David Kernohan

Pretty much everything in Coventry city centre is just off the A4053, though.

Beautiful.

If only Stamford had been successful.

Derby is a very good shout!

Perfect... though it is a rare example in that it is very easily walkable from the city centre.

a classic of the genre!

I'll take Heriot-Watt, but I'm going to struggle with "the entire of Glasgow is off the M8" as the M8 basically cuts through the centre of Glasgow!

I'd like a list of UK universities that are on a ring road - by which I mean just off a main road that does not go directly to the centre of a city or town. It is for a thing.

UWE and Cardiff Met are two examples. Any more?

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2 years ago Jo Grady was on every platform claiming Universities had plenty of money to settle that year's pay claim. If people wonder why HE is not getting a hearing, this is one of the reasons it has little credibility.

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In my latest podcast, @dkernohan.bsky.social from @wonkhe.bsky.social explained why the new 'super university', created by the proposed merger between the universities of Kent and Greenwich, has raised numerous policy and regulatory questions.

Listen to the full episode here: insideyoured.com

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Cheers Johnny. Honestly, it's a policy to get her to the end of another news cycle without whatever currently passes for a big beast in the Conservative party calling on her to resign.

Genuinely impressive how quickly the wheels have come off that Badenoch higher education policy.

NEW on Wonkhe: Conservatives have a poor quality higher education policy bit.ly/42vwqIZ

For me, the highlight may well be when she inadvertently promises to increase funding for media studies. But it is a strong field.

Conservatives have a poor quality higher education policy It's back.

Quite the wild ride, this one: wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/... Badenoch's conservatives have another crack at the "low quality courses" thing.

The battle for people, culture and environment Lizzie Gadd makes the case for embracing People, Culture and Environment and sets out why reverting to REF 2021 would be a mistake

Adding my voice to the chorus battling to retain an increased focus on people, culture, and environment in the next REF... wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ba...

What the saga of Oxford Business College tells us about regulation and franchising The Secretary of State de-designated courses delivered by Oxford Business College through franchise agreements, but a court found that her decision contravened essential requirements of procedural fai...

The ‘de-designation’ process was unfair, said the High Court. Hopefully the new regulatory framework for franchises is fairer - particularly to students.
If genuine, 4700 people had their higher education disrupted this year.
Look at the allegations - it’s a big ‘if’

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NEW on Wonkhe: After the big policy announcement comes the detail on implementation. David Kernohan runs through the options for targeted grants and an international fee levy buff.ly/jTrKr30

Love this!

That is very specific advice but very accurate.

A new Archbishop of Canterbury is a Reportable Event (wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...)

Rankings in regulation is a failure.

Do you ever consider the existence of a parallel universe where Goodwin did get that professorship at Kent and is now a fairly well known and academically esteemed moderate commentator focusing on the dangers of the far right?

On the cutting room floor (I think?) I argue that the subject rankings are possibly useful if you happen to agree entirely with what league table compilers think makes a good subject area experience.

But I'm resigned to the fact that the (entirely pointless) whole provider tables will always exist.

Wahey, I'm on More or Less talking about league tables!

It refers to "young people" (generally taken to be anyone under 25), and any higher education (so not just a traditional degree). So you are right, the target was reached in 2019.

A really enjoyable conversation, and plenty of merger-related fun for all the family.

The fifty per cent participation target is no more. Again. Keir Starmer joins the ranks of those to abandon Tony Blair's target of having 50 per cent of young people enter higher education. David Kernohan has the receipts

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