Ahead of the launch of UUK’s blueprint, vivienne stern speaks of the financial challenges facing universities and the possible solutions with Abitsam Mohamed MP (Sheffield Central) on the PLMR panel at Labour Party Conference📸 #LabourConference

Delighted to have this blog post and the relationship between the university built environment and wellbeing published. Our surveys are still open (links in post)

There’s an important question here from Jim Dickinson. We’re back to the lack of strategy; who thought we needed ‘no frills’ HE taught out of converted office blocks in big cities? wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ques…

Universities can build trust through creative public engagement wonkhe.com/blogs/universi… via @wonkhe Thanks to Wonkhe for publishing this piece University of York and York Festival of Ideas just one example of how the sector is responding to issues of trust and opportunities for collaboration

Our Director of External Relations has written this article for Wonkhe on the importance of universities engaging with their local communities by meeting the public where they are - using our fantastic York Festival of Ideas as an example.

He also noted that the UKRI CEO and Innovate UK CEO roles had been re-advertised (as noted by Wonkhe) not because we did not get good people in the first round—we did—but I felt that the job description did not adequately reflect the ambition for those two organisations.

Here’s one we made earlier - good to be in discussion on issues including graduate outcomes & the wider context for the OfS pilot survey on sexual misconduct - even if Jim Dickinson found homework we hadn’t done #FinnishHealthSurvey

Our chief executive Susan Lapworth introduces new research on perceptions of the OfS informed by interviews with senior staff at universities and colleges. Read Susan's blog for Wonkhe: buff.ly/4eMkwyl See the full report: buff.ly/3C0cOSL

Today, in Wonkhe, RHS President Emma Griffin discusses 'The Value of History', Royal Historical Society's new briefing: bit.ly/3YK9YZZ. Emma's article introduces the findings of a recent RHS survey of UK #history depts and why many now face cuts & closures #twitterstorians 1/5👇

Worth a read: How much does teaching cost? wonkhe.com/blogs/how-much… via @wonkhe

As reported in this morning's Wonkhe Monday Briefing - the HE fee rise is happening and it's being announced this afternoon. The order paper just landed to confirm it.

NEW on Wonkhe: An increase in maintenance loans gets blunted by fiscal drag wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/an…

NEW on Wonkhe: Westminster's Secretary of State for Education has resolved to increase undergraduate fees and maintenance by forecast inflation. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have all the analysis you need wonkhe.com/blogs/bridget-…

NEW on Wonkhe: Writtle University College’s merger with Anglia Ruskin University is one of the few recent examples of higher education mergers. Former Writtle registrar Holly Duglan tells the story of how it was brought about wonkhe.com/blogs/planning…

We've been trialling it for a few months at Wonkhe, but excited that today we are rolling out our latest weekly email - The Friday Review. If your university subscribes, it will be landing in your inbox around now. Let us know what you think!

Fascinating thepienews.com/the-secret-io-…

Good fun to be a guest on the Wonkhe Show live this week at The Festival of Higher Education. Really enjoyed the discussions with @Vicki__Stott Michael Salmon Jim Dickinson on Labour's HE reform priorities, the changing tone at the OfS & a more regional access & participation

An interesting discussion of Matt Clifford's comments at our session with ARIA and how universities should approach value capture/value creation was published here in Wonkhe wonkhe.com/blogs/its-time…

New Post: How significant is the role of the student press at UK universities? buff.ly/4966NQK

Some perceptive analysis here, on the #devolution White Paper in England, and what #universities and Higher Education should be mindful of initially in the proposals Yorkshire Universities Universities UK