The Wonkhe Show
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<p>Every week the Wonkhe team and guests from across higher education dissect the week's big policy developments, and we also feature views from around the sector.</p>
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Recent Episodes
February 12, 2026
MI5, Labour, free speech
Mark Leach interviews Paul Kett, Ben Vulliamy, and Debbie McVitty about MI5's warning to universities regarding foreign interference, potential Labour leadership changes, and free speech concerns, exploring risks and responses in higher education.
February 5, 2026
Student loans, research funding, Wales
Jim Dickinson interviews Vikki Howells, Ben Ward, and Smita Jamdar regarding student loans, research funding, and challenges in Welsh tertiary education, exploring potential solutions for higher education funding.
January 29, 2026
Demand, Disabled students, medicine
<p>This week on the podcast we examine what a rise in UK university applicants really tells us about the future demand for higher education.</p><p>With UCAS reporting a 4.8 per cent increase in applications at the January deadline, driven largely by a demographic peak in 18-year-olds, we explore whether this represents a genuine resurgence in demand or a temporary population effect.</p><p>Plus we discuss new evidence on disabled students’ experiences in higher education, including concerns that pandemic-era accessibility is being rolled back, and the implications of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill — from pressure on NHS training places to uncertainty for students studying medicine abroad through UK-linked programmes.</p><p>And Jim Dickinson is is in Canada with Wonkhe's Editor Debbie McVitty taking to Canadian HE expert Alex Usher.</p><p>With Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief, Wonkhe, Alex Stanley, Vice President for Higher Education at the National Union of Students, Dani Payne, Head of Education and Social Mobility at the Social Market Foundation, David Kernohan, Deputy Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief, Wonkhe.</p>
291 total episodes available with 83 transcripts
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- What is The Wonkhe Show?
<p>Every week the Wonkhe team and guests from across higher education dissect the week's big policy developments, and we also feature views from around the sector.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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