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/3mtvurkqkit2eNEW on Wonkhe: The official introduction to Chris McDonald buff.ly/5JifvjM25 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvurkqkit2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtv64zqvt22mNEW on Wonkhe: How can governors ensure that their decisions are informed by an understanding of place? Abel Nyamapfene argues for a place-literate approach to understanding what a university does buff.ly/1ERP5ii25 Aug 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv64zqvt22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtv5u23p352cNEW on Wonkhe: How Westminster got away with slashing “devolved” spend on higher education buff.ly/78bi33s25 Aug 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv5u23p352chttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtv5l4alcp2xNEW on Wonkhe: With funding reviews underway in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Justine Pedussel and Jim Dickinson worry none will examine the hidden accounting rules driving the crisis buff.ly/LUfA8ET25 Aug 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv5l4alcp2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtv5cfng6x2rNEW on Wonkhe: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland record far less student-loan expenditure than a population share of England's would suggest. Jim Dickinson finds the difference lies in financing architecture, not funding buff.ly/LOeDOjS25 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv5cfng6x2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtt5lxhqei2gNEW on Wonkhe: Are graduates facing the worst jobs market on record? buff.ly/3uJv8yI24 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt5lxhqei2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtsno54bjb2xNEW on Wonkhe: On 3 November Wonkhe will host The Collaboration Question in London. Debbie McVitty assesses where the conversation has got to and where it needs to go from here buff.ly/AtmJYU524 Aug 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsno54bjb2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtsnf567wi2eNEW on Wonkhe: Mark Rahimi and Gwilym Croucher reflect on their recent research on teaching costs in Australia and argue that funding systems should recognise how teaching is delivered, not just what is taught buff.ly/f0OGiH324 Aug 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsnf567wi2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtsn46uhdp2xNEW on Wonkhe: Peter O’Brien, Jane Robinson and Helen Turner argue that as devolution moves to the centre of government, universities need to work more closely with regional mayors and authorities to shape place-based growth buff.ly/D53qWl224 Aug 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsn46uhdp2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtsmtsxzrx2cLast week on Wonkhe: Christina Horvath reflects on Jason Arday's death and asks the sector to confront some uncomfortable questions https://buff.ly/BV5lvz024 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsmtsxzrx2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtrlcqz6im2kLast week on Wonkhe: For Independent HE's Hannah Atkins, policy and systemic stability is the precondition for innovation in skills provision https://buff.ly/MyewfPE23 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrlcqz6im2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtrhxh3o3g27Last week on Wonkhe: The University of Buckingham has decided to reduce tuition fees on certain courses. Deba Bardhan Correia sets out the thinking behind the policy https://buff.ly/lvNLMZb23 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrhxh3o3g27https://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtrelz74mn2mLast week on Wonkhe: Hien Nguyen argues that governing bodies must decide whether the estate they’ve inherited remains the right one for the university they intend to lead https://buff.ly/DkKNRE523 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrelz74mn2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtrbbohzoy2gLast week on Wonkhe: Winston Morgan explains there's more than one route to a professorship – the real question is why there are still so few Black professors https://buff.ly/ND5F4oC23 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrbbohzoy2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtrbbk2yj62xLast week on Wonkhe: More care than construction and why Burnham can’t force students to wear hard hats. James Coe delves into the data on technical qualifications on JCQ results day 2026 https://buff.ly/hGhI4Ea23 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrbbk2yj62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtr5w4wct52xLast week on Wonkhe: Becky Hartnup explores how to close the gap between naming the skills students need and building them into the curriculum https://buff.ly/KzaDcI123 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr5w4wct52xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtr2kf6oxy27Last week on Wonkhe: Higher education finances are all over the papers – but the potential effect on local key worker pipelines is not. For Steve Briggs, it’s incumbent on the sector to get this message across https://buff.ly/DyMmzJP23 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr2kf6oxy27https://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqx6wzsx62sLast week on Wonkhe: John Blake, Director of the Post-18 Project, argues that Burnham’s revolutionary rhetoric needs to be matched to intelligent implementation https://buff.ly/aDjlZVz23 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqx6wzsx62shttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqttmtorn2rLast week on Wonkhe: Liz Mossop and Simon Emmett outline how growing university cost of living support tells a valuable sector story of social mobility https://buff.ly/8tEUEDd23 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqttmtorn2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqqiid57n2xLast week on Wonkhe: Fraud headlines, franchise growth and a court defeat are dots that rarely get joined up. Jim Dickinson pulls together the data on the weekend delivery cohort - who was funded, by whom, and on whose terms https://buff.ly/Kdn6KWz23 Aug 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqqiid57n2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqn4yxxnf2xLast week on Wonkhe: Rina Arya argues Jason Arday's death raises a wider question about the autobiographical burden placed on academics of colour who write about race https://buff.ly/iyOo4MS23 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqn4yxxnf2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqjrlynej2sLast week on Wonkhe: Graduate employment is being reshaped by AI. For Simon Brookes, this means thinking about whether courses still lead to the careers they once promised https://buff.ly/VolIm4r23 Aug 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqjrlynej2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtqggf6mys2sLast week on Wonkhe: It is the sector's most underused, and most misunderstood, data collection. David Kernohan wants to get it back on TRAC https://buff.ly/ffRlDFI23 Aug 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqggf6mys2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtq4eqribu2xNEW on Wonkhe: The Student Living Index is dead. The problems live on buff.ly/O741OnL23 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq4eqribu2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtou5mdxfy2iThis week on Wonkhe: It is the sector's most underused, and most misunderstood, data collection. David Kernohan wants to get it back on TRAC https://buff.ly/ffRlDFI22 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:d266ck6vym2irmjwpfo2dcfx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtou5mdxfy2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/wonkhe.bsky.social/post/3mtoqsc6yaa2kThis week on Wonkhe: More care than construction and why Burnham can’t force students to wear hard hats. 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