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The Wonkhe Show
Every week the Wonkhe team and guests from across higher education dissect the week's big policy developments, and we also feature views from around the sector.
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Student protest, TNE, Tory conference
This week on the podcast as pro-Palestinian student protests mark the anniversary of October 7, an intervention from Keir Starmer sparks a national de...
Labour Conference 2025
This week on the podcast, as the dust settles on Labour conference in Liverpool, we unpack what Keir Starmer’s new higher education participation targ...
Sexual misconduct, international levy, closures
This week on the podcast we examine the results of the Office for Students’ first sector-wide survey on sexual misconduct. With over 50,000 responses...
Quality reforms, duty of candour, skills
This week on the podcast we examine the Office for Students' proposed overhaul of England's quality system, as radical reforms seek to integrate the T...
Mergers, reshuffle
This week on the podcast we examine the bombshell merger announcement between the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent, set to create th...
Podcast: Year ahead, International, Governance
This week on the podcast we examine the challenges facing UK higher education as another tough academic year begins with government finances stretched...
AI and jobs, provider closure, UCAS figures
This week on our final podcast before the summer break, we unpack the mounting panic about graduate jobs – is AI really to blame, or are today’s stude...
Student experience, LLE, civic
This week on the podcast we examine proposals for transforming the student experience as The Post-18 Project calls for a Student Rights Bill and a com...
International, student leaders, metascience
This week on the podcast we examine the latest attacks on international student recruitment as Policy Exchange calls for new restrictions and a £1,000...
Industrial strategy, cashpoint colleges, social mobility
This week on the podcast we examine the government’s new industrial strategy and what it really means for higher education – from regional clusters an...
Free speech guidance, R&D
This week on the podcast we examine the Office for Students' new free speech guidance as controversial requirements prepare to take effect from August...
Spending review, Tooling Up, REF, students at work
This week on the podcast we examine the government's spending review and what it means for higher education. How will the £86bn R&D commitment transla...
Efficiency, EDI, speed
This week on the podcast we examine Universities UK's efficiency and transformation taskforce report. What do shared back-office services, federation...
Governance, apprenticeships, trends
This week on the podcast we examine the OfS penalty imposed on Leeds Trinity over subcontractual partnerships oversight. What does the £115,000 fine a...
Cuts, student suicide, widening access
This week on the podcast we examine the government's brutal funding cuts to universities. What does the £108m reduction in the Strategic Priorities Gr...
Immigration white paper, Jacqui Smith
This week on the podcast we get across the government's new immigration white paper. What does cutting the graduate route visa from two years to 18 mo...
Finances and cuts, VC pay
This week on the podcast we discuss the Office for Students' financial sustainability report. What do widespread course closures and maintenance cutba...
Dundee, student health, international
This week on the podcast we discuss the financial crisis at the University of Dundee, as a revised recovery plan reduces proposed job cuts while reque...
Portugal special
This week on the podcast the SUs team has been on a study tour to universities in Lisbon in Portugal, and have reflections on everything from space to...
Easter special
This week on the podcast it’s our Easter special – and we’re diving into the highlights from The Secret Life of Students, our event that looked at a n...
Regret, provider collapse, WP
This week on the podcast we discuss new research on student regret, as a report from the University of Bristol reveals that while two-thirds of curren...
Sussex fine, franchising
This week on the podcast we're discussing the Office for Students fine of £585,000 levied against the University of Sussex for breaches of free speech...
Scotland, Secret life of Students
This week on the podcast - recorded live at our Secret Life of Students event in London - we get across the financial crisis facing universities in Sc...
Free speech, graduates, student finance
This week on the podcast free speech tsar Arif Ahmed is back as the government presses ahead with the free speech act - we get across the implications...
OfS chair, employment, skills
This week on the podcast Nottingham Trent VC Edward Peck has been confirmed as the government’s candidate for Chair of OfS. But what does his focus on...
New leaders, Gen-AI, Visas
This week on the podcast UK Research and Innovation and the Office for Students both have new leadership – but what does that mean for the future of r...
Wales cuts, mental health, regulation
This week on the podcast the Welsh government has announced £18.5m in additional capital funding for universities - but questions remain over reserves...
REF people and culture, spending review, apprenticeships
This week on the podcast universities failing to promote diversity will face funding cuts – so said The Times. We chat through the controversy buildin...
Protection, visas, commuter students
This week on the podcast OfS is introducing new protections for some students - but will they come fast enough and who will they apply to?
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Cuts, applications, campus climate
This week on the podcast as news of further redundancies sweeps the sector, we ask how bad things can get before the government will act or the public...
Funding, attendance, student hardship
This week on the podcast Minister of State for Skills Jacqui Smith helped launch a pamphlet on whether universities are “worth it” - and was notably c...
Free speech, uni finances, regional inequality
This week on the podcast the government is to press on with implementing parts of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 while seeking to r...
Visegrad special
This week on the podcast Jim, Mack and team are on a bus around the Visegrad countries where they’ve been exploring student experience, representation...
Special: Writing for Wonkhe
In this special seasonal edition of the Wonkhe Show, we discuss how you can contribute to the higher education debate by writing for the site, the imp...
Students at work, transfers, spending review
This week on our final proper show before the break, we’ve published polling on students experience of earning while learning - is a return to “full t...
OfS, international, Wales, Scotland
This week on the podcast there’s budget news from both Wales and Scotland - why are governments finding it so hard to stick to commitments on student...
Skills, PTES, transformation
This week on the podcast the government is to “get Britain working” - but what role will higher education play in the plans? Plus there are big divide...
Financial sustainability, cold spots, student housing
This week on the podcast the sector’s financial woes continue - just how bad is it and are regulators on top of the problem? Plus there’s a new report...
Labour’s agenda, OfS, regional APPs
This week on the podcast live from the Festival of Higher Education in London, England is grappling with Labour’s longer-term aspirations for higher e...
Fees increase, efficiency, Trump
This week on the podcast the Westminster government has announced a fee increase - but will it be enough, and can universities even impose it?
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