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NEW on Wonkhe: Stephen Roper and Tim Vorley present new survey findings showing how financial sustainability concerns are reshaping university behaviour buff.ly/3L8jj25

NEW on Wonkhe: Rod Bristow draws on US examples to show why the UK needs to embrace a lifelong learning revolution buff.ly/9zP5XSU

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Sunderland ranked number one festive university in the country The University of Sunderland has been named the most festive Higher Education institution in England.

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Cambridge reaches out to Reform over fears of anti-woke crackdown Professor Deborah Prentice, the Vice Chancellor, fears the party is looking at a Trump-style crackdown on top universities.

"Cambridge reaches out to Reform over fears of anti-woke crackdown"

In the event of a Reform government, will UK universities:

a) learn from the experience of US universities and trump and stand solidly together in the face of government bullying, or

b) fold faster than Superman on laundry day?

Thousands of graduates dodging £1bn student loan repayments after leaving UK Around 27,000 former students are not repaying their bills, worth a total of £1bn, despite earning enough to do so

"Thousands of graduates dodging £1bn student loan repayments after leaving UK"

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Trading firm XTX donates £26mn for maths research at UK universities Billionaire Alex Gerko says Britain is missing out on top academic talent

"Trading firm XTX donates £26mn for maths research at UK universities"

Cambridge University cosies up to Reform The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies

"Cambridge University cosies up to Reform"

Cambridge University cosies up to Nigel Farage 'to get ready for a Reform Government' College dons fear a Donald Trump-style crackdown on elite institutions

"Cambridge University cosies up to Nigel Farage 'to get ready for a Reform Government'"

NEW on Wonkhe: AI has the potential to change educator practice, but it needs the right support to be in place. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell invite you to contribute to a new Wonkhe-Kortext project on educating the AI generation buff.ly/S6h2B7Z

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson reflects on the end of scarcity, the rise of AI, and the challenge to a system of higher education built on pretence, performance and proxies buff.ly/zQ6V7kK

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Private Eye | High Principals : Degrees of danger AT THE height of the #MeToo movement in 2021, Oxford University students formed their own campaign, It Happens Here Too, to highlight how the autonomous collegiate system, poor investigatory processes...

"Private Eye | High Principals : Degrees of danger"

NEW on Wonkhe: During challenging times, genuine student engagement often feels difficult, or impossible, to deliver. Jonathan Eaton and Helena Lim confront the dragon at the gates. buff.ly/zpcPhMs

NEW on Wonkhe: The UK Standard Skills Classification is a new way to think about the connections between courses and jobs. David Kernohan loves a new coding framework buff.ly/nVlSlHr

NEW on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to early Cambridge buff.ly/sP5hFTL

Students still in temporary accommodation a week after university fire A fire broke out at a halls of residence student accommodation block in Coventry last week

"Students still in temporary accommodation a week after university fire"

Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns Graduates in relatively low-paid jobs earning close to minimum wage will have to repay ‘more, much sooner’

"Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns"

Graduates face higher student loan repayments as threshold frozen By freezing the threshold, more graduates will be pushed into repayment as wage growth increases their salaries

"Graduates face higher student loan repayments as threshold frozen"

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Minimum wage graduates could make student loan repayments by 2030 The Chancellor froze student loan repayment thresholds until 2030 on plan 2, meaning more low earners will start repaying 9% of their salary sooner.

"Minimum wage graduates could make student loan repayments by 2030"

"Unite Group shares sink to decade low as student housing demand softens By Invezz"

"Graduates hit by £7.4bn stealth tax on student loans"

Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25 The chancellor's Budget contained a slew of measures which will impact young people specifically.

"Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25"