by CDBU Admin | Apr 16, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up
Academic staff have voted to accept an offer to reopen negotiations with employers, and the position of the OU’s vice-chancellor finally becomes untenable Student nurses face financial hardship over loan error, says nursing body The Guardian, 16/04/2018, Patrick...
by CDBU Admin | Mar 31, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up, Office for Students
The pensions dispute rumbles on, the OfS admits to making a mistake over the Toby Young appointment, and the OU vice-chancellor faces a vote of no confidence Universities give out unconditional offers like candy, say head teachers The Times, 31/03/2018, Rosemary...
by CDBU Admin | Mar 16, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up
Demand for university places is going to grow by 300,000, but the rise in tuition fees means fewer people are choosing to study part-time More than 40,000 fewer part-time students go to university due to tuition fees hike, study suggests The Independent online,...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 21, 2018 | CDBU Updates, Tuition fees
It turns out the CDBU were right about tuition fees Prime minister Theresa May has admitted that tuition fees in England are among the highest in the world. It’s good to see an acknowledgement from government of something that we first drew attention to three years...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 16, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up, University funding
Vice-chancellors have been sharing their concerns that some universities may face insolvency, while Robert Halfon MP says too many students are studying academic degrees Opportunity and risk: universities prepare for an uncertain future The Guardian, 07/02/2018,...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 5, 2017 | CDBU Updates, Marketisation
We are pleased to report that Martin Wolf’s lecture: Uses and Abuses of Economics in the Debate on Universities is now available for download here: Wolf_CDBU_lecture_26Jan2017. For a synopsis, see previous...
