by CDBU Admin | Nov 25, 2019 | Academic freedom, Admissions, Augar Review, Further education, Office for Students, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding
Professor GR Evans takes a look at what the three major political parties have planned for higher education For those of us interested in higher education, one of the most eagerly-awaited aspects of the manifestos was how they would deal with the...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Admissions, Casual staff, Further education, Marketisation, News round-up, Pensions, Racism, TEF, Uncategorized, Unconditional offers, University funding, Widening access
University staff are to strike over pensions, pay and working conditions – and an imminent general election casts uncertainty over higher education policy December election puts UK policy progress on hold Times Higher Education, 01/11/2019, Simon Baker News...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 26, 2019 | Book review, Further education, Part-time students, Uncategorized, Widening access
Patrick Ainley, formerly professor of training and education at the University of Greenwich, welcomes an essay collection aiming to rethink the purpose of tertiary level learning but thinks that it does not go far enough The Centre for Labour and Social Studies...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Augar Review, Further education, Part-time students, TEF, Tuition fees, Uncategorized
You might not have had the time to wade through last week’s 200-page Augar Review on higher education. Fortunately, David Midgley, emeritus professor of German literature and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge, has written an essential guide to the...
