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David Kernohan asks why nobody seems to be interested in it. https://buff.ly/YeRezuM11 May 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlklwpa4xk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mljkebmv4423Last week on Wonkhe: The peer review system is at risk of being overwhelmed. 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Jim Dickinson sees an architecture built to deliver one answer, and a regulator that played its part https://buff.ly/SLXWuZg10 May 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliit6dhxy2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mlifhpnufl2qLast week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson unpacks the NMC's nursing and midwifery proposals – and finds a regulator setting standards without the funding architecture to deliver them https://buff.ly/tqieiMq10 May 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlifhpnufl2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mlgtbe4hvq2mThis week on Wonkhe: OfS lost Sussex on a technicality, the lines go. Jim Dickinson sees an architecture built to deliver one answer, and a regulator that played its part https://buff.ly/SLXWuZg09 May 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgtbe4hvq2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mlgpu5kjog26This week on Wonkhe: There is a way of assuring quality in higher education that foregrounds the needs of employers and the expertise of professionals. David Kernohan asks why nobody seems to be interested in it. https://buff.ly/0Ld5v1X09 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgpu5kjog26https://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mlgmjixagr22This week on Wonkhe: Universities are finding it ever harder to get their messages across. 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