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Social mobility can be much more than just widening HE access
Mary Stuart reflects on the diverse ways in which universities can and do work with local schools and businesses to kickstart social mobility and address economic disadvantage and inequality.
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Graduation – the most wonderful time of the year
Here's to you, Mrs Robinson! Registrarism reflects on the ups, downs, and quirks of graduation, perhaps the only time of the year when everyone in a university is (or at least appears) happy.
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The ‘friendly face’ of HE – a visit to AMOSSHE conference
Wonkhe's Catherine Boyd paid a visit to the friendly and passionate atmosphere of AMOSSHE's annual conference in Brighton, where recent policy reforms are beginning to influence practice 'at the coal face'.
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TEF results – making sense of the London effect
London's non-specialist universities have struggled in TEF, and could have done even worse were it not for the panel's discretion. Nona Buckley-Irvine asks why students seem to have a much poorer experience in the capital.
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HEPI-HEA student survey: the good, the bad, and the ugly
We run through the headlines and key implications of this year's influential HEPI/HEA student experience survey.
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Setting standards on student security and wellbeing
Troubling news about universities' record on student safety and sexual violence has become all-too-common, but we need to start focusing on the good work that institutions are doing to tackle it. Lucy Winrow introduces ProtectED, a new accreditation scheme.
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Student resilience – it’s all about empowerment
Accompanying a new Unite Students report on student resilience, Jenny Shaw outlines a new model for considering how students adapt to new environments and can be best supported through their studies.
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Time to get tough with the ‘student snowflakes’ rhetoric
A supposed lack of student resilience is often used to explain away a number of new challenges for universities. Alex Prestage argues we must move away from a deficit model to one that better recognises relative disadvantage.
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Taking the strategic approach to supporting students’ mental health
Student Minds' Rosie Tressler and Rachel Piper outline how effective partnerships between accommodation providers and universities are vital for providing mental health support for students.
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Anywhere to Somewhere: the achievement society and its discontents
A new book analysing the political divide between 'Somewheres' and 'Anywheres' puts universities at the heart of its argument. David Morris looks at higher education's role in the new politics of identity.
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