by CDBU Admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Guest blog, Part-time students, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Widening access
When the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester was threatened with closure, a campaign was launched to re-open it as a community-owned college. Founder member Dr Miriam Gill looks forward to a brighter future for adult education in the...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Office for Students, Part-time students, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance
Sir Michael Barber, head of the Office for Students, has said that the regulator will not come to the aid of failing universities. It’s a policy that could have disastrous consequences for students, argues Professor DVM Bishop In a much-publicised speech on November...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Admissions, Office for Students, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Widening access
As it emerges that some universities are near bankruptcy, there has been a heated debate about whether the government should – or would – allow them to fail Stormzy: Oxford University turned down my scholarship offer The Guardian, 08/11/2018, Sarah Marsh and Dan...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Brexit, Government, Grade inflation, News round-up, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
More discouraging news on Brexit, and UK universities’ ties to Saudi Arabia have come under scrutiny Universities’ Saudi ties under scrutiny after Khashoggi killing Times Higher Education, 26/10/2018, Ellie Bothwell Western universities are under increasing...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 25, 2018 | Book review, Guest blog, Uncategorized, Widening access
Patrick Ainley welcomes a book that rethinks the purpose of a university – and offers some radical suggestions of his own Everyone knows who universities are for. As another book in the Bristol University/ Policy Press shorts series concludes: ‘The English education...
