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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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Groupwork, management apprenticeships, immigration
This week on the podcast an Australian politician has called on universities to scrap group assignments entirely, arguing they're unfair and cheapen d...
Secret life of students/AI special
This week on the podcast recorded live at The Secret Life of Students, new Wonkhe research has found that nearly half of students worry their grades d...
Immigration brake, social cohesion, research capital
This week on the podcast the Home Office has announced an "emergency brake" on student visas from four countries, suspending all grants to applicants...
Renting, TNE, disability
This week on the podcast students are still struggling with the cost and quality of renting – so will the new Renters' Rights Act actually make things...
Student finance, graduate premium, mental health
This week on the podcast the government has struggled to defend its position on Plan 2 student loans in a Westminster Hall debate as opposition partie...
Student group claim, PRES, high streets
This week on the podcast UCL has settled with the Student Group Claim over pandemic-era teaching disruptions – but with 36 more universities now facin...
MI5, Labour, free speech
This week on the podcast MI5 has warned universities that UK higher education has become a "prime target for foreign states and hostile actors" – so w...
Student loans, research funding, Wales
This week on the podcast student finance has exploded into the headlines – but is the English student loan system really doomed? Backbench Labour MPs...
Demand, Disabled students, medicine
This week on the podcast we examine what a rise in UK university applicants really tells us about the future demand for higher education.
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International, UCAS data, student finance
This week on the podcast the government has finally unveiled its new International Education Strategy – but with no headline target for international...
Free speech, Scottish budget, Mickey Mouse
This week on the podcast new polling suggests over a third of students think Reform UK should be banned from speaking on campus – a higher proportion...
Erasmus+, student loans, Rhineland study tour
This week on the podcast from Nijmegen on the SUs study tour the team discuss the return of the UK to Eramus+. What steps can UK HE take to ensure tha...
REF 2029, franchising crackdown, year in review
This week on the podcast we examine what the rebooted 2029 Research Excellence Framework will mean for universities’ research strategies, research cul...
AI, uni finances, civic
This week on the podcast artificial intelligence remains front and centre, with a look at the growing concerns around AI-generated teaching content an...
Budget, R&D, Scotland’s Tertiary Bill
This week on the podcast we examine how Budget 2025 reshapes the university funding model – from the international levy and modest new maintenance gra...
Reform UK, local skills, students at work
This week on the podcast we examine what the rise of Reform UK – and new insight into its prospective voters – might mean for universities, internatio...
Access, governance, festival vibes
This week on the podcast, live from our Festival in London, we discuss access and social mobility as the Office for Students reshuffles its leadership...
Banned algorithms, schools curriculum, Wales student finance
This week on the podcast we examine the Office for Students’ (OfS) renewed scrutiny of degree classification algorithms and what it means for confiden...
Public attitudes, housing, employability
This week on the podcast we discuss fresh polling on public attitudes to UK universities, which shows how a widening graduate/non-graduate divide and...
Skills White Paper special
This week on the podcast we get across the Westminster government’s post-16 white paper – its headline target of two-thirds of young people in higher-...
Wales, Franchising, Graduate Jobs
This week on the podcast we look at Wales’ emerging higher education settlement, as Universities Wales publishes its manifesto for the May 2026 Senedd...
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...