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DfE's desperation on equality impact-assessing student finance reaches a new low
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (617+ words) Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe There was a time when it came out on gov.uk alongside the headline announcement " but for a few years now it's been appearing later and later. Then tonight I spotted that…...
Generative AI exposes longstanding flaws in the use of essay assessments in a mass system
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (957+ words) Nigel Francis is a Senior Advisor in Pedagogy and Practice at Buckinghamshire New University David Smith is a Professor of Bioscience Education at Sheffield Hallam University Kevin Campbell-Karn is an Associate Professor and the Head of Graduate Outcomes at Buckinghamshire…...
The policy system needs more social science
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (383+ words) Rita Gardner is Chief Executive of the Academy of Social Sciences One of the more welcome announcements to come out of the UK government recently was the creation of a new "school of government" to enhance the training and skills…...
Something fierce. What Essex tells us about the fate of the plate glass universities
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1704+ words) Adam Wright is Deputy Head of Policy (Higher Education & Skills) at the British Academy. The 1960s plate glass universities were born restless. Sussex, Essex, York, Lancaster, East Anglia, Kent, Warwick " they were meant to be different, experimental, and challenging, in both…...
Disadvantage is a predictor of AI use. But not in the way you might think
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1691+ words) Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe If I asked you to guess which students lie awake worrying about whether everyone else's AI use is putting them at a disadvantage, you might guess the poorest ones. You would be…...
Disability staff are overwhelmed and exhausted
3+ week, 2+ day ago (778+ words) Hannah Borkin is a Freelance EDI Researcher and Evaluator to the HE sector Much work has been done, and many recommendations have been made in recent years to speed up improvements for disabled students across the sector. Most recently, the…...
Now DfE proposes to change a huge part of Disabled Students Allowance
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1728+ words) Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe What fresh hell is this? It takes a while to get there, but buried in a new Department for Education call for evidence on support for disabled students in higher education is…...
Weekend courses turn into weekday consequences – with students left holding the bill
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1664+ words) Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe Earlier this week, an ominous letter arrived on 15 providers" desks from the Department for Education (DfE). Politics Home has the story " officials had identified a "systemic issue" in how some higher education…...
Collaboration with London is the secret sauce for economic growth
3+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) Peter O'Brien is executive director at Yorkshire Universities The last two decades have seen striking physical transformations in London. Regional growth was one of three priorities set out by Rachel Reeves in her Mais Lecture. Alongside details of new investment…...
AI enforcement apparatus exists to punish the anxious middle
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1840+ words) Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe Back in the summer of 2023, I was sat in a conference hall in Denver watching anti-cheating firms attempt to sell detection tools that their own inventors had already given up on, I…...