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Faculty-based officers are about giving student communities power
How do we ensure that the diversity of student academic and wellbeing issues are tackled effectively? Anuoluwapo Ayo Ubikitan explains how the officer model at Salford helps
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How to run a students' union
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What should SUs do when an election is in the Summer?
When campuses are quiet it's hard to engage students in the usual activity we might see during an election. Jim Dickinson identifies what SUs could do to maximise influence
Study Tour 2024
The Friday SUs Briefing Email
Student experience on Wonkhe
There are too many students at university. But not for the reasons some say
The HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey paints a bleak picture of students increasingly unable to realise the benefits of higher education. Jim Dickinson does the splits
Students' unions on Wonkhe
There’s a chilling effect on campus that few dare talk of
As the responses to the Office for Students’ latest consultation on its implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 roll in, a fascinating legal argument is brewing.
SUs Video Briefings
Freedom of speech in SUs
For SUs, free speech regulation is a terrible mess
Jim Dickinson reflects on a new legal case that highlights the importance of democratic debate and the right of citizens and members to discriminate on the basis of others' beliefs
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Students unions on Wonkhe
OfS’ quality reports are music to students’ ears
The higher education regulator's quality reports into business provision are proving to be a hit with students that have read them. Jim Dickinson tunes in
cost of living on wonkhe
In some universities, cash help per student has almost halved in five years
As the state reduces its support for students in real terms, Jim Dickinson considers the role of institutional student finance measures in addressing the cost of living
accommodation on wonkhe
Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
Disabled students need more than support plans and “fixing”
Jim Dickinson gets into the GTI/Cibyl polling underpinning the UPP Foundation's Student Futures 2 report - and finds collective strategic challenges for universities' growing group of Disabled students
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Here’s what SUs need to know about OfS’ new regulation of access and participation
The Office for Students (OfS) has published new arrangements for the regulation of equality of opportunity in higher education in England and there are big opportunities for SUs.
Students on wonk corner
Free speech
Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?
Who are the students assumed to be losing out over free speech controversies, and how should we support them? Jim Dickinson interrogates the data.
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We need to talk about sabbatical burnout
One of the conversations we have a lot at this time of year with SUs is about burnout and sabbatical officer workload.
Policy forums and round tables
Round table report: Harassment and sexual misconduct
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Study Tour 2023: The low countries
As the sector expands, why are we letting more mean less?
Are we making compromises to the student experience just to make the numbers add up? Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott reflect on a week in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with student leaders.
Country Briefings
Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
