have a handle on the financial state of English higher education

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This week on the podcast live from the Festival of Higher Education in London, England is grappling with Labour’s longer-term aspirations for higher education - we try to figure out what it wants. OfS wants to silence the “boomers”, regional access and participation planning is coming and we dive into the history of our venue for the festival, Senate House.

With Vicki Stott, Chief Executive Officer at the Quality Assurance Agency, Alistair Jarvis, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships and Governance) at the University of London, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Alex Usher’s One Thought to Start Your Day

How to better understand students’ sense of belonging

Universities may be a priority for reform but they are not a priority for investment

Some providers are cutting financial support for students – with OfS’ blessing

Access and participation planning gains a regional dimension

Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform

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This week on the podcast the Westminster government has announced a fee increase - but will it be enough, and can universities even impose it?

Plus the government is on a “renewed drive for efficiency” in universities, and we consider the implications of the results of the US Election.

With Brooke Storer-Church, Chief Executive Officer at GuildHE, Johnny Rich, Chief Executive at the Engineering Professors’​ Council and Push, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.

• Bridget Phillipson increases fees by 3.1 per cent
• An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag
• Fees are going up to £9,535. Or are they?
• Seizing the current policy moment – from cost-savings to radical efficiency
• Collaboration is already baked in to the sector, and we need to see more of it
• Deeper collaboration key to securing the future of UK higher education

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This week on the podcast we pore over Rachel Reeves’ first budget and consider the implications for universities. We also think about students’ finances as bus fares and the minimum wage both rise. Plus OfS has been rattling its sabre on consumer rights—but is the sector taking any notice?

With Andy Westwood, Professor of Public Policy, Government and Business at the University of Manchester, Mary Curnock Cook, serial sector non-exec and former UCAS CEO, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe, and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

Everything in the Budget for higher education

Student bus travel should be free

More consumer rights cases emerge from OfS and NTS

The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?

The value of history

DfE to stop grading English schools based on proportion of Russell Group students

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This week on the podcast student numbers are set to decline in England after 2030 - we discuss the implications. Plus rumours are swirling over next week’s budget, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has turned its attention to VC pay, and there’s a new report on international student perceptions of different destinations.

With David Duncan, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary at University of Glasgow, Selena Bolingbroke, Principal at the Building Crafts College, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.

The demographic tide is turning, but university remains popular

The UK will need to do more to reassure international applicants if it wants to remain a first choice destination

TPA: University Rich List 2024

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This week on the podcast we look at the latest graduate recruitment trends as the Institute of Student Employers reveals a 60 per cent surge in applications per vacancy.

Plus OfS is to survey the prevalence of sexual misconduct, and there’s new NSS data on satisfaction by student characteristic.

With Julie Sanders, Vice Chancellor and Principal at Royal Holloway, University of London, Joe Cooper, Director of People and Culture at University of East London, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.

What does the graduate jobs market look like right now?

A league table on sexual misconduct could be coming

NSS 2024 – results by student characteristics

Royal Holloway's Campus Unity Week

The Finnish Student Health and Wellbeing Survey (KOTT)

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This week on the podcast it’s possible to predict a student’s wellbeing using mental health analytics - but what are the ethics and implications?

Plus Labour’s new legislation for improving the rental market has been discussed in Parliament, Hidden History looks at a push for higher technical skills, and there’s going to be a new International Education Strategy - we discuss what should be in it.

With Ben Jordan, Director of Strategy at UCAS, Jenny Shaw, Higher Education External Engagement Director at Unite Students, David Kernohan, Deputy Editor at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.

Data can help predict where students are struggling with wellbeing

Won’t somebody think of the landlords?

Ten things that could feature in a new International Education Strategy

Universities can build trust through creative public engagement

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