Jim Dickinson
@jimdickinson.bsky.social
Wonkhe (SUs). HE policy. Pop. Pro EU(rovision). Windmills not walls. Giggling incredulity. “Wasteful and inefficient for our economy”. Dreams of visiting Moldova.
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Jim Dickinson
@jimdickinson.bsky.social
· Oct 24
A generation of students has been failed and forgotten again
As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a…
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NEW: As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a system that left students to bear the costs of the pandemic.
NEW on Wonkhe: All the higher education-relevant Home Office stats for Q3 2025 wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: All the higher education-relevant Home Office stats for Q3 2025 wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: The OIA steps in to fill gaps in harassment regulation wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: The OIA steps in to fill gaps in harassment regulation wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: How can you get a maintenance loan and not a fee loan? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: How can you get a maintenance loan and not a fee loan? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
Plan 2 student loan grads - many of whom were mugged off during the pandemic - already took a repayment threshold freeze, and now getting another one. Now likely the cohort will receive a minus subsidy for their HE - we're now almost certainly set to profit from their participation in the long run
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Plan 2 student loan grads - many of whom were mugged off during the pandemic - already took a repayment threshold freeze, and now getting another one. Now likely the cohort will receive a minus subsidy for their HE - we're now almost certainly set to profit from their participation in the long run
NEW on Wonkhe: UEL vice chancellor Amanda Broderick asks how universities can reimagine their value in a world where young people's trust in institutions is ebbing buff.ly/tOd4d7A
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: UEL vice chancellor Amanda Broderick asks how universities can reimagine their value in a world where young people's trust in institutions is ebbing buff.ly/tOd4d7A
For master’s loans in 2024-25, the underlying maths says the government actually makes money – not loses it. DfE estimates a RAB charge of –20.6 per cent - for every £100 it lends, it expects to get back about £120.60 once you adjust for the time value of money.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For master’s loans in 2024-25, the underlying maths says the government actually makes money – not loses it. DfE estimates a RAB charge of –20.6 per cent - for every £100 it lends, it expects to get back about £120.60 once you adjust for the time value of money.
NEW on Wonkhe: Student finance changes in the budget – Director’s cut wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Student finance changes in the budget – Director’s cut wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
How it started / How it's going
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How it started / How it's going
NEW on Wonkhe: Reclassification ghosts and jam tomorrow at stage 2 of Scotland’s tertiary bill wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Reclassification ghosts and jam tomorrow at stage 2 of Scotland’s tertiary bill wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial future. buff.ly/LbRThDy
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial future. buff.ly/LbRThDy
Reposted by Jim Dickinson
Here we go: wonkhe.com/blogs/budget...
Budget 2025 for universities and students
Team Wonkhe unpacks an unusually consequential Budget for higher education, as a complex mix of fee rises, international student levies, and stealth costs for graduates reshape the sector’s financial ...
wonkhe.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here we go: wonkhe.com/blogs/budget...
This is your annual reminder that when the Treasury calculates the distributional impact of the budget on households, it counts tuition fee loans as income - so a house of 5 students looks just under 50k better off than they really are
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is your annual reminder that when the Treasury calculates the distributional impact of the budget on households, it counts tuition fee loans as income - so a house of 5 students looks just under 50k better off than they really are
So in the sector battle over the international levy, the Russell Group wins. £925 flat fee per student from Aug 2028
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So in the sector battle over the international levy, the Russell Group wins. £925 flat fee per student from Aug 2028
NEW on Wonkhe: The totem of the perfect grant is the enemy of the loan good wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The totem of the perfect grant is the enemy of the loan good wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
"'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’"
'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’
BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they want to see in the Budget.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"'I’m on £22,000 and want free bus travel for all students’"
"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses
The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"Protest over future of University of Nottingham language courses"
"End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine"
End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine
A weak economy has returned graduate job prospects to pre-Covid levels, according to a new report by Prospects at Jisc.
www.relocatemagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"End of ‘Covid boom’ for early graduate employment | Editorial | Relocate magazine"
"'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live"
'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live
Overseas projects in focus as UK redundancy debate continues
www.lancs.live
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"'Lancaster University plan for India campus is perverse while planning job cuts at home' | Lancs Live"
"Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told"
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told"
"Fifty universities at risk of going bust"
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"Fifty universities at risk of going bust"
NEW on Wonkhe: The time when most students progressed straight from school to university is long gone. For Peter Gray student financial support needs to adapt to meet real needs buff.ly/wICcYcx
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The time when most students progressed straight from school to university is long gone. For Peter Gray student financial support needs to adapt to meet real needs buff.ly/wICcYcx
NEW on Wonkhe: Ahead of an evidence paper and call for submissions, Minister for Further and Higher Education Vikki Howells sets out her understanding of the key challenges faced by higher education in Wales buff.ly/gbquzUM
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Ahead of an evidence paper and call for submissions, Minister for Further and Higher Education Vikki Howells sets out her understanding of the key challenges faced by higher education in Wales buff.ly/gbquzUM
So which is it?
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So which is it?
OfS' CEO today: "The closer you get to a crisis point as an institution, the less concerned you might be about future regulatory action for not cooperating with the regulator. So that makes our tools and our ability to drive student protection planning limited in some scenarios.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
OfS' CEO today: "The closer you get to a crisis point as an institution, the less concerned you might be about future regulatory action for not cooperating with the regulator. So that makes our tools and our ability to drive student protection planning limited in some scenarios.”