by Becca Bashford | Feb 5, 2021 | Admissions, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized, University governance
The government has announced a £50 million hardship fund for students who have been financially impacted by the pandemic. However, some feel more could be done to help students, with a group of vice-chancellors calling on the government to go further and waive student...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 27, 2020 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Office for Students, Opinion, REF, Uncategorized, Universities UK, University governance
Sexual abuse at English and Welsh universities has been described as a “public scandal” after a report revealed that universities are systematically failing to address instances of assault and harassment, while another report commissioned by Universities...
by Becca Bashford | Nov 13, 2020 | Casual staff, Covid-19, Employability, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized
Plans for mass testing and staggered departure dates over a one week period have been laid out by the government in order to allow students to return home for Christmas. The plans have been met with criticism from some universities who say mass testing might be...
by Becca Bashford | Oct 30, 2020 | CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, REF, Scotland, Uncategorized, Wales
UCU have called for a judicial review of the government’s decision to ignore calls from its own Sage committee to move all non-essential teaching online and instead reopen campuses for face-to-face teaching. Sage advised the government that coronavirus outbreaks...
by Becca Bashford | Oct 29, 2020 | Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, In the News, National Union of Students, Opinion, Uncategorized
Words by Martin Allen, author of Education, Economy and Society. Winter is closing in on the ‘Covid Generation’ – those young people most affected by the pandemic. Youth unemployment, though creeping up significantly, has not yet reached the levels feared in the early...
by Becca Bashford | Jul 24, 2020 | Academic freedom, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Office for Students, Opinion, Tuition fees, Uncategorized
The government recently published their ‘Restructuring Regime’ for universities facing financial collapse, causing many to question whether university autonomy is a thing of the past. The petitions committee announced that there will be no automatic...
