Founder & Editor in Chief of @Wonkhe – home of the higher education debate. Always at the intersection of politics & policy in UK HE. MBE. Tottenham #COYS

Joined February 2009
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Mark Leach retweeted
13 Mar 2025
We are leaving X and this account will no longer be updated. Thanks for the memories, particularly our early days when it was a valuable platform for the HE wonks to connect and chat. But we no longer want to be associated with what it has become and the person who owns it. Mark
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NEW on Wonkhe: Susan Preston explores the wider commuter student experience and why making space for commuters builds belonging. wonkhe.com/blogs/making-spac…
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NEW on Wonkhe: A new analysis of HESA data helps us to begin to understand where commuter students may be studying. David Kernohan has the details wonkhe.com/blogs/which-unive…
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NEW on Wonkhe: How much are we paying to (for) students? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/how-m…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Amer Alwarea calls for a rethink in how arts-led impact in the creative industries is recognised wonkhe.com/blogs/trust-creat…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty talk to Jisc director for digital transformation in higher education Sarah Knight to find out how to manage technology change under financial pressure wonkhe.com/blogs/how-does-th…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Moving the conversation on from hype and worry, Sue Attewell details the current range of use cases for AI in HE wonkhe.com/blogs/how-is-arti…
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NEW on Wonkhe: The fundamentals of the system for student support in England were put place before most of them born. Jim Dickinson argues for change to alleviate poverty and support opportunity wonkhe.com/blogs/a-proper-re…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Tony Moss, Esther Stimpson and Dave Phoenix highlight a deep inequity in the student support system that neither the DWP nor the Department for Education seem minded to fix wonkhe.com/blogs/why-do-we-p…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Beware the great unbundling implied in the LLE wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/bewar…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Disparities in Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council awards wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/dispa…
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NEW on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast Nottingham Trent VC Edward Peck has been confirmed as the government’s candidate for Chair of OfS. wonkhe.com/blogs/podcast-ofs…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Andrew Bolt argues that apprenticeships should be seen as an alternative approach to university - integrating academic study with structured employment intentionally wonkhe.com/blogs/apprentices…
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NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a very ancient seat of learning wonkhe.com/blogs/higher-educ…
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NEW on Wonkhe: OfS wants to know all about your 2024-25 financial projections, again wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/ofs-w…
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6 Mar 2025
Following recent events, and how it's clear our sector has all but abandoned this place, we are going to shutter the @Wonkhe X account soon.
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NEW on Wonkhe: 2025-26 pay negotiation heads of claim wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/2025-…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Omar Khan sets out how those with experience of children’s social care still face challenges in accessing and completing higher education wonkhe.com/blogs/navigating-…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Scotland needs free school meals data sharing wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/scotl…
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NEW on Wonkhe: Amidst an NHS staffing crisis, Jill Morgan and Jon Down call for redefining resilience in healthcare education - focusing on community support, growth, and empowerment rather than mere survival wonkhe.com/blogs/resilience-…
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