Measuring universities on what graduates go on to do
HEPI asks whether the sector needs a Graduate Excellence Framework — an assessment of institutions on graduate outcomes in the way teaching is assessed now. The risk is obvious and worth stating: any such measure rewards universities that recruit advantaged students into well-paid fields, unless it is built on the progress students make rather than where they end up.
StudyTok, and what it does to people who watch it
A look at student influencers and the study content that fills a first-year feed: the twelve-hour library days, the immaculate notes, the implied standard. It is performance, it is often sponsored, and the honest reckoning at the end is that comparing your work to it is comparing a Tuesday to a highlight reel. Time management covers what actually works.