The Wonkhe Show
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Every week the Wonkhe team and guests from across higher education dissect the week's big policy developments, and we also feature interviews, features and views from around the sector.
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| Episode | Date |
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Franchising, Labour, misogyny, dropping out
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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First in family, NUS, hybrid grads
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Funding, disabled students, nursing
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Graduate route, pensions, graduate mobility
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Loneliness, culture wars, HE on TV
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Donelan, disconnect, budget
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Cost of living, Australia, international
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Culture wars, Covid compensation, student votes
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Disability discrimination, applications, students at work
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Fees and funding, access, public sector
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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International students, mental health, students and politics
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Inspections, Jo Phoenix tribunal, governance
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Fraud, market exit, applications, living wage
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Baltics and Finland special
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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International, REF delay, stagnation
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Minimum service levels, PTES, graduates and politics, apprenticeships
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Immigration, Autumn Statement, PGRs
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Reshuffle, inspections, money, data futures
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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King's speech, food, graduate skills
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Free speech, franchising, NHS training
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Housing, research culture, international
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Student numbers, belonging, Israel/Gaza, social mobility
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Labour and funding, antisemitism, mental health
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Strikes, woke science, immigration, learner analytics
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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TEF results, staff development, PGR new deal
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Loneliness, climate change, LLE, work
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Regulation, quality, care experienced students
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Cost of living, research security, gender based violence
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Summer special: Admissions, NSS, Predictions
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Harassment, NHS, AI, Bob Kerslake
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Skills, research culture, industrial strategy
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Student experience, MAB, LLE
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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FRAP, awarding gaps, international
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Duty of care, franchising, interdisciplinary
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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In conversation with Jeremy Miles
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May 29, 2023 |
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Immigration, renters reform, regulation
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May 25, 2023 |
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Duty of care, international students, drugs
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May 19, 2023 |
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Twente Twente three
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May 11, 2023 |
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Starmer and fees, PGRs, fundraising, graduate outcomes
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May 05, 2023 |
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Finances, CBI, disabled students
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Complaints, student voice, research funding
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Access and participation, applications, mental health, Turnitin
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Size and shape, generative AI, neurodiversity
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Secret Life of Students special
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Lifelong learning, Nurse review, international, housing
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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R&D, dependants, autocracies
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Harassment, science and tech, student living
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Sturgeon, engagement, graduate route
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Prevent, reshuffle, graduate outcomes
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Public perceptions, international, students and sex
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Demand, student hardship, loans reform
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Halfon, strikes, reviewing regulation
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Drugs, year ahead, study tour
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Canada v UK special
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Student finance, student suicide, PGR supervision, Disabled students
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Free speech Bill, Brown review, Chat-GPT
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Immigration, China, PTES, graduate mobility
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Cost of living, innovation, strikes
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Woke QAA, Robert Halfon, Plan B, equality data
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Regulatory burden, Dearing, governor diversity, harassment
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Free speech, NUS, estranged students, NSS
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Reshuffle, industrial action, applications decline
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Immigration, belonging, blended learning
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Harassment and sexual misconduct, R&D, debating societies
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Conservative conference, outcomes and experience data, student suicide
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Labour, access and participation, free speech, social class
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Admissions, Energy Costs, Academic Freedom
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Hidden History special
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Truss, Cost of Living, Digital
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Review of Summer 2022
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Politics, UCAS, cost of living, cheating
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Politics, NSS, grade inflation, access
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Equality charters, free speech, staff and tech, Labour and fees
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Graduate wellbeing, student housing, free speech
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Public accounts committee, belonging, student financial support, free speech
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Student experience, free speech, microcredentials
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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OfS investigations, uni leadership, skills
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May 27, 2022 |
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Wokery, LEO, grade inflation
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May 19, 2022 |
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REF results, Queen’s speech, Access all areas
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May 12, 2022 |
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Complaints, consultations, student suicide, in-person teaching
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May 06, 2022 |
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Blair, spiking, minimum entry, free speech
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Covid harms, Michelle Donelan, Scandinavia
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Grad jobs, staffing, China, student finance
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Spring statement, UKRI strategy, social mobility
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Quality, demand, blended, disabled students
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ukraine, Augar, Digifest, Admissions
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Sexual misconduct, quality, belonging, drugs
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Augar response special
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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The Secret Life of Students 2022
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Access and participation, blended, careers, student finance
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Levelling up, black students in halls, disabled students
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Student numbers, assessment, third years, blended
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Outcomes, TEF, NDAs
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Omicron, access, harassment, NSS
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Plan B, admissions, staffing, “one nation”
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Strikes, blended, transfers
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Access and participation, social mobility, student loans
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Regulation, industrial action, PGTs
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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OfS, COP, student experience, antisemitism
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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White paper, Wales, PRES, ONS
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Spiking, R&D, COP26, specialist providers
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Skills, social mobility, black grads, free speech
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Conservative conference, spelling, essay mills, diversity training
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Spending review, party conferences, graduate outcomes, posters
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Industrial action, humanities, LGBT+ students, free speech bill
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Reshuffle, groupings, graduates
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Gavin Williamson, UCAS data, student futures, international
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Summer special - building back student experience
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Reopening, skills, UCAS figures, NDAs
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Finances, digital skills, careers, BLM, September
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Value for money, science, PG access, white working class
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Skills bill, examnishambles, roadmap delay
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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The best of Wonkfest
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Loans, geography and employment, drama, September
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Augar, credit, student futures, apprenticeships
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May 27, 2021 |
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“Dead end” courses, skills bill, September
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May 20, 2021 |
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Free speech, Queen’s speech, admissions, transitions
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May 13, 2021 |
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Racism, sex, drugs and controversial ideas
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Return to campus, inclusive assessment, sex work, London
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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The New Power University
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Student choice, Student Futures, happiness
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Science, admissions, protest, tertiary
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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China, graduate employment, wellbeing, attainment gaps
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Budget, complaints, pensions, history
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Return to campus again, digital learning, wider experience, examnishambles
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Free speech, applications, the media
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Regulation, complaints, essay mills, WP
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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UCAS end of cycle, learning experience, student hardship, free speech
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Grade inflation, skills, student housing, care leavers
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Augar response, TEF review, Skills for Jobs, funding
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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PODCAST: Gavin Williamson, fair assessment, skills
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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PODCAST: Start of term special
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Brexit, OfS reset, UCAS figures, free speech.
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Transfers, ONS, climate change, brexit
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Return to campus, graduate skills, pandemic student experience
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Spending review, racial harassment, digital, Covid complaints
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Mickey mouse, international, student protection, Cummings going
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Admissions reform, Demo 2010, Christmas
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Retention, lockdown two, skills and levelling up
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Half term retention special
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Future, REF, boomerangs, student support
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Christmas lockdown, culture wars, student outcomes
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Disabled students, new providers, diverse governors, Conservative conference
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Return to campus, Augar, Black History Month
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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NSS, campus return, UCAS, student politics
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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The Secret Life of Students special
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Return to campus, examnishambles, ministers
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Clearing and admissions special
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Expectations, Donelan, restructuring
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Recovery, international, applications, 50% target
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Bailout 2, social mobility, expectations
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Graduate Outcomes, fees in Australia, PhD students
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Reassurance, international, admissions, Rhodes will fall
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Consumers, student experience, China, statues
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Reopening, racism, number controls, cost cutting
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Deferrals, clearing, research, access
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May 28, 2020 |
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Reopening, mental health, immigration, mergers
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May 21, 2020 |
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Science, postgrads, training, student housing
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May 14, 2020 |
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Bailout, social distance, governance, optimism
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May 07, 2020 |
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The Covid-19 support package for universities and students
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May 03, 2020 |
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Key workers, complaints, international demand, mental health
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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No Buildings from September?
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Bailouts, admissions, September
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Uni budgets, quality, admissions
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Number controls, safety nets, community contribution
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Covid-19 and admissions, REF, regulation and accommodation
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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PODCAST: Mental health, universities and Covid-19
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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PODCAST: Budget, COVID-19, OfS in court, misconduct
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Graduate premium, careers, levelling up, culture wars
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Admissions, coronavirus, number controls, levelling up
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Trinity Hall Cambridge, civic, fair admissions, NSS
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Value indicators, wellbeing, NDAs, student engagement
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Student marketing and recruitment special
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Access and participation, recruitment, research bureaucracy
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Augar delay, access, casualisation, grammar schools
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Unconditionals, KEF, research culture, racism
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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PODCAST: Harassment regulation, languages, Baltics
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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The Hidden History of HE Box Set: Season 2 Part 2
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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The Hidden History of HE Box Set: Season 2 Part 1
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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PODCAST: The morning after the general election 2019
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Free speech, UCAS data, HE SMEs, student data
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Applications, nurses, 21st century uni, voter registration
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Bolton fire, Oxford Union, election
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Labour, residential HE, PTES, free speech
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Live from Wonkfest 2019
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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OfS reviews applications to get on its register
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Racism, grad premium, criminals, VFM
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Science, TNE, disabled students, demand
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Student housing, research funding, sexual misconduct, Augar
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Private schools, RORI, care leavers, VC pay
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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TUNDRA, fees, initiations, midwives
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Mental health, BME gap, freshers
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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UUK Conference, International Students, Discover Uni
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Higher technical, Warwick, clearing
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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NSS, DMU, new SU officers
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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Private schools, LEO, REF, free speech
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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S3 Ep8: VC pay, mental health, TEF4, graduation
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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S3 Ep7: Student experience, safeguarding, mobility, Tories
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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S3 Ep5: Augar special
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May 30, 2019 |
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The education policy trap: will the Augar review avoid the mistakes of the past?
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May 25, 2019 |
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S3 Ep4: Staff well being, degree classification, student health
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May 24, 2019 |
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S3 Ep3: Research, anti-semitism, social mobility, car parking
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May 16, 2019 |
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S3 Ep2: NDAs, ministers and offers, wellbeing
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May 09, 2019 |
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EU students, over-education, BME attainment, Cambridge and slavery
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May 02, 2019 |
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The Hidden History of HE
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Non disclosures, access, pro-life, a levels
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Kirsty Williams
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Tories, NUS, stalking, rent guarantors
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Financial forecasts, cybersecurity, apps
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Grade inflation, loneliness, mergers, Peterson
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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International, cheating, skills, demography
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Data, housing, funding and cheating
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Uni bailouts, subsidies and teaching excellence
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Strike complaints, access, harassment
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Labour, decolonisation, housing
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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VC pay, civic, staff on TEF
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Michael Barber live at Wonkfest18
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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Sam Gyimah in conversation - live at Wonkfest18
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Nov 06, 2018 |