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.
NEW on Wonkhe: Student inflation v the others, October 2025 wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Student inflation v the others, October 2025 wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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/...
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
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
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
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/...
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?
NEW on Wonkhe: Are level 6 apprenticeships next? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Are level 6 apprenticeships next? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: Government would protect interests of “students, taxpayers, and research” in provider insolvency wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Government would protect interests of “students, taxpayers, and research” in provider insolvency wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI buff.ly/NUc7eqn
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI buff.ly/NUc7eqn
NEW on Wonkhe: Hybrid and portfolio careers are an increasingly common route through graduate employment. For Miri Firth, the data still needs to catch up buff.ly/eWC25CS
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Hybrid and portfolio careers are an increasingly common route through graduate employment. For Miri Firth, the data still needs to catch up buff.ly/eWC25CS
NEW on Wonkhe: International students with caring responsibilities face additional challenges. Scott Rawlinson sets out ways in which universities can provide practical support buff.ly/U0fSBgi
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: International students with caring responsibilities face additional challenges. Scott Rawlinson sets out ways in which universities can provide practical support buff.ly/U0fSBgi
NEW on Wonkhe: The sector’s financial health is ever more intertwined with decisions around public spending, borrowing, taxation and the labour market. Michael Salmon thinks about the big picture ahead of the Budget buff.ly/pYcZ3UO
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: The sector’s financial health is ever more intertwined with decisions around public spending, borrowing, taxation and the labour market. Michael Salmon thinks about the big picture ahead of the Budget buff.ly/pYcZ3UO
NEW on Wonkhe: With the pressures of the current loan repayment system, it feels like the graduate premium has never been more central to higher education policymaking - or more difficult to accurately estimate. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/rXKyHvA
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: With the pressures of the current loan repayment system, it feels like the graduate premium has never been more central to higher education policymaking - or more difficult to accurately estimate. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/rXKyHvA
NEW on Wonkhe: Amendments are in on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Amendments are in on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
NEW on Wonkhe: Ben Tatler, Paul Manners, Sean Sapcariu, and Ben Bleasdale, argue that public support for research is dependent on making it more relatable, trustworthy, and visible in everyday life buff.ly/tUYysh4
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Ben Tatler, Paul Manners, Sean Sapcariu, and Ben Bleasdale, argue that public support for research is dependent on making it more relatable, trustworthy, and visible in everyday life buff.ly/tUYysh4
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to jellied eel territory buff.ly/UWryNN0
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to jellied eel territory buff.ly/UWryNN0