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The Wonkhe Show
Mark Leach
Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 270
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Skills, King’s speech, international foundation years
Season 17 · Episode 13
jeudi 18 juillet 2024 • Duration 43:37
This week on our final show before the summer break, Labour is to introduce a Skills England bill - we discuss what might be in it, and everything else that was (and wasn’t) in the King’s speech.
Plus the QAA has published its investigation into international foundation years, and DK has been making music again.
With Vivienne Stern, Chief Executive at Universities UK, Aaron Porter, Chair of the Board at BPP University, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.
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New Parliament, NSSmas, academic support
Season 17 · Episode 12
vendredi 12 juillet 2024 • Duration 48:17
This week on the podcast the new government is shaping up - we check if it’s ship shape. Plus it's been NSSmass so we’ll work out the impact, and we’ve got new research on academic support.
With Jess Lister, Associate Director (Education) at Public First, Alex Favier, Founder and Director at Favier Ltd, David Kernohan, Deputy Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
What can the NSS can tell us about staff pay?
Listening to what students say in the national student survey
What academics want from academic support
Once you can describe an academic support system, you can begin to evaluate it
How universities are thinking about academic support
Five free(ish) things Labour could do on R&D
Thirty seven things Labour should do now to make things better for students
A look at Labour’s in-tray for higher education
The unofficial reintroduction to Patrick Vallance
The Kerslake Collection looks forward to a refreshed civic agenda for universities
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First in family, NUS, hybrid grads
Season 17 · Episode 2
jeudi 18 avril 2024 • Duration 40:42
This week on the podcast there’s a new campaign to highlight first-in-family students. Will it shift the dial on public (and political) attitudes to HE?
Plus NUS attempts to bounce back at its annual conference in Blackpool, and new data on graduates’ experiences in the labour market suggests a lot of focus on hybrid working.
With Smita Jamdar, Partner and Head of Education at Shakespeare Martineau, Johnny Rich, Chief Executive at the Engineering Professors' Council and Push, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.
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Student numbers, assessment, third years, blended
jeudi 27 janvier 2022 • Duration 47:07
We’re also thinking about assessment, considering the plight of third year students, looking at QAA research on blended learning and Dame Shirley Pearce gives Debbie the lowdown on the TEF review.
With Hillary Gyebi-Ababio, NUS Vice President for Higher Education, Lawrie Phipps, Senior Research Lead at Jisc, Debbie McVitty, Wonkhe’s Editor and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
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Outcomes, TEF, NDAs
jeudi 20 janvier 2022 • Duration 40:51
Plus OfS has a new design for the Teaching Excellence Framework, and Michelle Donelan is urging universities to outlaw the use of NDAs.
With Mary Curnock Cook, Chair of the Student Futures Commission, Ben Archibald, General Manager at the Union of Students in Ireland, David Kernohan, Associate Editor at Wonkhe, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor in Chief at Wonkhe.
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Omicron, access, harassment, NSS
jeudi 13 janvier 2022 • Duration 46:18
We’re also reflecting on exhortations from ministers on improving attainment in schools, reading up on UCU’s new report on harassment on campus, and trying to work out what’s going on with the National Student Survey.
And DK has an update on the ARIA bill, and there's also the triumphant return of Yes, but does it correlate?
With Shân Wareing, Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Northampton, Ben Vulliamy, Chief Executive at York University Students’ Union, Sunday Blake, Associate Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
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Plan B, admissions, staffing, “one nation”
jeudi 9 décembre 2021 • Duration 55:07
With Jackie Njoroge, Director of Strategy at the University of Salford, Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice at the University of Manchester, Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at Nottingham Trent University, David Kernohan, Associate Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor in Chief at Wonkhe.
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Strikes, blended, transfers
jeudi 2 décembre 2021 • Duration 39:41
With Emily McIntosh, Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience at the University of Middlesex; Tim Blackman, Vice Chancellor at The Open University; David Kernohan, Associate Editor at Wonkhe; Jamie Melrose, President of the University of Bristol UCU branch; and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
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Access and participation, social mobility, student loans
jeudi 25 novembre 2021 • Duration 40:26
Plus IFS has some fascinating new data out on social mobility, there’s a new report out on what graduates think about student loans and on Hidden History we look at how women came to study in the sector.
With Anne-Marie Canning, Chief Executive at the Brilliant Club, Adam Tickell, Vice Chancellor and President at the University of Sussex, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at Nottingham Trent, and presented by Mark Leach, Editor in Chief at Wonkhe.
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Regulation, industrial action, PGTs
jeudi 18 novembre 2021 • Duration 39:09
With Shân Wareing, Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Northampton, Neil Mackenzie, Associate Director Membership at Sheffield Students' Union, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at Nottingham Trent University and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
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