Wonkhe

JULY 11, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag brings medieval matters in a modern context The post Higher education postcard: De Montfort University appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 226

Higher Education Education University 226

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Universities might be able to transform without help, but public investment would bring pace and focus on national priorities. Alistair Jarvis sets out how a transformation fund could work

Higher Education 310

Higher Education University Education 310

Wonkhe

JANUARY 28, 2024

As allegations of unfairness in university admissions stack up, Jim Dickinson argues that empathy and understanding should replace defensiveness when the mud is slung The post Maybe higher education is just as unfair as it seems appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 342

Higher Education Education University 342

Wonkhe

AUGUST 8, 2024

Have higher education providers got better at explaining the costs that students will face while at university? Jim Dickinson whiles away the hours to find out The post The sector is still struggling to explain the costs of higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 311

Higher Education Education Students University 311

Wonkhe

MARCH 14, 2024

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.

Higher Education 204

Higher Education Education University 204

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us back to that London This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us back to that London

Higher Education 293

Higher Education Education University 293

Wonkhe

APRIL 18, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag helps tell the story of medical education in London The post Higher education postcard: St George’s, University of London appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 217

Higher Education Education University 217

Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag brings you the world’s most unusual university The post Higher education postcard: Bob Jones University appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 194

Higher Education Education University 194

Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag tells of football, argumentative professors and an outbreak of poetry The post Higher education postcard: Marischal College, University of Aberdeen appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 210

Higher Education Education College University 210

Wonkhe

JUNE 27, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to 1960s plate glass and concrete The post Higher education postcard: University of Warwick appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 194

Higher Education Education University 194

Wonkhe

JUNE 6, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to the home of the Ducks The post Higher education postcard: University of Oregon appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 194

Higher Education Education University 194

Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag brings smiling student sportsmen – and some of their life stories The post Higher education postcard: University of Leeds lacrosse appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 198

Higher Education Education University Students 198

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag is made with steel The post Higher education postcard: Sheffield Hallam University appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 207

Higher Education Education University 207

Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And Wolverhampton The post Higher education postcard: University of Cape Coast appeared first on Wonkhe. This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to Ghana.

Higher Education 194

Higher Education Education University 194

Wonkhe

JULY 16, 2024

Superficial university wellbeing initiatives mask deeper issues. Helen Rimmer argues that kindness should be a central part of policy and culture instead The post Against carewashing in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 235

Higher Education Education Policy University 235

Wonkhe

JANUARY 4, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows that independent higher education is not a new thing The post Higher education postcard: University Hall Buckland appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 198

Higher Education Education University 198

Wonkhe

AUGUST 26, 2024

Jim Dickinson applies the idea of enshittification to universities - and wonders what it would take to halt it Once you lock in users and suppliers, to reduce costs to shareholders you make the user experience worse.

Higher Education 339

Higher Education Education University Students 339

Wonkhe

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It's not easy for refugees to access higher education. Liam Carson sets out what universities can do to help. The post How can we support refugees into higher education? appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 260

Higher Education Education University 260

Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Graduates are looking for interesting jobs and universities are looking to recruit a diverse workforce. Emily Owen asks whether professional services at universities should be looking to recruit recent graduates The post Why graduates should work in higher education professional services appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 269

Higher Education Education Recruitment University 269

Wonkhe

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Scotland’s newest university The post Higher education postcard: University of the Highlands and Islands appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 204

Higher Education Education University 204

Wonkhe

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag shows the cutting edge of 1970s media training The post Higher education postcard: Leeds Trinity University redux appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 191

Higher Education Education University 191

Wonkhe

APRIL 21, 2024

The Festival of Higher Education is back in November 2024, brought to you by Wonkhe and the University of London. Mark Leach and Alistair Jarvis ponder the strategic questions facing higher education The post Seven questions we’ll be debating at the 2024 Festival of Higher Education appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 232

Higher Education Education University Leadership 232

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

University rankings need to change to be relevant and useful to today's diverse world of higher education. Elizabeth Gadd offers some friendly advice The post Free advice to university rankers appeared first on Wonkhe.

University Ranking 362

University Ranking University Higher Education Education 362

Wonkhe

JANUARY 10, 2025

This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag takes us to an old, old university This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag takes us to an old, old university

Higher Education 179

Higher Education University Education 179

Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 19, 2024

The answer lies in how colleges and universities first developed across the country, according to one consolidation expert.

Higher Education 331

Higher Education Education College University 331

MindMax

JULY 26, 2023

The Right Foot of Higher Education Marketing Colleges and universities tend to rely too heavily on their right foot. It requires thinking bigger than higher education marketing that conveys tried-and-true “safe” messaging: “Our school has been around for 175 years. We’re well-known in our region.

Higher Education 244

Higher Education Education Schooling Continuing Education 244

Wonkhe

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag prompts the question: what exactly does a university chancellor do? This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag prompts the question: what exactly does a university chancellor do?

Higher Education 179

Higher Education University Education 179

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

New evidence shows how universities that commit to pay the Living Wage are benefitting their lowest paid staff. The research team lays it out The post The impact of the Living Wage in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 238

Higher Education Education University 238

Wonkhe

JANUARY 26, 2025

Debbie McVitty goes behind the scenes of the recent merger of City University of London and St George's University to find out what others can learn Debbie McVitty goes behind the scenes of the recent merger of City, University of London and St George's University

Higher Education 175

Higher Education University Education Leadership 175

Wonkhe

JANUARY 20, 2025

There is significant work to do to promote inclusion for disabled staff in higher education. Susan Wilbraham, Carol Evans, and Jackie Carter see sharing practice and gathering data as the next step.

Inclusivity 311

Inclusivity University Higher Education Education 311

Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the Office for Students publishes ratings from the Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF panel chair and Vice Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University Chris Husbands reflects on the new exercise The post Celebrating excellence in higher education with TEF 2023 appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 221

Higher Education Education Students University 221

Wonkhe

APRIL 26, 2024

Kicking off a new series on what we can learn from how General Election manifestos have engaged with higher education, Adam Matthews reflects on the changing political fortunes of universities in the past 80 years The post How higher education has showed up in General Election manifestos since 1945 appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 210

Higher Education Education University 210

Wonkhe

MARCH 20, 2023

Last week’s Budget abolished the limit on how much can be built up in a pensions pot without extra tax charges – and the change will affect some university staff. Paul Curran examines the window of opportunity The post Removing the lifetime allowance cap on pensions has big implications for higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

Higher Education 245

Higher Education Education University 245

HEPI

JANUARY 12, 2025

Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education ‘ Symposium at Birkbeck, Thursday 16 January 10am to 5pm. By Professor Aleks Subic, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Aston University. Universities have always been at the heart of knowledge and innovation. This is the promise of University 4.0.

Higher Education 135

Higher Education Education University Model 135

Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 3, 2025

The nonprofit institutions will combine to form "the largest Catholic system of higher education along Lake Erie" by December 2026.

University 290

University College Higher Education Institution 290

Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Employer pension contributions into the Teacher's Pension Scheme will cost many universities resource they don't have. The post There is another big pensions problem in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe. David Kernohan runs the numbers.

Higher Education 201

Higher Education Education University 201

Wonkhe

JANUARY 29, 2023

David Kernohan looks for the data and the constraints in the increasingly acrimonious New JNCHES system of higher education pay negotiation The post How pay negotiations work in UK universities appeared first on Wonkhe.

University 300

University Higher Education Education 300