Home of the higher education debate www.wonkhe.com Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvpfh27ldw2nNEW on Wonkhe: Students feel free to speak – unless they’re training to be doctors buff.ly/uogF1bn17 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpfh27ldw2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvoycc4b372nNEW on Wonkhe: Luke Green and Liz Shutt make the case that to make devolution a success, civic universities need to partner more and lead less buff.ly/iEfF0ul17 Sep 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoycc4b372nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvoxzlcoof2uNEW on Wonkhe: Seating plans, institutional neutrality, and complaints that feed straight into regulation. Jim Dickinson picks through OfS's consultation on the free speech conditions of registration buff.ly/iCV7Ngs17 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoxzlcoof2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvnjnjvhax2tNEW on Wonkhe: OfS has built one dashboard to rule them all - DK has thoughts buff.ly/xorNN3s16 Sep 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnjnjvhax2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvmyeev7lx2lNEW on Wonkhe: With Washington's Supreme Court finding a university owed a duty over a fraternity hazing death, Bob Abrahart argues England's duty of care debate has skipped the prior question of what the university-student relationship actually is buff.ly/NgUvffL16 Sep 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmyeev7lx2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvmuyfpkbe2jNEW on Wonkhe: Staff to student ratios explain far less about the student experience than we assume buff.ly/k2uJV9W16 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmuyfpkbe2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvmhkvvbcp2tNEW on Wonkhe: Panos Sousounis argues that if science diplomacy is shaping who UK universities partner with, international strategy teams need three separate assessments running simultaneously buff.ly/8buLJ5r16 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmhkvvbcp2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvjxehhxym2qNEW on Wonkhe: Jo Nuckley explains why responding to reports of harassment and sexual misconduct calls for a different kind of fairness buff.ly/lGeo4KO15 Sep 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjxehhxym2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvjx42kk2k2cNEW on Wonkhe: As the UK prepares to rejoin Erasmus+ at around £570 million a year, Jim Dickinson argues that the sector's five-year record of underspending mobility money should worry everyone – and that the domestic version of the problem is bigger buff.ly/Iq88LKn15 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjx42kk2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvii6tvmno2kNEW on Wonkhe: The story is not the problem, international education has a design problem buff.ly/SlMWCZg14 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvii6tvmno2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvhy7w5ssj2lNEW on Wonkhe: What is happening to the SSR? The 2027 edition buff.ly/3deNOOY14 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhy7w5ssj2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvhgvjk7mr2uNEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty was at the annual gathering of university vice chancellors and finds a sector eager to prove its value – but are ministers on the same page? buff.ly/fSyxK9Z14 Sep 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhgvjk7mr2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvhgmrxhpf2qNEW on Wonkhe: It is the Treasury that gets to decide on any changes to sector funding, and it is the state of public finances that determines that there will be no major rethink. David Kernohan has been listening to the chancellor buff.ly/mYf3n3e14 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhgmrxhpf2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvgbr75qsf2tLast week on Wonkhe: Four evaluators across UK universities make the case that ethical evaluation matters, but institutions need to work out whose job it is to enforce it https://buff.ly/5WKW3IM13 Sep 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgbr75qsf2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvg6fspdwc2eLast week on Wonkhe: For Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit https://buff.ly/cuDuHnS13 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg6fspdwc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvg32hatyf2jLast week on Wonkhe: Daniel Hook argues that frictionless technologies are teaching us to prefer our own company – and that research leaders should be worried https://buff.ly/LIjt23s13 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg32hatyf2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfxpstj3a2uLast week on Wonkhe: Matthew Howling outlines the gap between what the Office for Students' framework says and what its risk categories might mean for providers under financial pressure https://buff.ly/5cm9gz613 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfxpstj3a2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfudndl4e2lLast week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag brings you a very modern medieval tower https://buff.ly/Te6Amxa13 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfudndl4e2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfqynlgca2nLast week on Wonkhe: Charlotte Corrish outlines new research on how students experience provider closure and sets out what student protection should look like https://buff.ly/xvwhkwt13 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfqynlgca2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfnmw7wze2cLast week on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast we examine Universities UK’s plans to strengthen graduate employment https://buff.ly/PhuGqCo13 Sep 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfnmw7wze2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfkbmvuzc2eLast week on Wonkhe: Jane Harrington, Georgina Randsley de Moura, and Mark Preston set out what a year of merger-building taught them about trust, governance and communicating through uncertainty https://buff.ly/9sogiIy13 Sep 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfkbmvuzc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfgwd6gls2eLast week on Wonkhe: Sammy Shummo argues that universities need to move beyond course portfolios and build coherent skills ecosystems https://buff.ly/hX3bVaj13 Sep 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfgwd6gls2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfdl7nb4b2nLast week on Wonkhe: What happens when students can produce a lawyer's letter in an afternoon? Jim Dickinson weighs up whether the sector closes its complaints gap or simply promises less https://buff.ly/2GccpJ913 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfdl7nb4b2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvfa7u3km52mLast week on Wonkhe: Nick Hulbert-Williams argues that what looks like low morale and change fatigue in HE may really be a crisis of belonging https://buff.ly/7PuwCwl13 Sep 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfa7u3km52mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvezj5fnkk2uNEW on Wonkhe: The government's reply to the Treasury Committee's inquiry on student loans accepts some wording changes and rejects the rest. Jim Dickinson finds it answering a fairness question with a solvency one buff.ly/HhDx07h13 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvezj5fnkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvew5xd6gr2uNEW on Wonkhe: Someone has to make housing a condition of recruiting students buff.ly/FSTD1yS13 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvew5xd6gr2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvdklizoee2qThis week on Wonkhe: Daniel Hook argues that frictionless technologies are teaching us to prefer our own company – and that research leaders should be worried https://buff.ly/LIjt23s12 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdklizoee2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvdhavldxg2cThis week on Wonkhe: Four evaluators across UK universities make the case that ethical evaluation matters, but institutions need to work out whose job it is to enforce it https://buff.ly/5WKW3IM12 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdhavldxg2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvddwcqkig2eThis week on Wonkhe: Nick Hulbert-Williams argues that what looks like low morale and change fatigue in HE may really be a crisis of belonging https://buff.ly/7PuwCwl12 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvddwcqkig2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mvdak2qjtn2uThis week on Wonkhe: Matthew Howling outlines the gap between what the Office for Students' framework says and what its risk categories might mean for providers under financial pressure https://buff.ly/5cm9gz612 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdak2qjtn2u